Librett Lucia V1.Indd

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Librett Lucia V1.Indd Lucia di Lammermoor Tragic Opera in Two Parts Music: Gaetano Donizetti Libretto: Salvadore Cammarano World Premiere: Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 26 September 1835 First performance in Malta: Teatro Reale di Malta, 4 November 1837 Lord Enrico Ashton Boris Pinkhasovich Lucia Ashton Serenad Uyar Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood Giulio Pelligra Lord Arturo Bucklaw Cliff Zammit Stevens Raimondo Bidebent Dario Russo Alisa Marvic Monreal Normanno Bernard Busuttil Early 18th century Setting: Scotland Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Teatru Astra Opera Chorus in collaboration with Coro Lirico Siciliano Conductor: Joseph Vella Artistic Director: Enrico Stinchelli Orchestra Leader Reggie Clews Scenography Joseph Cauchi Chorus Instructors Maria Frendo Assistant Scenographer Andrew Portelli Francesco Costa Costumes Manuel Grima Stage Managers Andrew Portelli George Farrugia Carmel Zammit Sartoria Pipi Stage Construction Johnny Micallef Lights George Zammit Bradley Xuereb Nexos Assistant Directors Angie Bizimoska Juan Vella Maria Selene Farinelli Projections MAV Multimedia Production Assistants George P Cassar Ismael Portelli Sarah Grech Alex Magri Giulia Mandruzzato Choreography Sarah Grech Rehearsal Pianist Christian Maggio Lucia di Lammermoor Joseph Vella Conductor Joseph Vella is generally considered to be Malta’s leading and internationally most widely played Maltese composer. In his works he has touched on a considerable diversity of styles, all ingrained in a personal idiom stemming mainly from the 20th century neo-classical movement. This is amply evidenced by comparing the pungent asperity of his String Quartet op. 33 (written for and premiéred by the Kronos String Quartet) with the lyricism of the Canticle Cantata op. 42 for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra; or the impulsive exuberance of the Violin Concerto op. 65 with the ascetic flavour of some of his a cappella works. Up to the present time Vella’s official catalogue of works reaches 130 opus numbers. These include 10 concertos 2 for piano, 2 for violoncello and one each for violin, piccolo, flute, clarinet, Bassoon and Trumpet, 3 symphonies, (the last one Symphony no.3 The Apocalypse Verses world premiered during the Victoria International Arts Festival on 14 July 2003, with further performances amongst which was the highly successful one at St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, last year), 3 oratorios, 7 song cycles for different combinations, and 2 cantatas. He has also written a large number (about 150) of minor works (liturgical pieces, hymns, marches, music for wind band, etc.), which are not listed in his official catalogue. Vella’s works have been widely performed and critically acclaimed in most European countries, the USA, and Japan. A good number of his works are available on Compact Disc. As a conductor, Vella has a wide repertoire and has received invitations to appear as a guest and to collaborate with many orchestras (Malta National Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Prometheus Symphony Orchestra of New York, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Orchestra “Goffredo Petrassi” di Roma, “Gli Armonici” Palermo, The Yamaha Foundation Symphony Orchestra, etc.) During his long and fruitful association with the Malta Choral Society (1970-1982), he introduced to Malta some of the most outstanding choral works from the traditional and contemporary repertoire; Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Choral Symphony, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Britten’s Ballad of Heroes, Bruckner’s Te Deum, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, amongst others. When, in 1997, the then Manoel Theatre Orchestra was reconstituted and renamed as The National Orchestra, Mro Vella had the distinct honour of being appointed its first-ever resident conductor, a position he held for the best part of the first three years of the Orchestra’s existence. Since 1970 Joseph Vella has been the musical director of the Astra Opera Theatre in Gozo, Malta. Over the past years he has conducted very successful productions of Rigoletto, Lucia di Lamermoor, Aida, Nabucco, Macbeth, Turandot, La Forza del Destino, La Gioconda, II Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo in Maschera, etc., some of these with internationally-acclaimed artists like Ghena Dimitrova, Mark Rucker, Cecilia Gasdia, Rumen Doikov, Tiziana Fabbricini, Hao Jiang Tian, and, lately, Francesca Patane, apart from having launched to the world one of the best contemporary tenors, Joseph Calleja. Joseph Vella has also made an international name for himself as a scholar, especially in the field of old Maltese music, which he has edited and performed all over Europe. www.josephvella.com.mt 30 Mediterranea 2017 Enrico Stinchelli Artistic Director Rome-born Enrico Stinchelli is the author and conductor of what has become the most established and respected programme on RAI Radio-Tre, La Barcaccia, dealing with anything that has got to do with the opera world. The much sought- after programme, on air without fail since 1983, has attained ‘cult’ status in Italy and beyond. A universally acknowledged expert in the field, Enrico Stinchelli has