| 1. L'ora Dell'amore |
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| 4. Torna Liebelei |
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| 9. Storia Normale |
| 10. Il Pittore |
| 11. Il Diario Di Anna Frank |
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C.G.D.
Incidentally, how can some people blatantly dare show their absolute ignorance? How can somebody call -and get away with it- Callas' soloists Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giulietta Simionato, and Gianni Raimondi "second rate"??? I guess you've neither listened to any of them nor heard of their superb and much acclaimed qualities as musicians!!!
Callas was breathtaking in her live performance from the 50's (especially in Act 3) BUT the sound quality is very poor indeed and the other soloists are second rate. The performance was also heavily cut. I only wish she had recorded the whole opera in the studio, instead of one or two arias.
Sunderland was well past her prime by the time she recorded her performance on CD. Her diction, never a strong point for her, is particularly 'woolly' and she has problems sustaining the higher register without strain. It is a pity she didn't record it much earlier in her career. Boynage conducts in a pedestrian manner too (compare the overture from Boynage and Rudel, Rudel makes the overture exciting and vibrant. Boynage conducts a somewhat flat and one dimensional rendition).
Gruberova's recording on CD is from a live performance and is truly aweful in places. I actually think it is one of the worst performances of anything I have ever heard 'recorded'. Don't touch it with a barge pole.
Then there is Sills performance. OK, I wish the voice was a little heavier at times but her singing is, as usual, beautiful. You feel that Anna Bolena is a role she loved, she conveys dramatic sincerity throughout. Rudel conducts his orchestral forces with such energy. Indeed, he is a major selling point of this set for me. He injects the performance with flair and gusto. Verrett, Burrows and Plishka don't put a foot wrong. A wonderful performance. I love this recording above all the others. Buy it. This set leaves the competition standing, (although, if you can tolerate the appalling sound, Callas' performance is fantastic too, however overall this set is far superior).
That is, he is never content to sing without becoming the character, without expressing the emotions of the character.
The size, colour and drama of the voice make him an ideal Verdi exponent. Who could ever forget his magnificent performances in "Un ballo", "Don Carlos", "La Traviata", "Il Trovatore", and a host of other Verdi tenor roles? And the consistency of Domingo's vocal quality is something of a phenomenon. This man has had an enviable career - and it's his superb vocal technique that has carried him through it.
I particularly love the way that he varies the outpourings of that golden tone. At one moment it's all fire and blazing intensity, and the next it's a thing of restraint and tenderness. Is there anything at which to cavil in Domingo as a Verdi tenor? I do not think so...
The world has been fortunate to be gifted with such a tenor. If music itself adds meaning to our life and to existence itself, it finds an ideal servant of itself in this man who is certainly one of the finest tenors in the world.
This collection of Verdi arias represents not only the recordings of Domingo in the roles he's tackled during his long career (with some of the finest fellow singers you could imagine), but also some earlier Verdi that he'd not performed, and which he recorded specially for this multi-CD set. The result is a triumph. One can see the difference instantly between various characters - not an easy thing to do.
I would also like to recommend another set - "Der junge Domingo" (The Young Domingo), a 5-CD set released by BMG. I cannot find it here on Amazon, so I can only suggest those who are interested try alternative sources. It's a quite stunning collection - admittedly it contains "Svegliatevi nel cor" which I think is a mistake, but then it was recorded before the Handel revival and was thus less historically informed than one might wish. But really... it doesn't matter. The great beauty and intelligence of Domingo's singing shines through even that, and it's followed by a lovely "Il mio tesoro" from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Things get even better - there's a Donizetti aria from Il Duca d'Alba, the famous tenor aria from La Juive, the "Quando le sere al placido" from Luisa Miller, Lenski's aria from Eugene Onegin, some Gounod (including arias from Faust and Roméo et Juliette), the love duet from Madama Butterfly with Leontyne Price, and much more...
What impresses right away is how little has the voice changed over the years. Yes, some freshness heard on Ingemisco is lost now, but there is much greater insight gained, as displayed in such heroic pieces as "O magnanima, e prima delle città lombarde". Through numerous performances (Domingo has long ago broke Enrico Caruso's record for opening nights at the MET) and numerous recorded recitals, Domingo managed to keep the powerful, ringing spinto tenor mostly intact. What's most intriguing is HOW did he manage it. He did not pick and choose the roles (as Bergonzi, for instance), he sang Otello since the 70's, and recently has even recorded some of Wagner's extremely demanding roles (see EMI's catalog). Domingo's voice is not typical for an Italian tenor, e.g. he does not have the squillo (or the "ping") on top notes, but what's amazing is that it is able to produce bronze-like ring on all notes. During the mid-eighties, the voice had a fascinating baritonal quality; Domingo has even recorded Il Barbiere. On this CD, the selections with Guilini reflect that period the best.
Deutsche Grammophon chose to alternate the new-recorded material with old one. As a result, those who have been devoted fans of the tenor for, say fifteen-plus years, will notice some difference, but those relatively new to his art would not.
The set, albeit not a bargain, has many delights. In addition to featuring selections from out-of-print editions (e.g. Luisa Miller with Maazel) the newly recorded material is targeted at paying homage to early Verdi and his lesser-known works. For instance, "Ah, toi que j'ai chérie" from French version of I Vespri siciliani is a great aria, makes one wish for a complete opera to be recorded some time soon. The French selections in particular show how attentive Verdi was to highlighting the beauty of language with his music. This really explains why Italian translations done later did not fare as well as the originals, and vice versa.
The selections from complete operas impress with starry casts. We hear the voices of Price, Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, Milnes, Jo, and most wonderful choruses. And most of world's greatest conductors are present here -- Karajan, Gergiev, Kleiber, Levine, Abbado, just to name a few. Each brings his own distinct style, some controversial, some debated, all exciting, but none simply conventional.
Many have noted Domingo's chameleon-like ability to "become" the character. I would just like to add a note that he is now added the ability to infuse his characters with subtle sensuality. Granted, a tenor aria is written to be appealing and engaging, but it takes a great artist to make it "glow."
We are indeed very lucky to share a time frame with Placido Domingo. For years to come, he will be the idol for aspiring singers and a source of wonder for the numerous fans of great vocal performances.
Sound: The sad news -- for a recording made in 1971, this is a disgrace. Even considering that it is taken from a live performance, it is still a disgrace. "Risurrezione" sounds as though it were recorded from a clapped-out AM radio for a second-rate eight-track machine. The live audience is well-disciplined and scatters only a few coughs. "Francesco da Rimini" is slightly better recorded--very slightly better. Whoever recorded F da R contrived the extraordinary feat of making Mario del Monaco's foghorn voice sound small and tentative.
Format: Disc 1, Acts I, II and III, 25 tracks, 67m:36s. Disc 2, Act III (conclusion) and Act IV, 18 tracks, plus "Francesca da Rimini," 7 tracks, 66m:38s.
Documentation: No libretto. Summary of the plot is confined to a single paragraph. Brief verbal sketches are provided for Alfano, the opera and Magda Olivero. The track lists identifies the characters who are singing and shows timings.
A single hearing of "Risurrezione" is sufficient to establish that Franco Alfano had the verismo style down cold. The opera is absolutely at home with "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Pagliacci," "Andrea Chenier" and "Tosca." But it is just a little late, just behind the crest of the verismo wave, so to speak. Alfano was a fine craftsman with every tool in the verismo kit, lacking only the ability to craft a hit tune.
"Risurrezione" is based on Tolstoy's 1900 novel, "Resurrection." Despite that blue-blooded literary ancestry, Alfano's version is chock-full of good, low-down, Italianate emotion. For once, Alfano managed to avoid the weak endings that plague "Turandot" and "Cyrano." The opera ends with full-throttle exchanges between the tenor and the soprano that surely would work up any audience.
The unquestioned star of this recording is that prima donna assoluta, Magda Olivero. Would that she were better recorded! Poor as the recording quality is, the youthful Olivero (she was only about sixty at the time) sounds wonderful.
