The Ghosts of Hamlet

Carcani, Giuseppe;
Gasparini, Francesco;
Hasse, Johann Adolf;
Handel, George Frideric;
Scarlatti, Domenico;
Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco

Mameli, Roberta;
Le Concert de l’Hostel-Dieu;
Comte, Franck-Emmanuel

A 574

Ambleto is a fascinating curiosity in music history: a baroque libretto by Apostolo Zeno on the legend of Hamlet, not based on Shakespeare's tragedy but on its primary source, the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Gramaticus. This swashbuckling drama has been first set to music by Francesco Gasparini (Venice 1705) - whose version served as the basis for a pasticcio (London 1712) with arias by various composers including Handel - then by Domenico Scarlatti (Rome 1715) and Giuseppe Carcani (Venice 1743). The surviving arias from these lost operas are brought back to life by the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and the charismatic soprano Roberta Mameli, who lends her supple voice to the titular Danish Prince and to the strong women around him, his courageous lover Veremonda (Shakespeare's Ophelia) and his tormented mother Gerilda (Gertrude).

Works:

•Giuseppe Carcani: "Son Sdegnato"
•Giuseppe Carcani: "Segui ad amar costante"
•Giuseppe Carcani: "Piu fido non poss'io"
•Francesco Gasparini: "Nella mia sfortunata prigiona"
•Francesco Gasparini: "Stelle, voi che de' regnanti"
• Francesco Gasparini: "Tromba in campo e spada in guerra"
•Francesco Gasparini: "Cinto d'amiche rose un di crescea"
Francesco Gasparini: The Symphony or Overture in Hamlet C-Dur
•Johann Adolph Hasse: Symphonie g-moll op. 5 Nr. 6
•Georg Friedrich Händel: "Ti indegno sei dell'allor"
•Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia d-moll; "Nella mia sfortunata prigionia"
•Carlo Francesco Pollarolo: "D'ire armato il braccio forte"

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04-03-2025

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