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Artist: Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Alain Buet

Composer: Stefano Landi

Conductor: William Christie

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Landi DVD : Il Sant' Alessio - Classical Music DVD - Landi DVD : Il Sant' Alessio

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Libretto by Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi

First performed at the Palazzo Barberini, Rome on February 18, 1632

New production by the Théâtre de Caen, in co-production with the Opéra National de Lorraine, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Stefano Landi (baptized February 26, 1587 - October 28, 1639): Italian composer and teacher of the early Baroque Roman School. First performed at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome in 1632, Landi’s Sant’Alessio (Saint Alexius) is recognised as the earliest opera on an historical, rather than mythological subject.

William Christie made an audio recording of this rarely-seen work some years ago, but this DVD, produced with TV station France 3, shows the opera for the first time in the full glory of a production by baroque theatre expert Benjamin Lazar. Staged in Caen (where the DVD was filmed) and Paris in October 2007, the opera was subsequently presented in concert form in London and New York, and is scheduled for the opera houses of Luxembourg and Nancy in early 2008.

Landi DVD : Il Sant' Alessio - Classical Music DVD - Landi DVD : Il Sant' Alessio

Reviews:

"totally gripping, deeply moving, three hours of musical sensitivity, of vocal and instrumental prowess on levels rarely encountered - flawless modern presentation of a 17th-century opera. This Sant’Alessio shone as a beacon of musical and dramatic intelligence."... Read More

- Reviewed by Opera magazine, (United Kingdom), on 22/03/2008.

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