The tenor, Giuseppe Gismondo was a real surprise to me. He sings with a big, powerful, dark voice. As far as I can gather, he sang extensively with the second-tier opera companies in the US during the 1960s. Why he is not better known puzzles me.
Disc 2 is filled out with about twenty minutes of duets from "Francesca da Rimini," featuring Olivero and del Monaco. Olivero, naturally, is terrific. Del Monaco was probably singing quite well, too, but the recording is singularly unflattering to his big voice.
This is a hard one to call. The opera is pretty good. Olivero is always a treat and Gismondo is a pleasing surprise. But the sound is truly wretched--three stars.
Too bad.
****
A Follow-up Note--September 2005.
This performance is available from Opera d'Oro in markedly better sound, although without the Zandonai excerpts.
C.G.D.
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Donizetti: Anna Bolena
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Tracks:
- Anna Bolena: Sinfonia
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Introduzione
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Ella di me, sollecita
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Si taciturna e mesta
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Deh! Non voler costringere
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Copme, innocente giovane
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Legger potessi in me! Non v'ha sguardo
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - O! qual parlar fu il suo!
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Si: l'avrete
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - la mia fama e a pie dell'ara
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Ella pure amor m offria
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Ah! qual sia cercar non oso
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Chi veggo?...in Inghilterra
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Da quel di che, lei perduta
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Ah! cosi nei di ridenti
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Desta si tosto
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Io sentii sulla mio mano
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - or che reso ai patri i lidi
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Questo di per noi spuntato
Tracks:
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - E'sgombro il loco...
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Ah! parea che per incanto
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Basta...basta...tropp'oltre vai...
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Anna! - Riccardo!
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - S'ei t'aborre, io t'amo ancora
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Ah!...per pieta del mio spavento
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Alcun potria ascoltarti
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Tace ognuno
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Il quegli sgardi impresso
- Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - In separato carcere
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - O! Dove mai ne andarono
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - O mie fedeli
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Dio, che mi vedi in core
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Dal mio cor punita io sono
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Va, infelice, e teco reca
Tracks:
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Ebben? dinanzi ai giudici
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Scostatevi...il Re giunge...
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Ambo morrete
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Al Consiglio sien tratti
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Sposa a Percy
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Per questa fiamma indomita
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Stolta! non sai...
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Ah! pensate che rivolti
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Tu pur dannato a morte
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Vive tu, te ne scongiuro
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Nel veder la tua costanza
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Chi puo vederla
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Piangete voi?
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Al dolce guidami castel natio
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Qual mesto suon?...
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Cielo, a'miei lunghi spasimi
- Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Coppia iniqua
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SILLS GOES FOR BROKE -------- AND SHE TRIUMPHS.......2006-04-17
Enough!.......2006-01-25
Incidentally, how can some people blatantly dare show their absolute ignorance? How can somebody call -and get away with it- Callas' soloists Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giulietta Simionato, and Gianni Raimondi "second rate"??? I guess you've neither listened to any of them nor heard of their superb and much acclaimed qualities as musicians!!!
The best set available - wonderful.......2005-03-27
Callas was breathtaking in her live performance from the 50's (especially in Act 3) BUT the sound quality is very poor indeed and the other soloists are second rate. The performance was also heavily cut. I only wish she had recorded the whole opera in the studio, instead of one or two arias.
Sunderland was well past her prime by the time she recorded her performance on CD. Her diction, never a strong point for her, is particularly 'woolly' and she has problems sustaining the higher register without strain. It is a pity she didn't record it much earlier in her career. Boynage conducts in a pedestrian manner too (compare the overture from Boynage and Rudel, Rudel makes the overture exciting and vibrant. Boynage conducts a somewhat flat and one dimensional rendition).
Gruberova's recording on CD is from a live performance and is truly aweful in places. I actually think it is one of the worst performances of anything I have ever heard 'recorded'. Don't touch it with a barge pole.
Then there is Sills performance. OK, I wish the voice was a little heavier at times but her singing is, as usual, beautiful. You feel that Anna Bolena is a role she loved, she conveys dramatic sincerity throughout. Rudel conducts his orchestral forces with such energy. Indeed, he is a major selling point of this set for me. He injects the performance with flair and gusto. Verrett, Burrows and Plishka don't put a foot wrong. A wonderful performance. I love this recording above all the others. Buy it. This set leaves the competition standing, (although, if you can tolerate the appalling sound, Callas' performance is fantastic too, however overall this set is far superior).
A great Anna.......2004-05-20
I've had it!.......2004-05-20
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ASIN: B00005O841 Release Date: 2001-11-13 |
Album Description
Disc 1: Donizetti Arias from L'elisir d'amore, Maria Stuarda, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Fille du Regiment, Linda di Chamounix, La Favorita, and Don PaqualeDisc 2: Bellini/Donizetti/Verdi Includes arias from I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Norma, La Sonnambula (1976 Duet Recording), I Beatrice di Tenda, I Puritani, Don Sebastien, Il Duca d'Alba, I Lombardi, I due Foscari, Ernani, and Attila
Disc 3: Verdi 1 Includes arias from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Les Vepres Siciliennes
Disc 4: Verdi 2 Includes arias from Un Ballo in Maschera, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, and Requiem
Disc 5: Puccini Includes arias from La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot
Disc 6: Puccini and Verismo Includes arias from Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon Lescaut, Pagliacci, Andrea Chenier, and Tosca
Disc 7: Arias 1 Includes arias from La Griselda, Atalanta, Orfeo ed Euridice, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, Guillaume Tell, and more. Includes Unreleased Material.
Disc 8: Arias 2 Includes arias from Martha, Mefistofele, La Giocanda, Adriana Lecouvreur, Rosenkavalier, Fedora, Werther, Faust, Carmen, and more
Disc 9: Italian Songs Includes: In questa tomba oscura, Me voglio fa'na casa, Non t'amo piu, Pace non trovo, and more
Disc 10: Neapolitan and Italian Popular Songs Includes: O sloe mio, Torna a Surriento, Core 'ngrato, Funiculi Funicula, Non ti scordar di me, Mamma and more
Bonus CD: The 1964 EP (previously unreleased) "Che Gelida Manina," "E lucevan le stelle," "Questo o quella," "La Donna e mobile," and "Parmi veder" with Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edward Downes conducting
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ASIN: B000051W4C Release Date: 2001-02-13 |
