A. Cesti - Il pomo d'oro, festa teatrale (1668)

IL POMO D'ORO (The Golden Apple), a.k.a. BUEHNEMFESTSPIEL Festa teatrale in un prologo e cinque atti, by Pietro Marc'Antonio Cesti. Premiered at Vienna, Hoftheater, July 12-14 1668. Libretto by Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668) Originally planned to mark the wedding of the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Margaret Theresa of Spain in 1666, the production was rescheduled to mark the Empress's 17th birthday in 1668. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_pomo_... http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/pom... Performed by Choir and Orchestra "Spectaculum" dir. Gerhard Kramer Live recorded in Vienna, June 1989 ROLE Pluto: Teodor Ciurdea; Mars: Kurt Azesberger; Momus: Eberhard Kummer; Neptun: Rudolf Vogel; Bacchus: Nicolai Cok; Merkur: Stratton Bull; Venus: Ursula Targler; Jupiter: Gerd Fussi; Juno: Kjellaug Tesaker; Ganymed: Mircea Mihalache; Paris: Kurt Equiluz; Filaura: Marius van Altena; Spanien: Ursula Targler; Italien: Stratton Bull; Das Königreich Ungarn: Kurt Equiluz; Das Römische Reich: Gerd Fussi; Sardinien: Kjellaug Tesaker; Das Königreich Böhmen: Nigel Dickson; Amerika: Kurt Azesberger; Die Österreichischen Erblande in Deutschland: Ivan Urbas; Amor: Monika Lenz; Hymen: Timothy Wilson; Gloria Austriaca: Vera Nentwig; Proserplna: Änike WudKal; Discordia: Rannveig Braga; Apollo: Timothy Wilson; Hebe: Petra Schnitzer; Pallas Athene: Sally Bradshaw; Eunone: Eva Meindel; Aurindo: Nigel Dickson; Caron: Teodor Ciurdea; Drei Furien: Rannveig Braga, Renate Weninger, Änike Wudkal ; Kekrops: Ivan Urbas; Adrasto: Timothy Wilson; Alkeste: Jutta Geister; Ein Soldat: Price Brown; Xolus: Rudolf Vogel; Euro: Price Brown; Zephyr: Gundi Klebel; Ein Priester der Pallas Athene: Teodor Ciurdea; Einer aus dem Chor: Price Brown; Das Element des Feuers: Mircea Mihalache; Die drei Grazien: Christine Schwarz, Petra Schnitzer, Rannveig Braga