IBO & Peter Whelan - The Trials of Tenducci - Gramophone

Mezzo Tara Erraught, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Peter Whelan bring the Dublin concert halls of the mid-18th century to life with this exploration of the life and musical repertoire of the castrato singer Giusto Fernando Tenducci. Tenducci caused a scandal in Ireland in 1766 when he eloped with his 15-year-old singing pupil Dorothea Maunsell, their marriage was annulled in 1772. The album includes works that Tenducci was particularly associated with, including Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate (Mozart was briefly a singing pupil of Tenducci's in 1777-78), and arias by Arne, JC Bach and Giordani.