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- Ernani: Act I: Surta E La Notte... Ernani! Ernani, Involami - Frieda Hempel
- Ernani: Act I: Che Mai Vegg'io!... Infelice!... Infin Che Un Brando Vindice - Boris Christoff
- Ernani: Act II: Vieni Meco... - Mattia Battistini/Emillia Cors/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Ernani: Act III: O De' Verd'anni Miei - Giuseppe Kaschmann/Salvatore Cottone
- Ernani: Act III: Gran Dio!... O De' Verd'anni Miei - Benvenuto Franci
- Ernani: Act III: O Sommo Carlo - Mattia Battistini/Emillia Corsi/Luigi Colazza/Aristodemo Silich/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea La Notte Placida - Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Deserto Sulla Terra - Francesco Tamagno
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Stride La Vampa! - Fedora Barbiera
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Condotta Ell'era In Ceppi - Margarete Klose
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Perigliarti Ancor (Sung In German) - Margarete Matzenauer/Heinrich Knote
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso - Giuseppe Pacini
- Il Trovatore: Act III: Ah! Si Ben Mio, Coll'essere - Charles Dalmores
- Il Trovatore: Act III: Di Quella Pira (Sung In French) - Cesar Vezzani
- Il Trovatore: Act III: Di Quella Pira - Jussi Bjorling
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Timor Di Me?... D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - Emmy Destinn
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee (Sung In German) - Frida Leider
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - EVA TURNER
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?... Mira, D'acerbe Lagrime... Vivra! - Carlo Galeffi/Giannina Arragi-Lombardi
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Si M'ami Ancor... Ai Nostri Monti - Beniamino Gigli/Cloe Elmo
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- Macbeth: Act II: La Luce Langue (Sung In German) - Martha Modl
- Macbeth: Act IV: O Figli, O Figli Mie!... Ah La Paterna Mano - Enrico Caruso
- Macbeth: Act IV: Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora - Margherita Grandi/Vera Terry/Ernest Frank
- Rigoletto: Act I: Questa O Quella - Alfred Piccaver
- Rigoletto: Act I: Questa O Quella - Dino Borgioli
- Rigoletto: Act I: Pari Siamo! - Tito Gobbi
- Rigoletto: Act I: Gia Tre Lune... Veglia, O Donna (Sung In German) - Claire Dux/Joseph Schwartz
- Rigoletto: Act I: E Il Sol Dell'anima (Sung In French) - Miguel Villabella/Elde Norena
- Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome (Sung In Russian) - Lydia Lipowska
- Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome (Sung In German) - Maria Ivogun
- Rigoletto: Act II: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Damnata (Sung In German) - Joseph Schwarz
- Rigoletto: Act II: Cortigianni, Vil Razza Damnata - Pasquale Amato
- Rigoletto: Act II: Ciel! Dammi Corraggio! Tutte Le Feste - Olimpia Boronat
- Rigoletto: Act II: Tutte Le Feste... Piangi Fanciulla - Lotte Schone/Herbert Janssen
- Rigoletto: Act II: No, Vecchio, T'inganni... Si Vendetta - Maria Galvany
- Rigoletto: Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Enrico Caruso
- Rigoletto: Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Tino Folgar
- Rigoletto: Act III: Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Beniamino Gigli/Louise Homer/Amelita Galli-Curci/Giuseppe De Luca
- Rigoletto: Act III: O Mia Gilda... Lassu In Ciel - Tito Ruffo/Graziella Pareto
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- Simon Boccanegra: Prologuo: A Te L'estremo Addio... Il Lacerto Spirito - Francesco Navarini
- Simon Boccanegra: Prologuo: A te L'estremo Addio... Il Lacertato Spirito - Alexander Kipnis
- La Traviata: Act I: Un Di, Felice - Bjorn Talen/Lola Artot De Padila
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors' e Lui (Sung In Russian) - Antonina Neshdanova/Umberto Mazetti
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors'e Lui - Maria kousnezoff
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors'e Lui... Follie!... Sempre Libera - Luisa Tetrazzini
- La Traviata: Act II: De' Miel Bollenti Spiriti - Fernando De Lucia
- La Traviata: Act II: Lunge Da Lei... De' Miei Bollentti Spiriti - Giuseppe Di Stefano
- La Traviata: Act II: Dite Alla Giovine - Nellie Melba/John Brownlee/Harold Craxton
- La Traviata: Act II: Madamigella Valery?... Pura Siccome Un Angelo... Dite Alla Giovine - Rolando Panerai/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- La Traviata: Act II: Che Fai? Nulla Scrivevi? (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge/Maria Cebotari
- La Traviata: Act II: Mio Figlio... Di Provenza - Mattia Battistini
- La Traviata: Act II: Alfredo, Alfredo... - Lilli Lehmann
- La Traviata: Act III: Teneste La Promessa... Addio, Del Passato - Claudio Muzio
- La Traviata: Act III: Teneste La Promessa... Addio De Passato - Margherita Carosio
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- Nabucco: Act I: Sperate, O Figli - Nazzareno De Angelis
- Nabucco: Act II: Anch'io Dischiuso Un Giorno - Ines De Frate
- Nabucco: Act III: Ah! Prigioniero Io Sono... Dio Di Giuda - Carlo Galeffi
- La Forza Del Destino: Act I: Ma Pellegrina Ed Orfana - Gina Cigna
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Madre, Pietosa Vergine - Celestina Boninsegna
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Son Giunta!... Madre, Pietosa Vergine - Dusolina Giannini
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Chi Puo Legger Nel Futoro (Sung In German) - Ivan Andresen/Meta Seinemeyer
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Alzatevi... La Vergine Degli Angeli - Ezio Pinza/Rosa Ponselle/Chor Of The Metropolitan Opr
- La Forza Del Destino: Act III: O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli - Francesco Merli
- La Forza Del Destino: Act III: Solene In Quest'ora - Enrico Caruso/Antonio Scotti
- La Forza Del Destino: Act III: Morir!... Urna Fatale... E Salvo (Sung In German) - Heinrich Schlusnus
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Invano, Alvaro - Gino Bechi/Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Salomea Kruszelnicka
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Zinka Milanov
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Non Imprecare - Ezio Pinza/Rosa Ponselle/Giovanni Martinelli
Tracks:
- Don Carlo: Act I: E Lui... Dio, Che Nell'alma - Giuseppe De Luca/Giovanni Martinelli
- Don Carlo: Act II: Nell Giardin Del Bello (Sung In German) - Margarete Arndt-Ober
- Don Carlo: Act II: Restate - Boris Christoff/Tito Gobbi
- Don Carlo: Act IV: Ou Suis-je!... Je Dormirai Dans Mon Manteau Royal (Sung In French) - Pol Plancon
- Don Carlo: Act III: Ella Giammai M'amo!... Dormiro Sol - Boris Christoff
- Don Carlo: Act III: O Don Fatale - Frida Leider
- Don Carlo: Act III: O Don Fatale - Clara Butt
- Don Carlo: Act III: I. Convien Qui Dirci Addio... Per Me Giunto/II. O Carlo Ascolta... Lo Morro - Tito Gobbi
- Don Carlo: Act IV: Tu Che Le Vanita - Hertha Stolzenberg
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act II: O Tu Palermo - Boris Christoff
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act III: In Braccia Alle Dovizie - Riccardo Stracciari
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Giorno Di Pianto (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Arrigo! Ah Parli A Un Core - Ester Mazzoleni
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Merce, Dilette Amiche - Rosa Raisa
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- I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act II: Je Veux Encore Entendre - Leonce Escalais
- I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act II: Grace, Mon Dieu!... O Jour Fatal - Paul Payan
- I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act III: Or Non Piu... Qual Volutta Trascorrere - Elisabeth Rethberg/Beniamino Gigli/Ezio Pinza
- Aida: Act I: Celeste Aida (Sung In French) - Paul Franz
- Aida: Act I: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!... Celeste Aida (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge
- Aida: Act I: I Sacri Nomi (Sung In French) - Felia Litvinne
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna Vincitor - Giannina Russ
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna Vincitor - Florence Austral
- Aida: Act III: O Patria Mia (Sung In German) - Emmy Destinn
- Aida: Act III: Qui Radames Verra... O Patria Mia (Sung In Russian) - Natalia Yushina
- Aida: Act III: Pur Ti Riveggo - Giovanni Martinelli/Rosa Ponselle
- Aida: Act III: Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti (Sung In German) - Elsa Bland/Leo Slezak
- Aida: Act III: Lo L'amo Sempre... Gia I Sacerdoti (Sung In German) - Sabine Kalter/Richard Tauber
- Aida: Act III: Ohime!... Morir Mi Sento - Ebe Stignani/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Roma
- Aida: Act III: Morir Si Pura E Bella (Sung In German) - Leo Slezak/Sofie Sedlmair
- Aida: Act III: O Terra, Addio - Johanna Gadski/Enrico Caruso
Tracks:
- I Due Foscari: Act I: O Vecchio Cor - Riccardo Stracciari
- I Due Foscari: Act I: Questa Dunque - Pasquale Amato