a wide network of contacts and huge expertise. His impressive baggage includes intense opera related activity all over Italy, and beyond, working closely with the top professionals in the opera world. He has been assistant and consultant with various significant directors, such as Comencini, among others. His repertoire includes the major titles from the Baroque to the verismo. His ouvre has gained widespread critical acclaim and several prestigious prizes. Boris Pinkhasovich Lord Enrico Ashton Boris Pinkhasovich was born in 1986 in Leningrad in a family of professional musicians. At the age of 7 he was admitted to the Glinka Choir School. He graduated with full honours, singing solos in a multiplicity of genres ranging from Masses, Oratorios, Symphonies, and more. His operatic career as a baritone took off to a flying start after winning the prestigious ‘All-Russian Competition’ in 2005. Being awarded ‘Best Student of the Year’ won him a scholarship that enabled him to further his studies at the St Petersburg State Conservatory, studying with the famous T.I. Khitrova. Concurrently, he was also the soloist of the famous Chamber Choir of Smolny Cathedral, performing all over Russia and beyond. Despite his very young age, his beautiful, powerful, dark voice enables him to tackle roles in grand operas such as Boris Godunov, Eugene Onegin, and Simon Boccanegra. His most recent performance of Thésée in Enescu’s Oedipe at the Royal Festival Hall, London, won him rave reviews from Hugh Canning for the Sunday Times of London. Later this year he will make his debut at the Paris Bastille Opera, and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Further engagements will see him perform the part of Lord Enrico Ashton in Limoges, Rouen, and Reims, Boris Godunov in Munich, and Eugene Onegin in Moscow. Pinkhasovich’s repertoire is expanding rapidly, to include a range of operas by Donizetti, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Leoncavallo, and Verdi, not least Don Carlo. Serenad Uyar Lucia While studying the pianoforte and the guitar, Serenad Uyar began singing in her native Turkey. Her talent as musician and singer quickly earned her prestigious awards from Music Conservatory. Immediately noticed by professionals, she first stepped on stage in the role of Olympia in Jacques Offenbach’s Les Comtes d’Hoffman at the Izmir State Opera. Subsequently to her debut, Serenad Uyar won the AS.LI.CO Competition in Milan and came to Europe. She did an internship in the opera studio in France, CNIPAL, for the 2004-2005 season during which she sang: Anna in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda 31 Lucia di Lammermoor at the Marseille Opera and the lead role in Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives at the Sacred Music Festival, with the conductor Kenneth Montgomery. That same year, she sang in Istanbul and at Canakkale in Carl Orff›s Carmina Burana and in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the baton of Ibrahim Yazici. In 2006 Serenad Uyar’s talent became even more widely recognized. She was given the role of The Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberfloetein Nantes in a production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. Then the great international pianist Fazil Say granted her the soprano part in recording of a CD in a work from his The Meltin Altiok Oratorio that they jointly performed at the Istanbul Festival before being awarded the first prize in the “Début 2006” competition in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. Her career was then well on its way. Serenad Uyar has performed at the Mannheim Theatre and at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. In 2008 she was invited by La Scala in Milan to perform the soprano part in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana which she would repeat at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and made her debut in the title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in the same theatre. In 2009, she was Lucia again at the Dijon Opera and took on the title role in Massenet’s Manon at the Nantes Theatre in a production by Renée Auphan and Yves Coudray. Her rounded, crystal-clear voice enables her to tackle operatic roles as diverse as Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Verdi’s Rigoletto and Traviata, as well as the best of bel canto operas of Donizetti and Bellini. Giulio Pelligra Edgardo Giulio Pelligra is one of the emerging Italian tenors of the younger generation. Born in Catania, he debuted in Puccini’s La Petite Messe Solennelle and in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia in 2006. His mellow, ringing vocal tones enable to sing leading roles in the bel canto tradition operas of Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini. Despite his young age, Giulio has already sung in such important venues as the Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, Grand Théâtre, Genève, Rossini in the Wildbad Festival at the Landestheater, Bregenz, Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Teatro Bellini, Catania, Teatro Lirico, Cagliari, Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Teatro Coccia, Novara, Teatro Grande, Brescia, and many more, performing with such conductors as Roberto Abbado, Asher Fisch, Antonino Fogliani, Renato Palumbo, Stefano Ranzani, and Donato Renzetti.
