Virgilijus Noreika Vidéos
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Virgilijus Noreika Cilea Scala 1935 1958 1960 1965
Virgilijus Noreika (b.1935) Given the very favorable reception accorded my previous Noreika entry ('E la solita storia' from Cilea's "L'Arlesiana"), as well as the relative paucity of his recordings on Youtube, I thought it time for another video of this wonderful artist. Once again, I would like to thank my good Youtube friend CraigFrancisSoto, who helped me track down Noreika's elusive recordings and hinted (repeatedly) at which arias he would like to see posted here. :) Noreika, a graduate of the Lithuanian State Conservatory (1958) and longtime member of the Lithuanian Opera Theater, sings with a lirico-spinto voice that is warm, plaintive, and beautifully modulated. Its coruscating quality can be downright overwhelming, i.e. just sample the the electricity he generates in the climactic phrase "io della morte" between 3:51 and 3:59 here. Noreika's manner is earnest, emotionally demonstrative, and genuinely mournful throughout. The singer studied in Milan in the mid 1960's, and it shows- his Italian diction is very good, better than most of his Soviet peers. Unfortunately, I am uncertain of the provenance or date of the recording, but it was likely made in the late 60's. The photo shows Noreika as Pinkerton, in a La Scala production from the 1965-66 season.
Virgilijus Noreika Edvard Grieg Kipras Petrauskas Verdi Edgaras Montvidas Sergej Larin Kristian Benedikt Merūnas Vitulskis Scala Bolshoi Liceu Staatsoper Staatsoper Berlin Teatro Colón Royal Swedish Opera Opera Chicago 1935 1958 1959 1965 1970 1976 1991 1993 2017 2018
The great Lithuanian lirico-spinto tenor Virgilijus Kęstutis Noreika +••.••(...)) was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania. In 1958, he graduated with honors from the Lithuanian Conservatoire, where he studied singing in the class of another great Lithuanian tenor Kipras Petrauskas. Next year, in 1959, Noreika debuted in the Lithuanian Opera where he performed Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata, one of Noreika's favorite and most frequently performed roles. In 1965-66, he was the first in the post-war Lithuania to go to internship at La Scala where he mastered six roles in operas including the part of Pinkerton which he sang at that famous Opera House. Later the singer appeared on the stage of La Scala several more times with the Moscow Bolshoi that was on tour in Milan. He had been repeatedly invited to become a member of the Bolshoi but he chose to stay in Vilnius. Later, in 1970, he became People‘s Artist of the USSR (the highest artistic award in the former USSR) but, in spite of many invitations from Metropolitan, San Francisko Opera, Liceu Barcelona and many others, Noreika remained cordoned off from the West during his long blooming years. Later he sang in Staatsoper Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, Lithuanian Opera of Chicago, and more than 30 others. Noreika's creative biography comprises more than 40 operatic roles: Cavaradossi, Faust, Rodolfo from La bohème, and finally, in his mature years, Otello, to name a few. In 1976 – 1991 he was the artistic director of the Lithuanian Opera, in 1993 – 94 he taught at the Academy of Latin American Singing in Karakas (Venezuela), since 1976 Noreika was a professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Edgaras Montvidas, Sergej Larin (whose tomb is now next to his teacher‘s), Kristian Benedikt, Merūnas Vitulskis and many others were among his students.) Noreika performed more than 600 solo concerts, recorded 20 phonographic records and CDs. In order to honor his achievements, the First International Virgilijus Noreika Competition for Singers was organised in 2017. The competition will take place every four years around the birth date of Noreika. Romances, songs, and in particular folk songs, always occupied an important part of Noreika‘s repertoire. No matter where, at home or in France, in Russia or elsewhere, a Lithuanian song was almost a must (see, for example, (http•••) In our video, Noreika presents a touching performance of a romance ‘Ved Rondane // At Rondane’ by a Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg praising the beauty of his enchanting motherland and the wild mountains in the National park Rondane. This recording is taken from (http•••) We also thank Thomas Granrud for his 'One year in Rondane'.
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