- Otello: Act I: Esultate - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- Otello: Act I: Esultate - John O'Sullivan
- Otello: Act I: Qua, Ragazzi... Inaffia L'ugola! - Apollo Granforte/Nello Palai/Piero Girardi/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
- Otello: Act I: Gia Nella Notte - Tino Pattiera/Meta Seinemeyer
- Otello: Act II: Credo In Un Dio Crudel - Cesare Formichi
- Otello: Act II: Tu! Indietro... Ora E Per Sempre Addio (Sung In French) - Jose Luccioni
- Otello: Act II: Tu! Indietro... Ora E Per Sempre Addio - Mario Del Monaco
- Otello: Act II: Era La Notte - Eugenio Giraldoni
- Otello: Act II: E Qual Certezza... Era La Notte - Lawrence Tibbett
- Otello: Act II: Si Pel Ciel - Giovanni Zenatello/Paquale Amato
- Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar (Sung In German) - Lauritz Melchior
- Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar - Renato Zanelli
- Otello: Act IV: Piangea Cantando (Sung In German) - Lotte Lehmann
- Otello: Act IV: Mia Madre Aveva Una Pavera Ancella - Yvonne Gall
- Otello: Act IV: Ave Maria (Sung In German) - Tiana Lemnitz
- Otello: Act IV: Niun Mi Tema - Francesco Tamagno/Salvatore Cottone
- Otello: Act IV: Niun Mi Tema - Giuseppe Borgatti
Tracks:
- Luisa Miller: Act I: Ah! Tutto M'arride... Il Mio Sangue - Tancredi Pasero
- Luisa Miller: Act II: Oh! Fede Negar Potessi... Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Giuseppe Anselmi
- Luisa Miller: Act II: Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Aureliano Pertile
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: Zitti... L'incanto... Re Dell'abisso - Irene Minghini-Cattaneo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: E' Scherzo Od E Follia - Aureliano Pertile/Ines Maria Ferraris/Luis Bertana/Antonio Righetti/Cesare Baromeo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act II: Ma Dall'arido Stelo - Eugenai Burzio
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act II: Ma Dall'arido Stelo - Hina Spani
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Sung In German) - Melanie Kurt
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia - Elisabeth Rethberg
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Eri Tu - Giuseppe De Luca
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Saper Vorreste - Selma Kurz
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Forse La Soglia Attinse... Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti - Antonio Cortis
- Falstaff: Act I: L'onore! - Mariano Stabile
- Falstaff: Act II: Alfin, T'ho Colto... Quand'ero Paggio - Antonio Magini-Coletti/Elisa Petri
- Falstaff: Act II: Quand'ero Paggio - Victor Maurel
- Falstaff: Act III: Ehi! Taverniere - Mariano Stabile
- Falstaff: Act III: Da Labbro Il Canto - Tito Schipa
- Falstaff: Act III: Sul Fil D'un Soffio Etesio - Toti Dal Monte/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scal, Milano
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This collection, whose French title might be translated "Verdi Vocal Rarities," is a unique contribution to the Verdi centennial year. Its 136 selections on eight compact discs offer an in-depth survey of singers who recorded notable Verdi performances during the era of 78-rpm recording. Coincidentally, this period covers, within a few years, the half- century after the composer's death, in 1901. Some of the singers in the earliest cuts--tenor Francesco Tamagno and bass Victor Maurel, for example--had known Verdi and sung for him. Many of the singers will be familiar to connoisseurs of Verdi discography--Enrico Caruso, Boris Christoff, Fedora Barbieri, Ezio Pinza, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Tito Gobbi, Beniamino Gigli, and Jussi Bjoerling, to name a few. Others, such as Frieda Hempel, Emmy Destinn, Martha Modl, Joseph Schwarz, Gino Cigna, and Mattia Battistini, are names you come across in books about opera, but you have heard their voices only if you spend a lot of time with historic recordings. And a lot of performances, including some of the best, are likely to be the work of singers encountered for the first time.Most of the big moments from Verdi's operas are included--grouped by opera, not by chronological order of recording. There are a few strange omissions; for example, the "Miserere" scene from Il trovatore. But other selections, such as "Ah fors' e lui" and "La donna e mobile," are given in two or three performances--sometimes in French, German, or Russian as well as Italian. Some of the performances are classics; many are mind-boggling.
Some favorite Verdi singers--Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, among them--are absent because they began recording after the collection's cutoff date. Other problems are mostly related to the dates of the original recordings. The sound is all pre-high-fidelity and sometimes quite primitive, though some remarkable work has been done to optimize the earliest items. The annotations are minimal--mostly the date, venue, and performers in each cut, with pictures of the biggest stars. This decision was probably made to keep the price low, and those who already know most of the arias and ensembles will likely find the tradeoff acceptable. --Joe McLellan
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Rare but well-polished Verdi gems........2001-10-21
Few would quibble about the quality of what is to be found in this splendid collection of Verdi "introuvables". You will hear how Emmy Destinn portrayed Aida yearning for her homeland in 1908, and how Elisabeth Schwarzkopf portrayed Violetta intereacting with her lover's father in 1953. You will hear several items duplicated. Francesco Navarini, recorded in 1907 with a piano, makes a stunning Fiesco in the "Simon Boccanegra" prologue, as is not up-staged by the more familiar Alexander Kipnis version which follows.
You might regret that your favourite Verdi record is not here. You'll have opportunities to make comparisons, however. I could never believe that anyone could equal Giuseppe de Luca'a 1930 "O sommo Carlo" from "Ernani, but here I have a chance to hear for the first time how the famous baritone Mattia Battistini did it in 1906.
Keith Hardwick compiled and transferred this collection originally in the late 1980s. He has augmented and transferred that issue onto 8 CDs, and provided the annotations. Full recording details are provided, there are many singer photographs but no singer biographies.
The recording dates range from 1903 to 1953. Sadly, almost all the singers - Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf being a notable exception - are all dead by now. Those of us who have opportunities to hear and collect their work, however, can be grateful that the older we get the better it sounds. Indeed, I have never heard any of the items included here in better transfers. Elsewhere I have given this issue a five star rating. Subsequent hearings have made me aware of a technical matter which may bother some listeners. This set has been transferred from the long playing records on which it was originally issued. Their pristine sound quality has been preserved but also some of the ghostly "swish" that accompanied each revolution.
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ASIN: B000001XMJ Release Date: 2000-06-06 |
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- Griselda: 'Per La Gloria D'adorarvi'
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- 'Me Foglio Fa Una Casa'
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- 'Pioggia'
- 'Nebbie'
- I Lombardi: Act II: 'Mortal Di Me Piu Lieto...'/'La Mia Letizia Infondere'/'Come Potave Un Angelo'
- 'A Vucchella'
- 'L'ultima Canzone'
- 'L'alba Separa'
- Tosca: 'Recondita Armonia'
- La Forza Del Destino: 'Morir!...Tremenda Cosa!'
- La Forza Del Destino: 'Urna Fatale'
- Pagliacci: 'Si Puo'
- Rigoletto: 'Cortigiani, Vil Razza'
- Turandot: 'Nessun Dorma'
- Rigoletto: 'La Donna E Mobile'
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ASIN: B00005OC0F Release Date: 2001-10-09 |
Tracks:
- La Traviata: Lunge Da Lei... De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti - Verdi Domingo/Helena Jungwirth
- La Traviata: Annina, Donde Vieni? ...O Mio Rimorso! - Verdi Domingo/Helena Jungwirth
- Aida: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! ... Celeste Aida - Verdi Domingo
- Don Carlos: Io I'ho Perduta!.. Io La Vidi, E Il Suo Sorriso - Verdi Domingo
- Don Carlos: Fontainebleau! Foret Immense Et Solitaire! - Verdi Domingo/Katia Ricciarelli/Ruggero Raimondi/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Nikita Storojev/Chor Del Teatro...
- Don Carlos: Je I'ai Vue, Et Dans Son Sourire - Verdi Domingo/Katia Ricciarelli/Ruggero Raimondi/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Nikita Storojev/Chor Del Teatro...
- Don Carlos: C'est Elle!... J'avais Fait Un Beau Reve!... Au Revoir Dans Un Monde - Verdi Domingo/Katia Ricciarelli/Ruggero Raimondi/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Nikita Storojev/Chor Del Teatro...
- Don Carlos: Oui, Pour Toujours! - Verdi Domingo/Katia Ricciarelli/Ruggero Raimondi/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Nikita Storojev/Chor Del Teatro...
