LEONARDO LEO (1694-1744): L'Alidoro.

Catalogue Number: 11M023
Label: Dynamic
Reference: CDS 588/1-2
Format: CD
Price: $37.98
Description: This comic opera from 1740 blends typically Neapolitan character with the elevated ones of serious opera (characters speak both Neapolitan and Tuscan dialects) with Leo always finding particuarly apt ways to present each of the several lovers in a typical love-via-disguise plot. A good example of the second phase of Naples' school of opera composition. Offered on DVD in August of 2009 (08L025). 2 CDs. Libretto available on-line. Maria Grazia Schiavo, Marina Ercolano, Valentina Varriale (sopranos) Giuseppe De Vittorio (bass), Filippo Morace (bass-baritone), Cappella della pietà de' Turchini Baroque Orchestra; Antonio Florio.