Catone in Utica (Vinci)

Catone in Utica is a 1728 opera by Leonardo Vinci. It was the original setting of Metastasio's libretto of that name.

Title page of 'Catone in Utica'

Recordings

• Vinci, Leonardo: Catone in Utica Max Emanuel Cenčić (Arbace), Franco Fagioli (Cesare), Valer Sabadus (Marzia), Martin Mitterutzner (Fulvio), Vince Yi (Emilia), Juan Sancho (Catone); Il Pomo D'oro, Riccardo Minasi Decca 3CD 2015^[1]

References

1. BBC Music Magazine, September 2015: "Director Riccardo Minaso heats up [the] sense of rivalry – the variations get wilder, the yearning more palpable. All three countertenors are virtuosos, but Fagioli takes the laurels ... the band contributes enormously throughout, its brash exuberance alternating with continuo realisations as delicate as they are original ... [a] superb premiere recording."