- Un Ballo In Maschera: S'avanza Il Re... La Rivedra Nell'estasi - Verdi Domingo/Sumi Jo/Goran Simic/Kurt Rydl/Florence Quivar
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Di' Tu Se Fedele - Verdi Domingo/Sumi Jo/Goran Simic/Kurt Rydl/Florence Quivar
- Un Ballo In Maschera: E Scherzo Od E Follia - Verdi Domingo/Sumi Jo/Goran Simic/Kurt Rydl/Florence Quivar
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Forse La Soglia Attinse... Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti - Verdi Domingo
- Il Trovatore: Quale D'armi Fragor Poc'anzi Intesi? - Verdi Domingo/Leontyne Price/Ryland Davies/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Il Trovatore: Ah! Si, Ben Mio - Verdi Domingo/Leontyne Price/Ryland Davies/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Il Trovatore: L'onda De' Suoni Mistici - Verdi Domingo/Leontyne Price/Ryland Davies/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Il Trovatore: Di Quella Pira - Verdi Domingo/Leontyne Price/Ryland Davies/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Rigoletto: Questa O Quella Per Me Pari Sono - Verdi Domingo/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Piero Cappuccilli
- Rigoletto: Ella Mi Fu Rapita!... Parmi Veder Le Lagrime - Verdi Domingo/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Piero Cappuccilli
- Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile - Verdi Domingo/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Piero Cappuccilli
- La Forza Del Destino: La Vita E Inferno All'infelice - Verdi Domingo
- La Forza Del Destino: Oh, Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli - Verdi Domingo
- La Forza Del Destino: Qual Sangue Sparsi!.. S'affronti La Morte - Verdi Domingo/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
Tracks:
- Ernani: Merce, Diletti Amici... Come Rugiada Al Cespite - Verdi Domingo/Roger Wagner Chor
- Ernani: Dell'esilio Nel Dolore... O Tu, Che I'alma Adora - Verdi Domingo/Roger Wagner Chor
- Ernani: D'Ernani I Fidi Chiedono... Odi Il Voto... Sprezzo La Vita (Alternative Aria) - Verdi Domingo/Alfred Walker/James Courtney/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: O Madre Mia, Che Fa Colei? - Verdi Domingo/Montserrat Aparici
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: La Mia Letizia Infondere... Come Poteva Un Angelo - Verdi Domingo/Montserrat Aparici
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Come Poteva Un Angelo - Verdi Domingo/Marjorie Dix
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Componi, O Cara Vergine.. In Cielo Benedetto - Verdi Domingo/Christina Deutekom/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Jerusalem: L'Emir Aupres De Lui M'appelle... Je Veux Encore Entendre - Verdi Domingo
- Luisa Miller: Il Foglio Dunque? - Verdi Domingo/Luigi De Corato/Wladimiro Ganzarolli/Gwynne Howell/Chor Of The ROHCG
- Luisa Miller: Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Verdi Domingo/Luigi De Corato/Wladimiro Ganzarolli/Gwynne Howell/Chor Of The ROHCG
- Luisa Miller: Di Me Chiedeste? - Verdi Domingo/Luigi De Corato/Wladimiro Ganzarolli/Gwynne Howell/Chor Of The ROHCG
- Luisa Miller: L'ara, O L'avello Apprestami - Verdi Domingo/Luigi De Corato/Wladimiro Ganzarolli/Gwynne Howell/Chor Of The ROHCG
- Giovanna D'Arco: Il Re! - Nel Suo Bel Volto - Verdi Domingo/Keith Erwen/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Giovanna D'Arco: Sotto Una Quercia Parvemi - Verdi Domingo/Keith Erwen/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Giovanna D'Arco: V'ha Dunque Un Loco Simile - Verdi Domingo/Keith Erwen/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Giovanna D'Arco: Pondo E Letal, Martiro - Verdi Domingo/Keith Erwen/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Giovanna D'Arco: Di Novel Prodigio - Verdi Domingo/Keith Erwen/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Giovanna D'Arco: Quale Piu Fido Amico - Verdi Domingo/Keith Erwen/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Les Vepres Siciliennes: E Di Monforte Il Cenno! - Verdi Domingo
- Les Vepres Siciliennes: Giorno Di Pianto - Verdi Domingo
- Les Vepres Siciliennes: Ah, Toi Que J'ai Cherie (Alternative Aria) - Verdi Domingo
Tracks:
- Otello: Esultate! L'orgoglio Musulmano - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Tu?! Indietro! Fuggi! - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Ora E Per Sempre Addio - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Pace, Signor... Era La Notte, Cassio Dormia - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Oh! Mostruosa Colpa! - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Si, Pel Ciel Marmoreo Giuro! - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar - Verdi Domingo/Sergei Leiferkus/Chor De L'Opr Bastille
- Otello: Niun Mi Tema - Verdi Domingo/Robin Leggate/Mark Beesley/Roderick Earle
- Macbeth: O Figli, O Figli Miei!... Ah, La Paterna Mano - Verdi Domingo/Antonio Savastano/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Macbeth: Dove Siam? Che Bosco E Quello?... La Patria Tradita - Verdi Domingo/Antonio Savastano/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Nabuco: Che Si Vuol?... Il Maledetto Non Ha Fratelli - Verdi Domingo/Chor Und Orch Der Deutschen Opr Berlin
- Stiffelio: Non Ha Per Me Un Accento!... Vidi Dovunque Gemere... Ah! V'appare In Fronte Scritto - Verdi Domingo/Veronica Villaroel/Carlos Alvarez
- Aroldo: Sotto Il Di Siria Ardente - Verdi Domingo/Marjorie Dix
- Simon Boccanegra: O Inferno! Amelia Qui!... Sento Awampar Nell'anima... Cielo Pietoso - Verdi Domingo
- La Battaglia Di Legnano: O Magnanima, E Prima Delle Citta Lombarde... La Pia Materna Mano - Verdi Domingo
- Un Giorno Di Regno: Buoni Amici!... Pietoso Al Lungo Pianto - Verdi Domingo/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Un Giorno Di Regno: Deh, Lasciate A Un'alma Amante - Verdi Domingo/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Attila: Oh, Tutto Di Navicelle - Verdi Domingo/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Attila: Ella In Poter Del Barbaro!.... Cara Patria, Gia Madre E Reina - Verdi Domingo/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- Attila: Qui Del Convegno E Il Loco - Verdi Domingo/Eric Cutler
- Attila: Che Non Avrebbe Il Misero - Verdi Domingo/Eric Cutler
- Attila: O Dolore! Ed Io Vivea (Alternative Aria) - Verdi Domingo/Eric Cutler
Tracks:
- I Due Foscari: Qui Ti Rimani Alquanto - Verdi Domingo
- I Due Foscari: Dal Piu Remoto Esilio - Verdi Domingo
- I Due Foscari: Del Consiglio Alla Presenza Vieni Tosto... Odio Solo, Ed Odio Atroce - Verdi Domingo
- I Due Foscari: Si, Io Sento, Iddio Mi Chiama (Alternative Cabaletta) - Verdi Domingo
- I Due Foscari: Notte, Perpetua Notte - Verdi Domingo
- I Due Foscari: Non Maledirmi, O Prode - Verdi Domingo
- I Masnadieri: Quando Io Leggo In Plutarco - Verdi Domingo/Eduardo Valdes
- I Masnadieri: O Mio Castel Paterno - Verdi Domingo/Eduardo Valdes
- I Masnadieri: Ecco Un Foglio - Verdi Domingo/Eduardo Valdes
- I Masnadieri: Nell'argilla Maledetta - Verdi Domingo/Eduardo Valdes
- I Masnadieri: Come Splendido E Grande Il Sol Tramonta!... Di Ladroni Attorniato - Verdi Domingo/Eduardo Valdes
- Il Corsaro: Come Liberi Volano I Venti... Tutto Parea Sorridere - Verdi Domingo/James Courtney/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Il Corsaro: Si: De' Corsari Il Fulmine - Verdi Domingo/James Courtney/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Il Corsaro: Eccomi Prigioniero! - Verdi Domingo/James Courtney/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Falstaff: Dal Labbro Il Canto Estasiato Vola - Verdi Domingo
- Oberto, Conte Di San Bonifacio: Son Fra Voi!... Gia Parmi Udire Il Fremito - Verdi Domingo/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Oberto, Conte Di San Bonifacio: Ciel, Che Feci! Di Qual Sangue Ho Macchiato Il Brando Mio! - Verdi Domingo
- Alzira: A Costoro Quel Nume Perdoni - Verdi Domingo/Alfred Walker/Eduardo Valdes/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Alzira: Un Inca... Eccesso Orribile!... Dio Della Guerra - Verdi Domingo/Alfred Walker/Eduardo Valdes/Chor Of The Mariinsky Theatre
- Alzira: Amici! - Ebben? - Verdi Domingo/Thomas Hampson/Philharmonia Chor
- Alzira: Irne Lungi Ancor Dovrei... Non Di Codarde Lagrime - Verdi Domingo/Thomas Hampson/Philharmonia Chor
- Messa Da Requiem: Ingemisco Tamquam Reus - Verdi Domingo
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There is only one word for this four-CD set: glorious. Released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, it presents arias from every one of his 28 operas, a comprehensive overview of his work. It is also a tribute to Placido Domingo, one of his foremost present-day interpreters. An extraordinarily versatile artist, Domingo is heard in selections from his signature roles, like Otello, Radames, and Don Carlo, taken from recordings made between the 1960s and the '90s. He's also heard in new recordings of arias from the earliest, unfamiliar operas he has not performed on stage, and alternate arias Verdi wrote for different versions of his operas. Thus, he sings I Lombardi in Italian, Jérusalem in French, and Don Carlo and I Vespri Siciliani in Italian and French.There are also extended scenes with illustrious colleagues, including Leontyne Price, Katia Ricciarelli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Sergei Leiferkus, whose Iago is an exquisitely insidious villain. He is accompanied by the greatest orchestras and conductors. For the new recordings, his partners are Myung-Whun Chung and Valery Gergiev, whose Mariinsky Theater musicians contribute some beautiful string solos. The matchless beauty of Domingo's voice seems untouched by the years, and he can change and vary it to suit the musical and dramatic requirements. His top notes never lose their clarion ring, yet the final B-flat of "Celeste Aida" tapers off, as Verdi demands. Even more remarkable, he can create real characters. Even without the texts, the mood, emotion, and meaning always come through. In this incomparable treasure trove, all opera lovers will find their own favorites, and many new gems besides, all performed to utter perfection. --Edith Eisler
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Verdi singing to set the standard for all tenors.......2007-03-03
That is, he is never content to sing without becoming the character, without expressing the emotions of the character.
