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Catone In Utica
''Catone in Utica'' (; ) is an opera libretto by Metastasio, that was originally written for Leonardo Vinci's 1727 opera. Following Vinci's success, Metastasio's text was used by numerous composers of the baroque and classical eras for their own operas, including Pietro Torri (1736), Antonio Vivaldi (1737), Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1753) and J. C. Bach (1761). History Before Metastasio's ''Catone in Utica'' libretto, Cato the Younger had already been the subject of following operas: * ''Catone il giovane'', by Bartolomeo Monari, libretto by (Bologna 1688)Domenico Pietropaolo, Mary Ann Parker (2011)''The Baroque Libretto: Italian Operas and Oratorios in the Thomas Fisher Library at the University of Toronto''.University of Toronto Press. , p.&nbs109/ref> * ''Catone Uticensi'', by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (Venice 1701) * ''Cato'', German opera by Reinhard Keiser, text after Matteo Noris (Hamburg 1715) Metastasio wrote ''Catone in Utica'' in Italian, as a libretto ...
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Catone In Utica (Vinci)
''Catone in Utica'' is a 1728 opera by Leonardo Vinci. It was the original setting of Metastasio's libretto of that name. Recordings *Vinci, Leonardo: Catone in Utica Max Emanuel Cenčić (Arbace), Franco Fagioli (Cesare), Valer Sabadus (Marzia), Martin Mitterutzner (Fulvio), Vince Yi (Emilia), Juan Sancho ( Catone); Il Pomo D'oro, Riccardo Minasi Decca 3CD 2015''BBC Music Magazine ''BBC Music Magazine'' is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. The first issue appeared in September 1992. BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, was the original owner and publisher together with ...'', September 2015: "Director Riccardo Minaso heats up hesense of rivalry – the variations get wilder, the yearning more palpable. All three countertenors are virtuosos, but Fagioli takes the laurels ... the band contributes enormously throughout, its brash exuberance alternating with continuo realisations as delicate as they are original ... su ...
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Leonardo Vinci - Catone In Utica - Titlepage Of The Libretto - Rome 1728
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