Mazzoni, Antonio - Aminta, il re pastore - Otero, Juan Bautista (conductor)

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Aminta, il re pastore is an extraordinary work which the famed castrato Farinelli commissioned from the Bolognese composer Mazzoni after the huge success of this 2 operas produced in Lisbon, La clemenza di Tito and Antigono. Faithfully following Metastasio’s original libretto, Mazzoni composed here a sublime opera seria in 3 acts, shorter than usual, with a blend of pathos, delicacy of expression and virtuosity that gives a marvellously complete picture of what one might call “the Farinelli sound”.
Here is yet another operatic masterpiece reborn thanks to Juan Bautista Otero and his splendid Real Compania Opera de Camara.