The size, colour and drama of the voice make him an ideal Verdi exponent. Who could ever forget his magnificent performances in "Un ballo", "Don Carlos", "La Traviata", "Il Trovatore", and a host of other Verdi tenor roles? And the consistency of Domingo's vocal quality is something of a phenomenon. This man has had an enviable career - and it's his superb vocal technique that has carried him through it.
I particularly love the way that he varies the outpourings of that golden tone. At one moment it's all fire and blazing intensity, and the next it's a thing of restraint and tenderness. Is there anything at which to cavil in Domingo as a Verdi tenor? I do not think so...
The world has been fortunate to be gifted with such a tenor. If music itself adds meaning to our life and to existence itself, it finds an ideal servant of itself in this man who is certainly one of the finest tenors in the world.
This collection of Verdi arias represents not only the recordings of Domingo in the roles he's tackled during his long career (with some of the finest fellow singers you could imagine), but also some earlier Verdi that he'd not performed, and which he recorded specially for this multi-CD set. The result is a triumph. One can see the difference instantly between various characters - not an easy thing to do.
I would also like to recommend another set - "Der junge Domingo" (The Young Domingo), a 5-CD set released by BMG. I cannot find it here on Amazon, so I can only suggest those who are interested try alternative sources. It's a quite stunning collection - admittedly it contains "Svegliatevi nel cor" which I think is a mistake, but then it was recorded before the Handel revival and was thus less historically informed than one might wish. But really... it doesn't matter. The great beauty and intelligence of Domingo's singing shines through even that, and it's followed by a lovely "Il mio tesoro" from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Things get even better - there's a Donizetti aria from Il Duca d'Alba, the famous tenor aria from La Juive, the "Quando le sere al placido" from Luisa Miller, Lenski's aria from Eugene Onegin, some Gounod (including arias from Faust and Roméo et Juliette), the love duet from Madama Butterfly with Leontyne Price, and much more...
The Greatest Verdi Tenor The Wonderful Mr. Domingo.......2005-09-28
Magnificent Achievement.......2002-12-27
What impresses right away is how little has the voice changed over the years. Yes, some freshness heard on Ingemisco is lost now, but there is much greater insight gained, as displayed in such heroic pieces as "O magnanima, e prima delle città lombarde". Through numerous performances (Domingo has long ago broke Enrico Caruso's record for opening nights at the MET) and numerous recorded recitals, Domingo managed to keep the powerful, ringing spinto tenor mostly intact. What's most intriguing is HOW did he manage it. He did not pick and choose the roles (as Bergonzi, for instance), he sang Otello since the 70's, and recently has even recorded some of Wagner's extremely demanding roles (see EMI's catalog). Domingo's voice is not typical for an Italian tenor, e.g. he does not have the squillo (or the "ping") on top notes, but what's amazing is that it is able to produce bronze-like ring on all notes. During the mid-eighties, the voice had a fascinating baritonal quality; Domingo has even recorded Il Barbiere. On this CD, the selections with Guilini reflect that period the best.
Deutsche Grammophon chose to alternate the new-recorded material with old one. As a result, those who have been devoted fans of the tenor for, say fifteen-plus years, will notice some difference, but those relatively new to his art would not.
The set, albeit not a bargain, has many delights. In addition to featuring selections from out-of-print editions (e.g. Luisa Miller with Maazel) the newly recorded material is targeted at paying homage to early Verdi and his lesser-known works. For instance, "Ah, toi que j'ai chérie" from French version of I Vespri siciliani is a great aria, makes one wish for a complete opera to be recorded some time soon. The French selections in particular show how attentive Verdi was to highlighting the beauty of language with his music. This really explains why Italian translations done later did not fare as well as the originals, and vice versa.
The selections from complete operas impress with starry casts. We hear the voices of Price, Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, Milnes, Jo, and most wonderful choruses. And most of world's greatest conductors are present here -- Karajan, Gergiev, Kleiber, Levine, Abbado, just to name a few. Each brings his own distinct style, some controversial, some debated, all exciting, but none simply conventional.
Many have noted Domingo's chameleon-like ability to "become" the character. I would just like to add a note that he is now added the ability to infuse his characters with subtle sensuality. Granted, a tenor aria is written to be appealing and engaging, but it takes a great artist to make it "glow."
We are indeed very lucky to share a time frame with Placido Domingo. For years to come, he will be the idol for aspiring singers and a source of wonder for the numerous fans of great vocal performances.
