Antonio Vivaldi

Carnevale di Venezia

Cappella dell'Ospedale della Pietà

Label: Ëvoe Music
Format: CD
Barcode: 5905279916036

Catalog number: EVOE 003
Releasedate: 25-11-16

- carnevale di venezia is dedicated to the operatic works by antonio vivaldi

- great performances by Cappela della Pietà Orchestra and two young stars of Baroque singing: mezzo Natalia Kawalek and countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski

Carnival in Venice, the event people are talking about throughout Europe, is indeed the accumulation of the numbers of games, which were allowed to be played only in that season, unless there are other special reasons for celebration. In this sort of entertainment, we can enumerate comedies, operas, casino games, ballet, parades, bull fights, tightrope dances, puppet shows, and jugglers' performances. At that point in the celebration, everyone is allowed to wear masks all day long. In the old days, the carnival would start on the second day of Christmas and go throughout the beginning of the new year. The reason this was eventually postponed by officials was concern for public safety and the fact that many people were using masks as disguise to commit crimes. This release is to celebrate not only the carnival but also the works of Antonio Vivaldi. The form of Venetian opera was evoked by the baroqu eaesthetics: it demanded richness of impressions, diversity, contrasts, su