Vespres d'Arnadí: Giuseppe Riconosciuto

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Image courtesy of Festival de Torroella.

For the 43rd year of the Festival de Torroella, the musicologist Josep Dolcet and his musical ensemble will perform Giuseppe Riconosciuto by Domènec Terradellas.

Born in Barcelona in 1713, Domènec Terradellas was an outstanding representative of the Neapolitan Opera School who played a major role in the evolution of opera from baroque to classicism. A chapel master in Rome and director of the King's Theatre in London, he developed his career far from his country, where none of his works were performed until three years after his death (in Rome, at the age of 38, and under mysterious circumstances).

The Torroella de Montgrí Festival programmed a work by Terradellas for the first time in 2021, the Te Deum Solemne, in the first concert held in Torroella in memory of Ernest Lluch. This year, the 43rd Festival begins with the oratorio Giuseppe riconosciuto, the first work that Terradellas presented in Naples in 1736. It was performed again in 1995, this time with a modern orchestra, as a result of a research project undertaken by the musicologist Josep Dolcet. At Torroella, it will be performed by a musical ensemble playing period instruments.

The sound performance action Overture by the visual artist and performer Mar Serinyà and the sound craftsman Marc Miserachs will open the Torroella Festival's program at the Espai Ter Auditorium.

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