Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade – review

Milanesi, Solvang, Pasichnyk, Rivera, Oro, Francis, Brutscher, Academia Montis Regalis/ de Marchi (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)As the Olympics approach, there will be plenty of revivals of Games-related dramas (Garsington promises a Vivaldi opera next year), and this big three-acter by Pergolesi –, best known for his small comic pieces – leads the field. Here, the winner of the Games is promised the daughter of the king, contradicting the course of true love, but once babies exchanged at birth h...

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