Recommended publications
  • UNITEL PROUDLY REPRESENTS the INTERNATIONAL TV DISTRIBUTION of Browse Through the Complete Unitel Catalogue of More Than 2,000 Titles At
    UNITEL PROUDLY REPRESENTS THE INTERNATIONAL TV DISTRIBUTION OF Browse through the complete Unitel catalogue of more than 2,000 titles at www.unitel.de Date: March 2018 FOR CO-PRODUCTION & PRESALES INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: Unitel GmbH & Co. KG Gruenwalder Weg 28D · 82041 Oberhaching/Munich, Germany Tel: +49.89.673469-613 · Fax: +49.89.673469-610 · [email protected] Ernst Buchrucker Dr. Thomas Hieber Dr. Magdalena Herbst Managing Director Head of Business and Legal Affairs Head of Production [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +49.89.673469-19 Tel: +49.89.673469-611 Tel: +49.89.673469-862 WORLD SALES C Major Entertainment GmbH Meerscheidtstr. 8 · 14057 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49.30.303064-64 · [email protected] Elmar Kruse Niklas Arens Nishrin Schacherbauer Managing Director Sales Manager, Director Sales Sales Manager [email protected] & Marketing [email protected] [email protected] Nadja Joost Ira Rost Sales Manager, Director Live Events Sales Manager, Assistant to & Popular Music Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] CONTENT BRITTEN: GLORIANA Susan Bullock/Toby Spence/Kate Royal/Peter Coleman-Wright Conducted by: Paul Daniel OPERAS 3 Staged by: Richard Jones BALLETS 8 Cat. No. A02050015 | Length: 164' | Year: 2016 DONIZETTI: LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT Natalie Dessay/Juan Diego Flórez/Felicity Palmer Conducted by: Bruno Campanella Staged by: Laurent Pelly Cat. No. A02050065 | Length: 131' | Year: 2016 OPERAS BELLINI: NORMA Sonya Yoncheva/Joseph Calleja/Sonia Ganassi/ Brindley Sherratt/La Fura dels Baus Conducted by: Antonio Pappano Staged by: Àlex Ollé Cat.
    [Show full text]
  • Operiamo Associazione Culturale Con Il Contributo Della
    OPERiAMO Associazione Culturale con il contributo della Regione Emilia Romagna e il patrocinio del Comune di Ferrara, del Comune di Vigarano Mainarda e la Casa della Musica e delle Arti indice e organizza il PRIMO CORSO DI ALTO PERFEZIONAMENTO per cantanti lirici di ogni nazionalità e età. Docente M° SILVANO CARROLI. Il corso si terrà a Ferrara nelle sale del Teatro Comunale “Claudio Abbado” dal 31 ottobre al 3 novembre 2018. E’ prevista la partecipazione di studenti effettivi e/o uditori. I corsisti che dimostreranno capacità rilevate dai docenti, potranno partecipare all’allestimento dell’Opera di Giuseppe Verdi “NABUCCO” (7 novembre 2018) Stagione Teatro Ragazzi 2018 Teatro Comunale “Claudio Abbado” in forma ridotta con coro e Orchestra “Città di Ferrara”. I corsisti partecipanti alla produzione non avranno diritto a compenso ma verranno alloggiati a carico della produzione, parteciperanno, inoltre, gratuitamente, alle audizioni per l’opera di Giacomo Puccini “TOSCA” inserita nella programmazione del Teatro Comunale DE MICHELI (Copparo) il 15 febbraio 2019 e nella rassegna LIRICA IN CASTELLO (Ferrara, produzione estiva del Teatro Comunale “Claudio Abbado”). Il modulo di partecipazione, compilato in tutte le sue parti, dovrà essere corredato di una foto e della ricevuta di pagamento, tramite bonifico, della quota di iscrizione intestata a OPERiAMO Ass. Culturale, presso BANCA GENERALI IBAN: IT 43 M 03075 02200 CC8500543179 BIC/SWIFT:BGENIT2T causale Master M° Silvano Carroli e inviato tramite e-mail a [email protected] oppure [email protected] entro il 29 ottobre 2018 La quota di iscrizione verrà restituita solo nel caso che il Corso venisse annullato. I corsisti dovranno presentarsi alle ore 10 del 31 ottobre 2018 al Teatro Comunale “Claudio Abbado” per accordarsi coi docenti e provvedere al pagamento della restante parte della quota di partecipazione al Corso.
