Böcker av Alessandro Scarlatti

Questo oratorio di Alessandro Scarlatti racconta la passione di Gesù Cristo in una serie di arie e recitativi che esaltano la bellezza della fede cristiana. Considerato uno dei massimi compositori barocchi italiani, Scarlatti crea qui un'opera di straordinaria intensità emotiva.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

La Statira was first performed in Rome in January 1690. The opera, with libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni, recounts the story of Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius, King of Persia, and his love for Statira, daughter of Darius. In his Introduction, William Holmes sketches the opera's history and discusses performance questions.

In this fifth volume of the series, Colin Slim provides a definitive edition of Massimo Puppieno, an opera from the middle years of Scarlatti's career. In his Introduction he discusses the opera and performance practices of the day.