Soprano Nuria Rial: barock opera at L'auditori de Barcelona
About the Event
Under the provocative name of Muera Cupido (Death to Cupid), viola da gamba player Fahmi Alqhai and the Accademia del Piaccere with the soprano Núria Rial will unite their musical talents to bring new life to a select collection of arias from Durón’s theatrical works devoted to the inexhaustible and ever‐heady theme of love.
Practical Information
Programme:
DURÓN: Sinfonia from the comedy Muerte en Amor es la Ausencia (reconstruction by Fahmi Alqhai) Yo hermosísima Ninfa (attributed to Sebastián Durón and José de Torres) Cuantos teméis al rigor
Improvisation: Xácaras & Folías
DURÓN: Glauco senor, dueno mío
Anon: Cantata: All’assalto de pensieri
DE MURCIA: Tarantella & Fandango (arrangement by Fahmi Alqhai)
DURÓN: Sosieguen, descansen
ALQHAI: Marionas Canarios
BONONCINI: Pastorella che tra le selve
DURÓN: Muera Cupido Cantada al Santísimo Ay, que me abraso de amor en la llama
Cast / Production
Núria Rial, soprano
Rodney Prada, viola da gamba
Rami Alqhai, viola da gamba
Johanna Rose, viola da gamba
Miguel Rincón, Baroque guitar
Javier Núñez, harpsichord
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba and musical director
