It seems a bit curious that such a historically significant opera has waited so long for a recording, even as Sacchini's chamber music - intended for commercial purposes and regarded by Sacchini himself as of no more than fleeting value - has already appeared on disc. A belated revival of Oedipe à Colone in 1843 won the admiration of no less a figure than Hector Berlioz. Sacchini died during this conflict and when the work finally opened, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece Oedipe à Colone remained in the repertoire until the 1820s, when all classical operas began to drop from the rolls. Created on a commission from Marie Antoinette, the premiere of Oedipe à Colone was not given at Fontainebleau as she'd hoped, owing to political pressure. Premiered at the Paris Opéra in February 1787 - a few months after Sacchini died - Oedipe à Colone was seen as vindication for its composer, whose last years had been marked by straightened financial circumstances, declining popularity, and humiliating, public squabbling with his colleagues in London.
Sacchini's posthumous fame rested chiefly on one work, the French opera seria Oedipe à Colone. Antonio Sacchini was an early composer of the classical era - he studied with Francesco Durante - whose place in the scheme of things was not established until relatively late in the classical game.
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