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Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Christian Immler, Colin Balzer, Jesse Blumberg, Aaron Sheehan, Terry Wey, José Lemos; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra (Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, directors) Erato 0825646343546
Niobe, Regina di Tebe was revived in 1977 in New York after long neglect. Recent London, Schwetzingen, and Boston productions established its reputation as a worthy representative of Agostino Steffani's compositional prowess. Steffani (1654-1728) spent most of his life in Germany. The opera dates from 1688, during his early Munich years, before he became...