...Among the Bellini operas, BeatricediTenda may not be as compelling musically as Norma or La Sonnambula, but it contains some of bel canto's most beautiful tunes and one of the most beautiful trio ever written.
THE STORY:
Filippo, the Duke of Milan, is married to Beatrice, but covets her lady in waiting Agnese. He plots to get his wife out of the way by accusing her of having an affair with Orombello (whom Agnese loves, but who is in love with Beatrice). Agnese backs the false charge, thinking that if she can't have Orombello then she doesn't want Beatrice to have him either. A few changes of heart follow in the course of the opera, but Beatrice is the constant good gal who gains a moral victory at the price of her own head.
This is a live CD recording from a performance in Vienna in 1992 conducted by Pinchas Steinberg and featuring...
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Main Performer: Iorio Zennaro (Tenor); Mariana Nicolesco (Soprano); Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone); Stefania Toczyska (Mezzo soprano); Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Prague Philharmonic Chorus; Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
Date of Release: 06/1995
Label / Distributor: Classical / BMG UK
Pieces in Set: 3
Running Time: 3 hours 43 minutes
Genre(s): Stage works
Producer: Teiji van Geest
SPAR Code: DDD
EAN: 5099706453925
Work 1
Work Title: Beatrice di Tenda
Excerpt(s): 1. Prelude; ACT 1 - Tu, signor, lasciar si presto; Ah! non pensar 2. Silenzio e notte intorno; Si rivale 3. Respiro io qui; Oh! mie fedeli! 4. Ma la sola, ahimè! son io; Ah! la pena in lor piombo 5. Tu qui, Filippo; E quali, spergiura; Qui di ribelli 6. Lo vedeste? 7. Il mio dolore; Deh! se mi amast un giorno 8. Ciascun! non io; A ciuscun fidar vorrei 9. Parti:; Vedi? Traditori! 10. ACT 2 - Lassa! e può il ciel 11. Omai del suo destino 12. Venga la rea...Di grave accusa il peso 13. Orombello! oh, sciagurato 14. Filippo!...Tu! ti appressa 15. Qui m'accolse oppresso; Non son io che la condanno 16. Ah! no, non sia la misera; Nulla io dissi; Angiol di pace 17. Chi giunge? 18. Ah! se un urna; Ah! la morte a cui m'appresso.
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1833
Date Recorded: 1986
Conductor: Alberto Zedda
Orchestra / Ensemble: Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Main Performer: Iorio Zennaro (Tenor), Mariana Nicolesco (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Stefania Toczyska (Mezzo soprano), Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Iorio Zennaro (Anichino), Iorio Zennaro (Rizzardo), Mariana Nicolesco (Beatrice), Piero Cappuccilli (Filippo), Stefania Toczyska (Agnese), Vincenzo La Scola (Orombello)
...Among the Bellini operas, BeatricediTenda may not be as compelling musically as Norma or La Sonnambula, but it contains some of bel canto's most beautiful tunes and one of the most beautiful trio ever written.
THE STORY:
Filippo, the Duke of Milan, is married to Beatrice, but covets her lady in waiting Agnese. He plots to get his wife out of the way by accusing her of having an affair with Orombello (whom Agnese loves, but who is in love with Beatrice). Agnese backs the false charge, thinking that if she can't have Orombello then she doesn't want Beatrice to have him either. A few changes of heart follow in the course of the opera, but Beatrice is the constant good gal who gains a moral victory at the price of her own head.
This is a live CD recording from a performance in Vienna in 1992 conducted by Pinchas Steinberg and featuring...
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Advantages: Kasarova's personal touch. Virtuosic without showing off Disadvantages: She doesn't keep singing forever
...any legato line to achieve it. Like her idol, WA Mozart, this gal can operate within the boundary while generating a singing experience that transcends it.
The tracks included are:
1. HANDEL: Rinaldo: Or la tromba in suon festante
2. GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice
3. MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete che cosa e amor
4. MOZART: Don Giovanni: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto
5. ROSSINI: La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno/ Non piu mesta
6. ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa
7. ROSSINI: L'Italiana in Algeri: Amici in ogni evento/ Pensa alla patra
8. DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena: Spossa a Percy/ Per questa fiamma indomita
9. DONIZETTI: La Favorita: Fia dunque vero/ O mio Fernando
10. BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio
Her repertoire had grown even wider since this CD came out...
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Advantages: Fun and lively comic opera sung in English Disadvantages: Not in the original language
...The Barber of Seville, Il barbiere di Siviglia is a comic opera full of vitality and fun. Composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1816, it is his most popular opera. Originally entitled Almaviva after the character from the play.
The CD released by the label, Chandos as part of its Opera in English Series, on 21st February 2000 presents the opera in full recorded on 2 discs. The CD is available from most good music stores for the price of £17.99. The Opera in English series was launched in 1995 in collaboration with the Peter Moores’ Foundation’s believe that "to enjoy opera to the full, there must be no language barrier”.
Rossini wrote the opera as a commission for the manager of the Argentina Theatre, Rome where it was first preformed in the February of 1816.
The libretto was written by Cesare Sterbini based upon Beaumarchais' play...
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