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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SKU | A574 |
Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, WAV 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz |
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Artists | Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, Roberta Mameli |
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Release Date | February 27, 2025 |
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