{"id":1537,"date":"2014-02-15T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T10:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2014-02-15T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T10:16:45","slug":"purcells-one-act-opera-the-judgment-of-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Purcell\u2019s one-act opera The Judgment of Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In March 2014, Resonus Classics is delighted to release the world\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>premiere recording of Daniel Purcell\u2019s one-act opera The Judgment\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>of Paris.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Written in 1701 to a libretto newly commissioned from William<br \/>\nCongreve, one of the leading dramatists of the day, the opera was<br \/>\nsubmitted for the Music Prize established by a group of opera-loving<br \/>\naristocrats with the aim to foster the development of all-sung opera<br \/>\nin English.<br \/>\nThis rarely performed opera is presented here by Spiritato! and the<br \/>\nRodolfus Choir under the direction of Julian Perkins. The soloists<br \/>\ninclude: Anna Dennis as Venus \u2013 Goddess of Love; Amy Freston as<br \/>\nPallas \u2013 Goddess of War; Ciara Hendricks as Juno \u2013 Goddess of<br \/>\nMarriage; Samuel Boden as Paris \u2013 a shepherd; and Ashley Riches as<br \/>\nMercury \u2013 Messenger of the Gods.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Released solely in digital formats, these recording will be available from www.resonusclassics.com and other reputable<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">online retailers in formats ranging from MP3 up to 96kHz\/24-bit studio quality masters<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In March 2014, Resonus Classics is delighted to release the world\u00a0premiere recording of Daniel Purcell\u2019s one-act opera The Judgment\u00a0of Paris. Written in 1701 to a libretto newly commissioned from William Congreve, one of the leading dramatists of the day, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=1537\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}