The Ghosts of Hamlet. Lost Arias from Italian Baroque Operas

Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, Roberta Mameli

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The Ghosts of Hamlet. Lost Arias from Italian Baroque Operas features Ambleto is a fascinating curiosity in music history: a baroque libretto by Apostolo Zeno on the legend of Hamlet, not based on Shakespeare’s tragedy but on its primary source, the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Gramaticus.

This swashbuckling drama was first set to music by Francesco Gasparini (Venice 1705) – whose version served as the basis for a pasticcio (London 1712) with arias by various composers including Handel – then by Domenico Scarlatti (Rome 1715) and Giuseppe Carcani (Venice 1743).

The surviving arias from these lost operas are brought back to life by the Concert de l’Hostel Dieu and the charismatic soprano Roberta Mameli, who lends her supple voice to the titular Danish Prince and to the strong women around him, his courageous lover Veremonda (Shakespeare’s Ophelia) and his tormented mother Gerilda (Gertrude).


Roberta Mameli, Soprano
Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Harpsichord & Conductor

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1.
Ambleto Act II Scene 9: Son sdegnato (e son geloso)
07:49
2.
Ambleto Act 1 Scene 8: Nella mia sfortunata prigionia
06:21
3.
Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor Op. 5: I. Allegro
04:09
4.
Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor Op. 5: II. Andante
03:03
5.
Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor Op. 5: III. Allegro
03:40
6.
Ambleto Act III Scene 2: Tu indegno sei dell’allor
03:44
7.
Ambleto Act I Scene 6: Stelle voi che de’ regnanti
05:01
8.
Ambleto Act I Scene 12: Segui ad amar costante
07:35
9.
Sinfonia in D Minor: I. Presto
01:38
10.
Sinfonia in D Minor: II. Minuet
01:34
11.
Ambleto Act I Scene 8: Nella mia sfortunata prigionia
04:36
12.
L'Ambleto Act III Scene 6: D’ire armato il braccio forte
01:46
13.
L’Ambleto Overture in C Major: I. Andante
00:50
14.
L’Ambleto Overture in C Major: II. Presto
01:41
15.
L’Ambleto Overture in C Major: III. Andante
00:39
16.
L’Ambleto Overture in C Major: IV. Presto
00:57
17.
Ambleto Act II Scene 6: Cinto d’amiche rose un dì crescea
01:57
18.
Ambleto Act II Scene 5: Più fido non poss’io
07:09
19.
Ambleto Act I Scene 7: Tromba in campo e spada in guerra
03:47

Total time: 01:07:56

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Release DateFebruary 27, 2025

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