Calisto

Raymond Leppard's second and more renowned contribution to the modern revival of Cavalli: a classic among Baroque opera recordings which won the coveted Rosette award from the Penguin Record Guide. In 1651, seven years after Ormindo (also reissued by Eloquence in Leppard's recording, 482 9382), Cavalli and his librettist Faustini scored another hit with the hungry but demanding Venetian opera public with a tale from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The change that all of Ovid's central characters undergo is in this case suffered by the nymph Calisto, who is rejected by the goddess Diana, turned into a bear by the Furies and back into a human by Jupiter, who finally sets her among the stars in reward for her patience and her love. Writing as editor of the Musical Times in the summer of 1970, Stanley Sadie observed that.

Cavalli was the leading composer of opera in Venice during the 1650s, and Calisto (which premiered in November 1651) finds him at the height of his powers. Giovanni Faustini’s mythologically based libretto for Calisto tells the story of the amorous trials of two couples: Calisto, a female devotee of the goddess Diana, and her pursuer, Jove; and Diana herself, and the shepherd Endymion. As a follower of Diana, Calisto has rejected carnal relations with men; as a result, in order to win her affection, Jove disguises himself as Diana, and Calisto willingly follows him in that guise to enjoy carnal pleasure. Calisto’s actions invoke the wrath of both Diana herself, and of Jove’s wife Juno. According to the myth, Calisto is transformed into a bear, and will later ascend to the firmament as the constellation Ursa Minor. Diana, in Faustini’s version, finally admits to loving Endymion; they remain devoted to each other, but their relationship remains unconsummated.

Tout savoir des liens très étroits entre stress et vie sexuelle, pour retrouver le plaisir.
Le stress ne se contente pas de perturber notre mental et notre quotidien. Il a un effet très négatif sur notre vie sexuelle. À l'origine de dysfonctions sexuelles masculines (impuissance, éjaculation précoce) et féminines (douleurs pendant les rapports), il provoque un manque de confiance en soi, des malentendus, un malaise vis-à-vis du partenaire…

Premiered at the King's Theatre, London during May 1739, this is not a familiar Handel opera, although its music certainly will be. It is a pasticcio opera cobbled together by Handel using an existing libretto and music he plundered from the little known Francesco Araja (c1709-1770).
The plot of Giove in Argo is a mix of mistaken identities and complicated relationships, featuring mortals, gods and kings. The music is beautiful and performed by a cast that includes - Tanya Aspelmeir, Lisa Tjalve and Benoit Haller. The period instrument band, Concert Royal Koln and Kammerchor Wurzburg are directed by Sylvie Kraus and Matthias Beckert.