Venice Baroque Orchestra

L’ Olimpiade

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A hymn to the Olympic spirit, noble friendship and adoring devotion, Pietro Metastasio’s libretto for L'Olimpiade proved something of a goldmine for the 18th-century theatrical scene, notching up a grand total of 50 complete ‘remakes’ and hundreds of partial musical settings. In this international production the VBO revive the historic pasticcio form by presenting L'Olimpiade as an amalgamation of no fewer than 16 arias by composers both celebrated and forgotten in a panorama of European Baroque and Early Classical music. The recording of the production will be released later in the year.
 
In Italian with Greek surtitles

 

 
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Duration 2 hours 30 minutes (including intermission) 

Onassis Cultural Centre

  • 08/06/2012 at 21:00

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