Juditha triumphans

Oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi
Libretto by Giacomo Cassetti

Torroella Festival Baroque Orchestra - La Principessa Filosofa
Sant Esteve Choir, Vila-seca (Xavier Pastrana, director)
Ottavio Dantone, director
Gemma Coma-Alabert, mezzo-soprano (Juditha)
María Hinojosa, soprano (Abra)
Mireia Pintó, mezzo-soprano (Vagaus)
Lola Casariego, mezzo-soprano (Holofernes)
Marta Infante, mezzo-soprano (Ozias)

Juditha Triumphans was a commission to celebrate the victory of the Venetians over the Turks in 1716, and represents the highest point of Vivaldi’s vocal output. In the same way that Verdi considered his Requiem to be his best opera, Vivaldi’s oratorio is an almost political work, a cruel story of violent antagonism – death depicted by music of great beauty that contrasts with the brutality of the action.

Torroella de Montgrí Festival Production