Francesco Araia
Francesco Domenico Araja (or Araia; Russian: Франче́ско Доменико Ара́йя; June 25, 1709 in Naples, Kingdom of Sicily – between 1762 and 1770 in Bologna, States of the Church) was an Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian imperial court, including Tsefal i Prokris, the first opera in Russian.
Genre: opera
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Top Tracks
- La forza dell’amore e dell’odio: "Vado a morir"
- Berenice: Cadrò, ma qual si mira
- Seleuco: "Pastor che a notte ombrosa"
- Sinfonia in D Major: III. Allegro
- Sinfonia in D Major: II. Andante
- Sinfonia in D Major: I. Allegro
- Berenice: Cadró ma qual si mira
- Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A14, Act 3: Aria. "Questa d'un fido amore" (Iside)
- Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A14, Act 2: Aria. "Ombra che pallida" (Iside)
- Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A14, Act 2: Recitativo accompagnato. "Iside, dove sei?" (Iside)
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