Donald Satz wrote: >Harmonia Mundi recently issued the opera "Contadina" by Johann Adolph >Hasse, a baroque composer whose discography is becoming fairly extensive. >I have a few Hasse cds and find most of his music well-constructed with >memorable melodic content such as his opera Cleofide; but, I have heard >Hasse works which are not highly inspired. Do you know *La serva scaltra* (a so-called *intermezzo*, a compartively short opera-like piece)? I heard and taped it (it was recorded this year live in Potsdam) and was disappointed by it. Indeed Hasse seems to have had a very imbalanced output. I have two questions: 1. Does anyone know this work and if so what are their opinions? 2. Is anyone familiar with the performers? I am not. They are: Gemma Bartagnolli, Wolfgang Neveria and the Akademia fur Alte Musik conducted by Bernard Forck. Philip