Composer of the Week - Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Episode 3

If Haydn's operas have failed to catch on, it's certainly not the fault of the music. Donald Macleod considers the composer's dreadful choice of libretti. In terms of textual turkey, La vera costanza is a prime offender, yet it contains some of Haydn's most inspired music. Il mondo della luna (Act 2 - finale) Domenico Trimarchi (baritone) Luigi Alva, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Frederica von Stade, Lucia Valentini-Terrani (mezzo-soprano) Arleen Auger, Edith Mathis (soprano) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Antal Dorati (conductor/continuo) Philips 473 851-2, CD9, Trs 26-28 Il Mondo della luna (Act 3) Domenico Trimarchi (baritone) Luigi Alva, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Frederica von Stade, Lucia Valentini-Terrani (mezzo-soprano) Arleen Auger, Edith Mathis (soprano) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Antal Dorati (conductor/continuo) Philips 473 851-2, CD10 (Trs 1-5) Aria di Donna Stella: D'una sposa meschinella (insertion aria for Paisiello's La Frascatana) Edith Mathis (soprano) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Armin Jordan (conductor) Philips 473 851-2, CD10, Tr 11 So che una bestia sei (La vera costanza - Act, Masino) Domenico Trimarchi (baritone) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Antal Dorati (conductor) Philips 473 476-2, CD 9, Tr 6 La vera costanza (Act 1, Finale) Jessye Norman, Helen Donath, Kari Lovaas (soprano) Claes H Ahnsjo, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Domenico Trimarchi (baritone) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Antal Dorati (conductor) Philips 473 476-2, CD 9, Trs 17-20.