For a comic interlude of 45 minutes, La serva padrona carries a lot of weight on her slim shoulders. She’s the ancestrix of both the Italian opera buffa and the French opéra comique.
128. La serva padrona (Pergolesi)
127. Germanico in Germania (Porpora)
Cenčić resurrects Porpora. For all lovers of opera seria, this is a must.
126. Catone in Utica (Vinci)
A Roman triumph! Veni, audivi, Vinci, one might say.
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