Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Composer: Monteverdi, Claudio

Librettist/Text Author: Tasso, Torquato

Conductor: Porcelijn, David

Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble

Clorinda: Anderson, Lorna

Narrator: De Mey, Guy

Tancredi: Koningsberger, Maarten

Costume Designer: Obolensky, Chloe

Lighting Designer: Puymbrouck, Gerry van

Stage Director: Audi, Pierre

Television Director: Berg, Rob van den

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Date of Production: June 1993

Venue: Amsterdam Studios

Playing Time: 00:31:11

Catalogue Number: OA0975D

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Monteverdi's operatic scene for three voices Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, with a libretto drawns from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata, is a vivid romance set against the backdrop of the First Crusade, in which the noble knight Tancredi fights a duel with a supposed Saracen warrior only to discover, too late, that the vanquished opponent dying in his arms is non other than his beloved Clorinda in disguise. In this dramatic and intimate performance, staged with precision by Pierre Audi, musical director David Porcelijn gives great attention to the phrasing and dynamic demands of the score, leading the ASKO Ensemble and the singers to transparent brilliance.

Bonus feature:

- Introduction to Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clarinda by Roeland Hazendonk