Antonio Gianettini: L’ingresso Alla Gioventù Di Claudio Nerone

Contemporary world premiere of Baroque opera Dramma per Musica Libretto: Giambattista Neri Festive opera presented in Modena in 1692 on the occasion of the marriage of Francesco II d'Este and Margherita Farnese. The festive opera is one of Gianetti’s most important works. The theme is based on an episode of the ascent of Emperor Neron to power according to the accounts of the Roman historian Publia Cornelia Tacita. This theme, offering rich insights into court life and the political situation of the time, was very popular during the Baroque era. The well-known operas Monteverdiho L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Händel's Agrippina fall into this category today. The basis for study of the opera is a handwritten score uniquely preserved in Modena (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena) and a copy of the libretto that also served as a program for the Modena performance in 1692, also stored there. Soloists, Hof-Musici Baroque orchestra, stage direction and Baroque gesticulation Zuzana Vrbová, conducted from the harpsichord by Ondřej Macek.