Ester (Stradella)

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Ester, liberatrice del popolo ebreo ( Esther, Liberator of the Jewish People) is a 1673 Italian-language oratorio by Alessandro Stradella. The only surviving manuscript lacks the original ritornellos and some closed numbers. [1] It was performed in Corpus Christi Catholic Church, New York City, in 1985, [2] and recorded by Italian early music group Il Concento, under Luca Franco Ferrari in 2001, later released on Brilliant Classics in 2012. The work was not performed again in New York City until 2019 and 2020, when it was produced and presented by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts at Brotherhood Synagogue, [3] garnering both scholarly [4] and critical praise [5] and for both outings. Navona Records released a complete CD of the oratorio in July 2024. The cast includes Jessica Gould, Sonia Tedla, José Lemos, Gabriele Lombardi, and Salvo Vitale, conducted by Jory Vinikour.

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  1. ↑ Stradella: uomo di gran grido, p. 212: "Anche di Ester, liberatrice del popolo ebreo, la cui unica partitura rimastaci è incompleta (mancano i ritornelli e forse anche qualche numero chiuso), è possibile dare solo una valutazione parziale..."[ full citation needed ]
  2. ↑ The New Yorker , vol. 65 (1989), p. 91: "For some years, Music Before 1800, in Corpus Christi Church, has been offering Lenten delight with performances – the first in the city – of oratorios by Alessandro Stradella: Ester in 1985, San Giovanni Battista (an earlier version of the ..."[ full citation needed ]
  3. ↑ "Ester, liberatrice del popolo ebreo to be Performed at Brotherhood Synagogue" by Chloe Rabinowitz, 7 February 2020, BroadwayWorld , context and program notes by Jessica Gould
  4. ↑ Chris Petitt (Fall 2019). "Stradella in the City" (PDF). Newsletter of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music. Vol. 29, no. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ↑ John Yohalem (9 March 2020). "Kebabs in the Persian Room". Parterre Box . Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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