VOICE.......2002-09-10
superb, exhilarating, outstanding!!!!!.......2002-02-10
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ASIN: B000003FFT Release Date: 1993-09-14 |
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- Ardon Gl'Incensi (Mad Scene) - Marcella Sembrich
- Vissi D'arte - Emma Eames
- Devant La Maison (Serenade) - Pol Plancon
- Les Tringles Des Sistres (Gypsy Song) - Emma Calve
- A Vos Jeux, Mes Amis (Mad Scene) - Nellie Melba
- All'erta, Marinar: II Vento Cangia!; Adamastor, Re Dell'acque - Giuseppe Campanari
- O Pretres De Baal (Prison Scene) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink
- Come Paride Vezzoso - Antonio Scotti
- Jo-Ho-Hoe!; Traft Ihr Das Schiff (Senta's Ballad) - Johanna Gadski
- Vecchia Zimarra - Marcet Joumet
- Voce Di Donna - Louise Homer
- Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur - Enrico Caruso
- Se In Voi Cotanto Forte Fosse L'amor' I1 Cor Nel Contento - Geraldine Farrar, Hermann Jadlowker
- It Is Almost Midnight (Sung In German) - Emmy Destinn
- Eri Tu - Pasquale Amato
- Ed Io Non Ne Godevo; Sempre Cosi - Frances Alda
- Mein Vater! (Amfortas' Prayer) - Clarence Whitehill
Tracks:
- Qual Fiamma Avea Nel Guardo!; Stridono Iassu (Ballatella) - Alma Gluck
- Lunge Da Lei; Dei Miei Bollenti Spiriti - John McCormack
- Caro Nome - Luisa Tetrazzini
- Tutto Tace (Cherry Duet) - Miguel Fleta, Lucrezia Bori
- Lontano Eco Della Mia Giovinezza (Lenski's Air) - Giovanni Martinelli
- E Il Di Che Zar Saro (Garden Scene) - Paul Althouse, Margarete Ober
- Di Provenza Il Mar - Giuseppe De Luca
- Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! - Rosa Ponselle
- Mi Batte Il Cor; O Paradiso - Beniamino Gigli
- Bellah! Capretta Adorata; Si Carino (Slumber Song) - Amelita Galli-Curci
- Gluck, Da Mir Verblieb (Marietta's Lied) - Maria Jeritza
- Largo Al Factoum - Titta Ruffo
- Una Parola Sola; Or Son Sei Mesi - Edward Johnson
- Sieh' Evchen! Dacht' Ich Doch - Friedrich Schorr, Elisabeth Rethberg
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- Meco All'altar - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- Nay, Marcus, Lay Him Down - Lawrence Tibbett
- Regnava Nel Silenzio - Toti Dal Monte
- Dir Tone Lob - Lauritz Melchior
- Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra - Ezio Pinza
- Depuis Le Jour - Grace Moore
- Depuis Heir Je Cherche; Que Fais-Tu? - Gladys Swarthout
- Salut A Toi (Hymnn To The Sun) - Lily Pons
- Adina Quest'oggi; Adina Credimi - Tito Schipa
- Ah, Malgre Moi - Rose Bampton
- Je Suis Seul!; Ah! Fuyez, Douce Image - Richard Crooks
- I Know You Better; This Very Vivid Morn - Helen Jepson
- Mild Und Leise (Liebestod) - Kirsten Flagstad
- Pres Des Remparts De Seville (Seguidilla) - Bruna Castagna
- So Its Es Denn Aus Mit Den Ewigen Gottern - Kerstin Thorborg
- Giunse Alfin Il Momento; Deh Vieni, Non Tardar - Bidu Sayao
- Einsam In Truben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) - Helen Traubel
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- La Mamma Morta - Zinka Milanov
- Ah, Guai A Chi La Tocca!; Guardate, Pazzo Son - Jussi Njoerling, Enrico Campi
- Ist Ein Traum - Rise Stevens, Erna Berger
- O Saint Medaille; Avante De Quitter Ces Lieux - Leonard Warren
- Clock Scene (Sung In Russian) - Alexander Kipnis
- Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle! (Antonia's Romance) - Jarmila Novotna
- Con Onore Muore (Death Of A Butterfly) - Licia Albanese
- To Leave, To Break (Quintet) - Eleanor Steber, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Nicolai Gedda, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky
- Tombe Degli Avi Miei; Fra Poco A Me Ricovero - Jan Peerce
- Oui, Pour Ce Soir; Je Suis Titania (Polonaise) - Patrice Munsel
- Se Quel Guerrier; Celeste Aida - Richard Tucker
- L'ho Abbandonato Senza Un Saluto; In Quelle Trine Morbide - Dorothy Kirsten
- Felice Ancor; Per Me Giunto - Robert Merrill
- Si, Pel Ciel - Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo
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- Morgenlich Leuchtend Im Rosgen Schein (Prize Song) - Set Svanholm
- Studia Il Passo; Come Ddal Ciel Precipita - Jerome Hines
- Che Gelida Manina - Giuseppe Di Stefano
- Ah, Non Giunge - Roberta Peters
- Ecco Ridente - Cesare Valletti
- Re Dell'abisso - Marian Anderson
- Credo In Un Dio Crudel (Iago's Creed) - Tito Gobbi
- O Figli, O Figli Miei! Ah, La Paterna Mano - Carlo Bergonzi
- Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora (Sleepwalking Scene) - Leonie Rysanek, Gerhard Pechner, Carlotta Ordassy
- Addio Del Passato - Anna Moffo
- In Questa Reggia - Birgit Nilisson, Jussi Bjoerling
- Recitar!; Vesti La Giubba - Jon Vickers
- Give Me My Robe - Leontyne Price
Tracks:
- La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Flower Song) - Franco Corelli
- In Fernem Land - Sandor Konya
- Ah! Tu Dei Vivere! Aida A Me Togliesti - Grace Brumbry, Placido Domingo
- Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'epouvante - Mirella Freni
- Mia Madre Aveva Una Povera Ancella (Willow Song) - Renata Scotto
- Too Weak To Kill - Sherrill Milnes
- Mi Chiamano Mimi - Montserrat Caballe
- La Donna E Mobile - Alfredo Kraus
- Stride La Vampa - Fiorenza Cossotto
- Fia Dunque Vero; O Mio Fernando - Shirley Verrett
- L'anima Ho Stanca - Placido Domingo
- O Isis Und Osiris - Martti Talvela
- Cruda Sorte, Amor Tiranno - Marilyn Horne
- Come Scoglio Immoto Resta - Kiri Te Kanawa
- Ave Maria - Katia Ricciarelli
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Franco Alfano: Risurrezione
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A(lfano) to Z(andonai). Great Olivero--terrible sound.......2004-10-14
Sound: The sad news -- for a recording made in 1971, this is a disgrace. Even considering that it is taken from a live performance, it is still a disgrace. "Risurrezione" sounds as though it were recorded from a clapped-out AM radio for a second-rate eight-track machine. The live audience is well-disciplined and scatters only a few coughs. "Francesco da Rimini" is slightly better recorded--very slightly better. Whoever recorded F da R contrived the extraordinary feat of making Mario del Monaco's foghorn voice sound small and tentative.
Format: Disc 1, Acts I, II and III, 25 tracks, 67m:36s. Disc 2, Act III (conclusion) and Act IV, 18 tracks, plus "Francesca da Rimini," 7 tracks, 66m:38s.
Documentation: No libretto. Summary of the plot is confined to a single paragraph. Brief verbal sketches are provided for Alfano, the opera and Magda Olivero. The track lists identifies the characters who are singing and shows timings.
A single hearing of "Risurrezione" is sufficient to establish that Franco Alfano had the verismo style down cold. The opera is absolutely at home with "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Pagliacci," "Andrea Chenier" and "Tosca." But it is just a little late, just behind the crest of the verismo wave, so to speak. Alfano was a fine craftsman with every tool in the verismo kit, lacking only the ability to craft a hit tune.
"Risurrezione" is based on Tolstoy's 1900 novel, "Resurrection." Despite that blue-blooded literary ancestry, Alfano's version is chock-full of good, low-down, Italianate emotion. For once, Alfano managed to avoid the weak endings that plague "Turandot" and "Cyrano." The opera ends with full-throttle exchanges between the tenor and the soprano that surely would work up any audience.
The unquestioned star of this recording is that prima donna assoluta, Magda Olivero. Would that she were better recorded! Poor as the recording quality is, the youthful Olivero (she was only about sixty at the time) sounds wonderful.
The tenor, Giuseppe Gismondo was a real surprise to me. He sings with a big, powerful, dark voice. As far as I can gather, he sang extensively with the second-tier opera companies in the US during the 1960s. Why he is not better known puzzles me.
Disc 2 is filled out with about twenty minutes of duets from "Francesca da Rimini," featuring Olivero and del Monaco. Olivero, naturally, is terrific. Del Monaco was probably singing quite well, too, but the recording is singularly unflattering to his big voice.
This is a hard one to call. The opera is pretty good. Olivero is always a treat and Gismondo is a pleasing surprise. But the sound is truly wretched--three stars.
Too bad.
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A Follow-up Note--September 2005.
This performance is available from Opera d'Oro in markedly better sound, although without the Zandonai excerpts.
