ALESSANDRO STRADELLA (1643-1682): Amare e fingere.

Description: Composed in Rome, but performed in Siena in 1676 Amare e fingere, the seventh recording of the Stradella Project, inspired by a Spanish comedy of the time and set in a fairytale ‘Arabian countryside’ sheds new light on its composer’s Roman operatic output. 2 CDs. Italian-English libretto. Mauro Borgioni (baritone), Paola Valentina Molinari (soprano), José Maria Lo Monaco (mezzo), Luca Cervoni (tenor), Ensemble Mare Nostrum; Andrea De Carli.