    [Show full text]
  • Star Singers on Stage
    STAR SINGERS ON STAGE CONCERT TOUR 2017/18 CREATING AND MANAGING PRODUCTIONS WORLDWIDE GuliAnd Management is dedicated to all aspects of music performances from concerts to fully staged opera and operetta productions, special events, tours, broadcasts. The founders and partners of GuliAnd have been working together for many years. We have extensive international business network for the sake of successful productions. Our company is one of the most well-known producers of opera events with the new opera star generation in the industry. GuliAnd sets up and promotes individual concerts in theatres, arenas, stadiums and open air venues. In addition, we produce television programs as well as documentaries. It has been our great pleasure to present many colourful events with numerous internationally acknowledged artists in the past years. The PÉCS – PLÁCIDO DOMINGO CLASSICS festival was founded by the city of Pécs and GuliAnd Management in 2017. GuliAnd is registered in the United Kingdom and has an affiliated company in the United States as well as in Hungary. PÉCS2010 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE GuliAnd Management introduced a new tradition with the “Voices” in 2009. Photo© Kaori Suzuki PLÁCIDO DOMINGO’S OPERALIA THE WORLD OPERA COMPETITION hosted by the Astana Opera within the framework of the EXPO-2017 Future Energy programme and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of kazakhstan, the 25th edition of the World Opera Competition, including its final, was one of the highlights of Astana’s cultural calendar this summer, held from 24-29 July. ARYSTANBEK MUKHAMEDIULY Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan BIG STANDING OVATIONS GuliAnd presents this regular events with Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, The World Opera Competition award winning singers at the United Kingdom, Austria, Hungary and Germany.
    [Show full text]
  • Studiare Musica
    Programma Altipiani Arcinazzo Dalle ore 10.00 alle 13.00 - Lezioni individuali Comune di Arcinazzo Romano di Dalle ore 15.00 alle 18.00 - Masterclass Comune di Affile Fiuggi -Affile Comune di Fumone 31 agosto e 2 settembre ore 21.00 - Concerto con orchestra dei solisti selezionati nelle Master "Strumento solista ed orchestra". 30 agosto e 1 settembre - Concerto dei partecipanti alla MasterClass Studiare musica Con la gioia di farlo insieme, nello storico scenario della Dal 2 gosto al condizioni e costi 3 A terra dei papi: questo è il Festival delle Città Medievali, Scadenza iscrizioni 10/08/2018. Compilare il modulo allegato e inviarlo a 3 settembre [email protected] (telefono +39 3331882420). organizzato da 38 anni dall'Associazione Ernico Simbruina a Fiuggi. Un campus residenziale di 2 0 1 8 LE ISCRIZIONI SI POSSONO EFFETTUARE ON LINE SUL SITO: perfezionamento musicale con docenti di fama internazio- www.festivaldellecittamedievali.it nale, per tutti coloro che vogliano approfondire il Al momento dell’iscrizione dovrà essere versanto un acconto di € 50,00 repertorio e suonare in un ricco calendario di concerti. tramite bonifico bancario: IT 42 V 03500 03206 000000036907 Il saldo sarà pagato all’arrivo presso il centro L'organizzazione ha sottoscritto una convenzione molto vantaggiosa (20€/ notte) per i corsisti che potranno risiedere nel Residence Traino - Altipiani di Arcinazzo. Ogni partecipante avrà diritto a un minimo di 3 lezioni individuali. Canto Lirico Quote di Iscrizione: Clicca qui per: Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni -Pianoforte, violino, violoncello, clarinetto, canto € 350 Clarinetto e Musica da Camera -Musica da camera € 250 (individuale) -Uditori € 150 Vincenzo mariozzi -Strumento + Musica da camera Violoncello e Musica da Camera -Strumento + Corso straordinario per solisti che si € 350 esibiranno in concerto con orchestra da camera € 350 Francesco mariozzi Pianoforte e Musica da Camera Saranno messe a disposizione stanze da studio con pianoforte.
