J. Mysliveček - LOlimpiade (Luks, 2013)

L'OLIMPIADE
Dramma per musica in 3 acts
Composer: Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781)
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)
First performance: Teatro San Carlo, Naples (4 November 1778)

Licida: Tehila Nini Goldstein
Aristea: Simona Houda-Šaturová
Alcandro: Helena Kaupová
Megacle: Raffaela Milanesi
Argene: Sophie Harmsen
Aminta: Krystian Adam
Clistene: Johannes Chum

Conductor: Václav Luks
Collegium 1704
Live recording from the National Theatre, Prague (2 May 2013)

Picture: "Le Printemps" by François Boucher (1755).

This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.

00:00 ACT I (Overture from Myslivecek's La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, in replacement of the lost original overture)
10:15 "Superbo di me stesso" (Aria of Megacle I, 2)
17:14 "O care selve" (Chorus with Argene and Aristea I, 4)
25:08 "Del destin non vi lagnate" (Aria of Clistene I, 5)
31:13 "Tu di saper procura" (Aria of Aristea I, 6)
38:49 "Più non si trovano" (Aria of Argene I, 7)
48:39 "Mentre dormi, amor fomenti" (Aria of Licida I, 8)
53:02 "Che intesi, eterni Dei?" (Accompanied recitative for Megacle I, 9)
55:54 "Cara non dubitar" (Cavatina of Megacle I, 9)
1:02:52 "E tu mi lasci così?" (Accompanied recitative for Aristea and Megacle I, 10)
1:04:58 "Ne' giorni tuoi felici" (Duet of Aristea and Megacle I, 10)

1:10:39 ACT II
1:12:55 "Dimmi qual è l'affanno" (Aria of Alcandro II, 1)
1:18:59 "Che non mi disse" (Aria of Argene II, 3)
1:23:05 "Siam navi all'onde algenti" (Aria of Aminta II, 4)
1:28:40 "Del forte Licida" (Chorus II, 4)
1:39:56 "Misero me, che veggo" (Accompanied recitative for Megacle II, 8)
1:45:02 "Se cerca, se dice" (Aria of Megacle II, 9)
1:53:02 "Tu me da me dividi" (Aria of Aristea II, 10)
2:00:59 "Con questo ferro, indegno" (Accompanied recitative for Licida II, 13)
2:02:49 "Gemo in un punto e fremo" (Aria of Licida II, 13)

2:07:03 ACT III
2:11:34 "Lo seguitai felice" (Aria of Megacle III, 4)
2:14:01 "Caro, son tua così" (Aria of Aristea III, 3)
2:20:21 "Son qual per mare ignoto" (Aria of Aminta III, 6)
2:24:04 "I tuoi strali terror de' mortali" (Chorus III, 6)
2:28:23 "Non so donde viene" (Aria of Clistene III, 7)
2:38:01 "Misera, dove son!" (Accompanied recitative for Licia. Borrowed from Gluck's opera Ezio, in replacement of the lost final Chorus)
2:40:38 "Ah! non son io che parlo" (Aria of Licida. Borrowed from Gluck's opera Ezio, in replacement of the lost final Chorus)