Siface: L'amor castrato Filippo Mineccia, Nereydas & Javier Ulises Ill¡n

• Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682): San Giovanni Battista:
• 1 San Giovanni Battista: Overture 01:54
• 2 San Giovanni Battista: Amiche selve 00:36
• 3 San Giovanni Battista: Deste un tempo 01:19
• Carlo Pallavicino (1630 - 1688): Vespasiano:
• 4 È pur caro il poter dire 01:41
• Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682): La Susanna:
• 5 Voi donzelle 03:01
• San Giovanni Battista:
• 6 Soffin pur rabbiosi 03:40
• Bernardo Pasquini (1637 - 1710):
• 7 La sete di Cristo: Overture 03:58
• Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676): Scipione affricano:
• 8 Hora si ch'assai più fiero 03:23
• Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682): San Giovanni Battista:
• 9 Io per me non cangerei 04:07
• Carlo Pallavicino (1630 - 1688): Il Bassiano:
• 10 Il Bassiano: Overture 03:33
• Pietro Simone Agostini (1635 - 1680): II ratto delle Sabine:
• 11 Hor ch'in sopor profondo 01:06
• 12 Sorgi o bella da le piume 02:52
• Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (1645 - 1712): I due germani rivali:
• 13 Tremino, crollino 01:54
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (1647 - 1716):
• 14 Overture 01:33
• Antonio Giannettini (1648 - 1721): L'ingresso alla gioventù di Claudio Nerone:
• 15 Languia d'amor 01:28
• 16 Con un bacio 03:42
• Bernardo Pasquini (1637 - 1710): I fatti di Mosè nel deserto:
• 17 D'una fede al vivo zelo 02:16
• Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682): La Susanna:
• 18 La Susanna: Overture 03:14
• 19 La Susanna: Ma folle e ben chi crede 01:41
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (1647 - 1716):
• 20 Il Giona: Core misero 02:15
• Pietro Simone Agostini (1635 - 1680): II ratto delle Sabine:
• 21 II ratto delle Sabine: Voglio guerra 01:50
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):
• 22 My Song Shall Be Alway, Z. 31 05:02
• 23 Sefauchi's Farewell in D Minor, Z. 656 02:21
• Bernardo Pasquini (1637 - 1710):
• 24 I fatti di Mosè nel deserto: Ma nostre voci flebili 03:44
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725):
• 25 La Giuditta: Dormi o fulmine 06:40
• Total Runtime 01:08:50

Info for Siface: L'amor castrato

With Siface: l’amor castrato, countertenor Filippo Mineccia, together with Javier Ulises Illán and Nereydas, presents a short imaginary pasticcio opera reflecting the music-making and life of the contralto castrato known by that stage name.

Born Giovanni Francesco Grossi in 1653 in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Siface was acclaimed for his exciting musical performances, yet who became famous also for the tragedy of his love life. He was called upon to sing in operas and oratorios by the likes of Stradella, Pasquini, Bassani, Pallavicino and Agostini. For a long time in the service of Francesco II d’Este in Modena, Siface was an active member of the musical “ducal circuit” in the Italian peninsula, even, on one occasion, additionally being sent to England, where he performed before monarchy, and met and impressed Henry Purcell.

Filippo Mineccia brilliantly captures the kaleidoscopic rush of emotions coursing through this selection of arias, which reflects the torrid and spectacular musical pace of life in late seventeenth-century Italy (as well as mirroring Siface’s own downfall on the road from Ferrara to Bologna).

The Spanish ensemble Nereydas fully enter into the spirit of this, by turns, colourful, heartfelt, poignant and vivid celebration of vocal and instrumental music, which also features works by Alessandro Scarlatti (the emotive lullaby Dormi o fulmine), Francesco Cavalli and Purcell (My song shall be alway).

Filippo Mineccia, counter-tenor
Nereydas
Javier Ulises Illan, conductor

Filippo Mineccia
is internationally recognised as one of the greatest specialist in Alto roles of the Great Castrato Era.

Born in Florence in 1981, Filippo Mineccia begins very early his musical studies in the prestigious School of Music of Fiesole, singing in the Polyphonic Choir.

After that, he continues his musical studies in cello practice, and Singing Practice dwith Gianni Fabbrini and Donatella Debolini.

During these years, Mineccia has also participated as a soloist in many important Ancient Music Festivals.

In those years he works with groups such as Il Complesso Barocco, La Capella de la Pietà de' Turchini, Collegium Marianum, Capella Krakoviensis, Accademia Bizantina, laBarocca, Divino Sospiro, I Barocchisti, La Folia Barockorchester, Zucker Kammerorkester and Auser Musici. He works with conductors such as Alan Curtis, Antonio Florio, Ottavio Dantone, Ruben Jais, Filippo Maria Bressan, Michael Hofstetter, Enrico Onofri, Diego Fasolis, Carlo Ipata.

In the operatic repertoire, he sang the role of Giulio Cesare, in the homonymous Haendel's opera in the Hagen Stadt Theater, Telamone in Ercole sul Termodonte by Antonio Vivaldi (published in DVD with Dynamic), Nerone in Ottavia Restituita al Trono by Domenico Scarlatti, Purcell's Fairy Queen in Hagen Stadt Theater, Alessandro in Haendel's Tolomeo Re d'Egitto at the Teatro Arriaga, Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare with Accademia Bizantina and Complesso Barocco, conducted by Ottavio Dantone and he recorded the role with Alan Curtis for Naive, Unulfo in Handel's Rodelinda with Capella Krakoviensis conducted by J. T. Adamus, Dardano in Amadigi by Haendel with Kammerochester Basel and Ottavio Dantone at Versailles, Basel and Halle and Tamerlano in Bajazet by Francesco Gasparini with Auser Musici, conducted by Carlo Ipata also recorded for Glossa.

Among his latest sacred engagements we mention Passione and Stabat Mater by Francesco Provenzale with La Cappella dei Turchini at the Misteria Paschalia Festivalin Krakow, the role of San Pietro in Passione by A. Caldara during La Chaise Dieu Festival in France, Haendel's Dixit Dominus and Purcell's Te Deum with Orchestra Barroca Catalana as well as Haydn's Missa Cellensis, conducted by Filippo Maria Bressan. In March 2015 Filippo Mineccia sang Matthauspassion by J. S. Bach with laBarocca conducted by Ruben Jais at the Auditorium di Milano and at the Duomo di Milano.

His participation in the following recordings is also remarkable: L'adorazione dei Magi, Il Tesoro di San Gennaro and La Santissima Trinità Oratorio by Gaetano Veneziano, all recorded with I Turchini di Antonio Florio (Glossa).

Very recent engagements include: Carmina Burana at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and at the Auditorium di Milano; title role in Handel's Silla at the Handel festival in Halle conducted by Enrico Onofri, Ottone in Handel's Agrippina at the Theater an der Wien, a new exciting production of the great stage director Robert Carsen.

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