Some of this may be more (musically) Classical than you're looking for, but since I know you like opera I'll include it anyway. Here's what on my Classical playlist:
-Bellini, Norma (Well, parts of it are sung by Romans. This one is Romans vs. Gauls, who both lose to bel canto) -Berlioz, Les Troyens -Cavalli, La Calisto -Gluck, several operas, including Ifigenia in Aulide, Ifigenia in Tauride, and Orfeo ed Eurydice -Handel, Acis and Galatea (in English, yet!) -Handel, Semele ditto -Handel, Giulio Cesare -Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea (where else are you going to find two Poppea-Nero love duets? or a dialogue between Minerva and Seneca?) -Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria -Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito -Mozart, Idomeneo -Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Mind you, historical it is not.) -Refice, Cecilia (okay, it's pagans vs. Christians, but still . . .) -Sullivan, The Martyr of Antioch Yes, he composed stuff besides G&S. I've never seen or heard all of this, but I have a CD with two excerpts: a Christians vs. pagans double chorus, and a gorgeous hymn to Apollo.)
That doesn't exhaust my list, but it may not be what you were looking for. Let me know if you want more along these lines. And don't forget Princess Ida's hymn to Minerva.
Finally, if you read this far, I have a marvelous CD by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus called "Rome's Golden Poets- A Capella Settings of Latin Verse". It lives up to its name. I highly recommend it.
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-Bellini, Norma (Well, parts of it are sung by Romans. This one is Romans vs. Gauls, who both lose to bel canto)
-Berlioz, Les Troyens
-Cavalli, La Calisto
-Gluck, several operas, including Ifigenia in Aulide, Ifigenia in Tauride, and Orfeo ed Eurydice
-Handel, Acis and Galatea (in English, yet!)
-Handel, Semele ditto
-Handel, Giulio Cesare
-Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea (where else are you going to find two Poppea-Nero love duets? or a dialogue between Minerva and Seneca?)
-Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
-Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito
-Mozart, Idomeneo
-Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Mind you, historical it is not.)
-Refice, Cecilia (okay, it's pagans vs. Christians, but still . . .)
-Sullivan, The Martyr of Antioch Yes, he composed stuff besides G&S. I've never seen or heard all of this, but I have a CD with two excerpts: a Christians vs. pagans double chorus, and a gorgeous hymn to Apollo.)
That doesn't exhaust my list, but it may not be what you were looking for. Let me know if you want more along these lines. And don't forget Princess Ida's hymn to Minerva.
Finally, if you read this far, I have a marvelous CD by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus called "Rome's Golden Poets- A Capella Settings of Latin Verse". It lives up to its name. I highly recommend it.
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