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Francesco Araia
12+ albums
operacomposer18th centuryitalianItaly
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Francesco Araia (b Naples, 25 June 1709; d ? c1770) was an Italian composer. By the time he was 25 he had had operas given at the main Italian centres. In 1735-40 he was maestro di cappella to Empress Anne of Russia at St Petersburg; during a second spell there (1742-59), under Empress Elizabeth, he wrote heroic operas. His Cephalus and Procris (1755) is the first opera known to have been sung in Russian. In 1759 he retired to Italy, though he returned to his post during the brief reign of Peter III (1762). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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La forza dell’amore e dell’odio: "Vado a morir"
3,5672Berenice: Cadrò, ma qual si mira
3503Seleuco: "Pastor che a notte ombrosa"
2534Cadro ma qual si mira [Berenice]
1635Francesco Araia: Berenice - Cadrò, ma qual si mira
526Cadrò, ma qual si mira
477Sinfonia in D Major: III. Allegro
338Berenice: Cadró ma qual si mira
209La Forza Dell'amore E Dell'odio: "Vado A Morir"
1310Araia: Berenice - Cadrò, ma qual si mira
12albums
St. Petersburg
Sacrificium
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St Petersburg
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Agitato
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Sacrificium (Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini)
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Sacrificum
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Sacrificium [Disc 1]
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Cecilia Bartoli: Sacrificium
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Sacrificium (Cecilia Bartoli; Il Giardino Armonico)
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Sacrificium (Disc 1)
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Die Kunst der Kastraten
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Sacrificium - Bartoli, Il Giardino Armonico, Antonini (Decca 2009)