ALPHA099 A Bembo: Produzioni Armoniche [Harmonic Productions]

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Castle Classics > Classical CD > Composers - B > Bembo, Antonia (Italian c.1640-c.1722) > ALPHA099 A Bembo: Produzioni Armoniche [Harmonic Productions] - Mariia Jonas, soprano; Convoce. Coeln

ALPHA099 A Bembo: Produzioni Armoniche [Harmonic Productions] - Mariia Jonas, soprano; Convoce. Coeln

Label - Alpha

Cat. No. - ALPHA099

Produzioni armoniche contains cantatas and arias that together establish an intriguing portrait of the singer and composer Antonia Padoani. Born around 1640 in the Veneto, the only child of a medical doctor and his wife, Antonia received a thorough education in music and letters. Francesco Cavalli, the foremost Venetian opera composer of the day, served as one of her private tutors and she sang with the guitarist-composer Francesco Corbetta.

Antonia obtained the title of 'Nobile Veneta' (Noble Venetian) through her marriage to Lorenzo Bembo in 1659.When Lorenzo returned from the War of Candia 1667-1669, a broken man with little regard for his wife, she sued him for divorce. She failed and the couple lived separately until she fled Venice for Paris early in 1677.With his connections to the French court and its musical culture, the evidence points to Corbetta as a likely candidate in aiding Antonia's escape. He may well have accompanied her when she sang for Louis XIV, enabling her to obtain a life-long pension with which to live in a women's community in Paris.

Produzioni armoniche represents the first of six books of music manuscripts that Antonia Bembo assembled in thanks for the king's protection. First recordings.
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