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Introducing Francesco Cavalli’s Veremonda, l’amazzone di Aragona
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Schedule
6:00-6:30 PM: Panel discussion- Ottomans, Venetians, and the Politics of Cavalli’s Veremonda
Wendy Heller
Department of Music
Molly Greene
Department of History
Lawrence Zazzo
Countertenor; Newcastle University
Gabrielle Hooper
G2, Department of Music
6:30-7:30 PM: Concert-An Evening with Veremonda
Featuring Lawrence Zazzo, Countertenor
With Emma George, Sara Hagenbuch, Jacqueline Horner-Kwaitek, Emma Simmons, Brendan T. Sperling
Early Music Princeton Singers
Jacqueline Horner-Kwaitek, Director
Early Music Princeton Chamber Players
Nancy Wilson, Director
The Cavalli Players
Joyce Chen, Continuo
Michael Pratt, Conductor
Produced by Wendy Heller, with excerpts from her forthcoming critical edition (Bärenreiter, 2024).
Program
Francesco Cavalli Veremonda l’Amazzone di Aragona (1652)
Principal Characters
Principal Characters in tonight’s performance
(in order of appearance)
ZELEMINA, Moorish queen who resided in Calpe, a city in the Strait of Gibraltar, fortress of the kingdom of Granada.
ZAIDA, nurse of Zelemina
DELIO, general to the King of Aragon, in mutual love with Zelemina and then infatuated with Veremonda.
RE, the king of Aragon, Don Alfonso the Astrologer, more interested in his studies than in war
REGINA, QUEEN VEREMONDA, wife of King Alfonso, known as the Amazon of Aragon, who pretends to be in love with Delio to take the besieged fort by surprise.
VENDETTA, Vengeance, a demon who incites Delio to take revenge, pretending to be in love, to avenge an old injury that King Alfonso’s father did to Delio’s family, having
attempted to rape Violante, the mother of Delio and wife of Roldano.
AMORE, love, invoked by Vengeance.
FURORE, fury, invoked by Vengeance.
ROLDANO, aged father of Delio, succeeded by his son as commander of the Aragonese army.
Arranged by Wendy Heller, from her forthcoming critical edition of the score (Bärenreiter, 2024), libretto edited by Valeria Conti.
Principal Characters
Principal Characters in tonight’s performance
(in order of appearance)
ZELEMINA, Moorish queen who resided in Calpe, a city in the Strait of Gibraltar, fortress of the kingdom of Granada.
ZAIDA, nurse of Zelemina
DELIO, general to the King of Aragon, in mutual love with Zelemina and then infatuated with Veremonda.
RE, the king of Aragon, Don Alfonso the Astrologer, more interested in his studies than in war
REGINA, QUEEN VEREMONDA, wife of King Alfonso, known as the Amazon of Aragon, who pretends to be in love with Delio to take the besieged fort by surprise.
VENDETTA, Vengeance, a demon who incites Delio to take revenge, pretending to be in love, to avenge an old injury that King Alfonso’s father did to Delio’s family, having
attempted to rape Violante, the mother of Delio and wife of Roldano.
AMORE, love, invoked by Vengeance.
FURORE, fury, invoked by Vengeance.
ROLDANO, aged father of Delio, succeeded by his son as commander of the Aragonese army.
Arranged by Wendy Heller, from her forthcoming critical edition of the score (Bärenreiter, 2024), libretto edited by Valeria Conti.