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Work: Didone Abbandonata

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ComposerJommelli, Niccolò (1714-1774)
PeriodBaroque
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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BudapestBaroque concert: Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Boccherini, Galuppi, Mozart, Jommelli

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Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Boccherini, Galuppi, Mozart, Jommelli
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Sergey Malov; Lore Binon
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Fiddling while Carthage burns: Jommelli's La Didone from Ensemble Serse

Five hours with five counter tenors: a virtuoso stand-off which impresses, even astounds, but ultimately exhausts even the most dedicated audience by its refusal to cut a single note of what becomes a very long, florid opera by Jommelli. 
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