No. 1 Sinfonia

No. 6 Aria „Castagno, castagna“ (Calandro)

No. 8 Aria „Noi pariamo, Santorelli“ (Calandro)

No. 12 Terzetto „Mi sembra un sogno“ (Rezia, Dardane, Balkis)

No. 18 Aria „Che sian i Calandri filosofi pazzi“ (Osmin)

No. 29 Aria „Or vicina a te, mio cuore“ (Rezia)

No. 38 Duetto „Son quest’occhi un stral d’amore“ (Ali, Rezia)

No. 47 Finale. Coro „Cessi lʼombra omai di pianto“ (Rezia, Balkis, Dardane, Osmin, Ali, Sultano, Calandro)

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
L’incontro improvviso Hob. XXVIII:6 (1775)
Dramma giocoso per musica in three acts
Libretto: Carl Friberth after La rencontre imprevue by Louis Hurtaut Dancourt

Version of the staged production as part of the donauFESTWOCHEN in Strudengau 2019
(staged by Manuela Kloibmüller)

Bernhard Berchtold, tenor – Ali, Prince of Balsora, beloved of Rezia
Elisabeth Breuer, soprano – Rezia, Princess of Persia,
favourite in the harem of the Sultan of Egypt
Anna Willerding, soprano – Balkis, slave, confidante of Rezia
Annastina Malm, mezzo soprano – Dardane, slave, confidante of Rezia
Markus Miesenberger, tenor – Osmin, slave of Ali
Rafael Fingerlos, Bariton – Calandro, a beggar dervish
Michael Wagner, Bass – The Sultan of Egypt

L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

(cpo 2023 ∙ 2 CDs)