Antonio Cesti – L’Orontea

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Ivor Bolton, conductor

Paula Murrihy, Orontea
Sebastian Geyer, Creonte
Juanita Lascarro Tibrino, Amore
Guy de Mey, Aristea
Xavier Sabata, Alidoro
Simon Bailey, Gelone
Matthias Rexroth, Corindo
Louise Alder, Silandra
Kateryna Kasper, Giacinta
Katharina Magiera, Filosofia

The premier of L’Orontea took place in 1656 in Innsbruck at the court of Archduke Ferdinand Karl, grandson of Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany, who at that time was the patron of the first attempts of the art form of opera in Florence.

Alongside Francesco Cavalli’s opera La Giasone, L’Orontea went down in history as  the most successful opera of the late 17th century.