Alfano's big hit..........2003-08-17
The structure of the opera is splendidly balanced and concise, with offstage choruses, symphonic interludes, and beautiful arias aplenty. The arias deserve special recognition. The famous "Dio Pietoso", a favorite of Garden's, is beautiful and emotional, but it's the love music, along with the two arias sung by the male characters that impressed me the most. Dimitri's "Piangi, si, piangi", and Simonson's third act aria are both filled with not only beauty, but an earnest dignity, that can't help but move the heart.
The character of Katiusha was a great favorite of many verismo sopranos, because there's such a variety of characters in the one. In the first act, she's a naive girl, in the second a disallusioned outcast. By act III, she's become a degraded, souless prisoner, hard drinking and chain smoking. But in the final act she's had a rebirth...the "Resurrection" of the title, and is strong enough to choose service to humanity over marrying the prince of her dreams, heart breaking as it is for her, and for us.
This performance showcases an array of splendid singers--first and formost the legendary Magda Olivero, who was no spring chicken when this recording was made in 1971. But it was never sheer vocal beauty that set her apart, but rather her amazing dramatic instincts, which are always dead on. The Simonson is also really great. There's recently been a new recording of "Risurrezione" released on the Accord label, and available from Amazon's British sister site. It has the advantage of fat modern sound, which far better showcases Alfano's splendid orchestration. It also has a booklet with complete notes and libretto with translation, which this release lacks. But the singers suffer by comparison. Denia Mazzola has a more beautiful voice, but can't compare with Olivero in interpretation, and the new Simonson lacks the power and dignity of the one on the Gala set. My recommendation--buy both.
Now let's see recordings of other Alfano operas..."L'ombra di Don Giovanni", "Madonna Imperia", "Il Dottor Antonio", etc., etc. Even a modern recording of "Sakuntala" would be a blessing!
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ASIN: B000000WNX Release Date: 1994-02-01 |
Tracks:
- Andrea Chenier: Un Di All'Azzurro Spazio (Act 1)
- Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai (Act 1)
- Faust: Salve Dimora, Casta E Pure (Act 3)
- La Dannazione Di Faust: Addio, Notte Soave (Act 3)
- La Traviata: Ah Si, Da Un Anno...Un Di, Felice (Act 1)
- I Maestri Cantori: Nel Verno A Pie (Act 1)
- Siberia: Orride Steppe (Act 2)
- Siberia: No! Mio Onore...T'Incontrai Per Via
- Siberia: E Qui Con Te - Giovanni Zenatello/Rosina Storchio
- Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba (Act 1)
- Andrea Chenier: Colpito Qui M'Avete...Un Di All'Azzurro (Act 1)
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Amelia! Ah Dessa Ancor...La Rivedra (Act 1)
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Di Tu Se Fedele (Act 1)
- Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba (Act 1)
- Aida: Celeste Aida (Act 1)
- Andrea Chenier: Colpito Qui M'avete (Act 1)
- Mefistofele: Strano Figlio Del Caos (Act 1) - Giovanni Zenatello/Adamo Didur
- Lucia Di Lammermoor: M'odi E Trema!...Sulla Tomba (Act 1) - Giovanni Zenatello/Maria Barrientos
- Mefistofele: Dai Campi, Dai Prati (Act 1)
- Aida: Gia I Sacerdoti (Act 4)/Misero Appien - Giovanni Zenatello/Nini Frascani
- Lat Traviata: Lunge Da Lei...De'miei Bollenti Spiriti (Act 2)
- La Traviata: Or Tutti A Me!...Questa Donna (Act 2)
- Il Trovatore: Si, La Stanchezza...Ai Nostri Monti (Act 4) - Giovanni Zenatello/Armida Parsi-Pettinella
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Non Sai Tu (Act 2)/M'ami! M'ami! - Giovanni Zenatello/Eugenia Burzio
- La Figlia Di Jorio: Che C'e Egli? (Act 2) - Giovanni Zenatello/Eugenio Giraldoni
Tracks:
- La Figlia Di Jorio: Rinverdisca Per Noi (Act 2)
- Carmen: Io Qui!...O Micaela (Act 1)/Ti Baciava Mia Madre - Giovanni Zenatello/Eersilde Cervi-Caroli
- La Gioconda: Cielo E Mar (Act 2)
- Otello: Niun MI Tema (Act 4)
- Pagliacci: Di, Tonio...Un Tal Gioco (Act 1)
- La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo...O Grido Di Quest'anima (Act 1) - Giovanni Zenatello/Pasquale Amato
- Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai (Act 1)
- Manon Lescaut: Che Avvien?...Ah! Non V'Avvicinate! (Act 3)
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- Un Ballo In Maschera: Che V'agita Cosi? (Act 1) - Giovanni Zenatello/Eugenia Burzio/Elisa Petri
- Otello: Dio, Mi Potevi Scagliar (Act 3)
- Otello: Niun Mi Tema (Act 4)
- Andrea Chenier: Colpito Qui M'Avete...Un Di, All'azzurro (Act 1)
- Sansone E Dalila: Figli Miei, V'arrestate (Act 1)
- La Traviata: Or Tutti A Me!...Questa Donna (Act 2)
- La Traviata: Lunge Da Lei...De'Miei Bollenti Spiriti (Act 2)
- Carmen: Il Fior Che Avevi A Me (Act 2)
- La Gioconda: Cielo E Mar (Act 2)
- Andrea Chenier: Si, Fui Soldato! (Act 3)
- Mefistofele: Dai Campi, Dai Prati (Act 1)
- Mefistofele: Giunto Sul Estremo (Epilogo)
- La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina (Act 1)
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- Faust: Salve Dimora, Casta E Pura (Act 3)
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso
- Tosca: Recondita Armonia (Act 1)
- Un Ballo In Maschera: La Rivedra In Estasi (Act 1)
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Di Tu Se Fedele (Act 1)
- Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba (Act 1)
- Aida: Celeste Aida (Act 1)
- Otello: Tu! Indietro!...Ora E Per Sempre Addio (Act 2)
- Pagliacci: No, Pagliaccio Non Son! (Act 2)
- La Forza Del Destino: O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli (Act 3)
- Pagliacci: Vi Pare?...Un Tal Gioco, Credetemi (Act 1)
- Manon Lescaut: Ah, Manon, Mi Tradisce (Act 2)
- Il Trovatore: Ah! Vili! Il Rio Spettacolo...Di Quella Pira (Act 3)
- Tace La Notte...Deserto In Terra (Act 1) - Giovanni Zenatello/Pasquale Amato
- Otello: Si Pel Ciel Marmoreo Giuro! (Act 2) - Giovanni Zenatello/Pasquale Amato
- Otello: La Mia Bandiera (Rotoli)
- La Boheme: Nei Cieli Bigi (Act 1) - Giovanni Zenatello/Mario Sammarco
- La Boheme: Ah Mimi Tu Piu Non Torni (Act 4) - Giovanni Zenatello/Mario Sammarco
- Otello: Gia Nella Notte Densa (Act 1)/E Tu M'amavi - Giovanni Zenatello/Lina Pasini-Vitale
- Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai (Act 1)
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Non Pia Tu (Act 2)/O Qual Soave Brivido - Giovanni Zenatello/Ester Mazzoleni
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- Germania: No, Non Chiuder (Act 1)
- Germania: Studenti, Udite (Prologue)
- Germania: Mattinata
- Andrea Chenier: Credo A Una Possanza (Act 2)
- Gli Ugonotti: O Qual Soave Vision!...Bianca Al Par (Act 1)
- I Maestri Cantori: Coinciam!...Appena Il Mite (Act 1)
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- La Fanciulla Del West: Ch'ella Mi Creda Libero (Act 3)
- Adriana Lecouvreur: Mi Basta Il Tuo Perdono...No, Piu Nobile (Act 4)
- La Boheme: Sono Andati (Act 4)/La Mia Cuffietta - Giovanni Zenatello/Linda Cannetti
- Madame Butterfly: Vogliatemi Bene (Act 1)/ Via Dell'anima - Giovanni Zenatello/Linda Cannetti
- Ruy Blas: Per Me...O Dolce Volutta - Giovann