Elena - J.s. Mayr - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

During the 1813–14 carnival season in Naples, Simon Mayr wrote a much-admired opera semiseria called Elena. The post-revolutionary Napoleonic era saw great enthusiasm for the rescue opera genre and Elena is a perfect example, in which a complex plot, based on French models, sees an innocent falsely accused of a capital offence. Mayr’s subtle accommodation of Neapolitan opera and Viennese Classicism ensures a series of choruses and recitatives that drive the action forward, punctuated with arias, romances, ensembles, lyric richness and moments of witty buffo colour.

Johann Simon MAYR (1763–1845) Elena Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola Sung in Italian Julia Sophie Wagner, Mira Graczyk and Anna Feith, Sopranos Anna-Doris Capitelli, Mezzo-soprano Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi and Harald Thum, Tenors Daniel Ochoa, Niklas Mallmann and Andreas Mattersberger, Basses Simon Mayr Chorus • Concerto de Bassus Franz Hauk

Label: Naxos | Origin: Holland

📌 Concerto De Bassus/Franz Hauk/Julia Sophie Wagner A.O.