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2019-07-30 08:30:22
Tuesday Opera: Don Carlo - Kaludov,Colombara, Dyakova,Dolzhenko
2018-04-02 05:30:00
Four Italians in Paris: 1829-1855
[…] of the composer for Paris. There he composed La fille du régiment, had other operas staged with success and finally, in 1840, managed to present to the public for the first time Poliuto as Les Martyrs, the grand opéra remake which he made carefully with Eugène Scribe. At the end of the same year Donizetti was again in Paris for his second grand opéra: La Favorite.Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)La FavoriteVesselina Kasarova, Ramón Vargas, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Carlo Colombara, Francesco Piccoli, Abbie FumanskyChor des Bayerischen RundfunksMünchner RundfunkorchesterMarcello ViottiBMG 74321 66229 2 (2000). Recorded 1999[flac, cue, log, scans with libretto] Dom Sébastien was going to be Donizetti's last grand opéra, Don Pasquale his last opera buffa, both premiered in Paris in 1843. The composition of Le duc d'Albe was abandoned but the libretto proved useful again for Scribe when in his old age he adapted the story for Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes. The latter was […]
2017-11-30 00:00:00
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe VerdiSIMON BOCCANEGRAThomas Hampson, Kristine Opolais, Joseph CallejaCarlo Colombara, Luca Pisaroni, Igor BakanWiener Singakademie, Wiener Symphonikerdir : Massimo ZanettiDecca 478 5354, [P] 2013HD digital download FLAC files: 96 kHz, 24 bit (2.2 GB) + bookletThere are also links to a "downsized" version (44.1 kHz, 16 bit) for those who prefer not to have the larger hi-def files."Over the decades, Simon Boccanegra has not been recorded blithely. Major studio-made sets capture each successive generation of Verdians – the exception to that pattern being Plácido Domingo’s numerous DVDs, all theatrically convincing in the title-role but bringing a tenor timbre to an opera whose dark palette arises from three major roles for lower male voices. So this new set is a more accurate statement of where Verdi performance stands at the moment. Not as posh as Claudio Abbado on DG or as emotionally direct as the EMI […]
2016-01-23 03:30:00
Opera Favourites #3 - Il Cigno di Busseto
[…] Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado DGG 477 9583 (1991) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier, Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Daniel Barenboim Erato 8573 82120-2 (1994) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Anja Harteros, Elīna Garanča, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim Decca 478 5245 (2012) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Carol Vaness, Florence Quivar, Dennis O'Neill, Carlo Colombara Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Colin Davis RCA RL 09026 60902 2 (1991) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Quattro Pezzi Sacri Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov. Janet Baker Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini EMI 5 67560 2 (1964) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Sharon Sweet, Florence Quivar, Vincon Cole, Simon Estes Ernst-Senff-Chor & Berliner Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini DGG 423 674-2 (1989) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da […]
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