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Libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capeche (1652-1728), court poet of Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who lived in exile in Rome. The events between and during Good Friday and Easter Sunday are described in detail.
The oratorio was first performed on Easter Sunday 8 April 1708 in Rome with the support of the Marquis Francesco Ruspoli, Handel`s patron at the time.
The characters of the liturgical drama that appear in the oratorio are Lucifer (bass), Mary Magdalene (soprano), an angel (soprano), John the Evangelist (tenor), Mary Cleophas (alto).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_resurrezione

Annick Massis, Jennifer Smith, Linda Maguire, John Mark Ainsley, Laurent Naouri / 1996
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