    [Show full text]
  • O P E R a E X P L a I N
    OPERA EXPLAINED An Introduction to… VERDI Aida written by Thomson Smillie narrated by David Timson 8.558009D Opera Explained: Aida An Introduction to… VERDI Aida written by Thomson Smillie narrated by David Timson 1 Introduction 3:50 2 Verdi’s three periods in a sixty-year span 1:38 3 The political backround 2:19 4 Aida – the beginnings 3:36 5 The Prelude and Act I 16:48 6 Act II 6:07 7 The Grand March 9:38 8 Act III 6:37 9 Act IV 4:52 0 The death scene 7:44 A complete recording of Verdi’s Aida is available as a 2CD set from Naxos. Maria Dragoni / Kristjan Johannsson / National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland / Rico Saccani Naxos 8.660033–34 2 8.558009 Opera Explained: Aida Giuseppe Verdi: Aida Opera – the word means ‘the works’ – is a synthesis of all the other arts: drama, vocal and orchestral music, dance, light, design; consequently, when it works it delivers an emotional impact none of the other arts can match. The only one of the arts whose origins can be precisely dated, it was ‘invented’ in Italy in 1597 as part of the Renaissance – the re-birth of interest in classical values. The name is Latin but the art form is truly international and crosses all linguistic and cultural barriers. It is probably the one art form whose audience continues to expand, not in spite of, but because of developments in entertainment technology. From its early origins in Italy, opera spread across Europe establishing individual and distinctive schools in a number of countries.
    [Show full text]
  • Bio-Carlogalante-2020-En
    Carlo Galante (Trento, 1959) graduated in Composition under the guidance of Niccolò Castiglioni and Paolo Castaldi at the Conservatory of Milan. In 1993 he wrote the Dies Irae for the Requiem for the Victims of the Mafia, performed in Palermo Cathedral. He has written for the theatre the operas Byzanthium (Musica nel Nostro Tempo, 1991); Corradino (Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 1992); Il combattimento con l'Angelo (Teatro Massimo di Palermo, 1997); Messer Lievesogno e la Porta Chiusa performed several times (Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 1997; Teatro Palazzina Liberty, Milan, 1998; Teatro Nuovo di Verona and Teatro Sociale di Trento, 2000); Ghost Cafè (Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, 2000; Teatro della Tosse di Genova, 2008); Racconto di Natale (Teatro Comunale di Modena, 2002; Fondazione Santa Cecilia, 2016) and the ballets: Fandango (Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, 1992); Il fantasma di Canterville (Teatro Regio di Torino, 1995 and revived several times); Notturno a Milano (Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, 2004); La Tempesta (Teatro Carignano di Torino, 2006); Zaide o la chiave dell'illusione (Fossano, castello d'Acaja, 2007); I Promessi sposi (Teatro del fuoco di Foggia and Casa Manzoni, Milano, 2009). He has published the following CDs: Yeliel, concerto for violin; La musica dei Tarocchi; I Sospiri di Ariel, concerto for flute; Luna in acquario, concerto for cello; La formula del fiore; Essenza carnale (sponsored by the New York foundation "Sonia Raiziss Giop Charitable Foundation"); Urban Ring (in Zingiber published by Bang on a Can, performed by the Sentieri Selvaggi ensemble); Tropici del nord. He has written a lot of symphonic and chamber music performed in prestigious venues such as the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Fondazione Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Fondazione Teatro san Carlo in Naples, the Rai in Rome and Naples, the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi musicale in Milan, the Orchestra Haydn in Bolzano and Trento, etc.
    [Show full text]
  • Gran Concerto Di Capodanno, Domenica 1 Gennaio 2012 Alle 11.30, Al Teatro Lirico Di Cagliari
    COMUNICATO STAMPA Gran Concerto di Capodanno, domenica 1 gennaio 2012 alle 11.30, al Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Mattinata straordinaria, fuori abbonamento, domenica 1 gennaio 2012 alle 11.30 al Teatro Lirico di Cagliari , per il Gran Concerto di Capodanno che viene offerto, agli abbonati della Stagione lirica e di balletto 2011 e della Stagione concertistica 2011-2012, dal quotidiano “L’Unione Sarda”. Protagonisti del concerto sono l’ Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico , diretti da Marcello Rota . Il maestro del coro è Marco Faelli . I ruoli solistici sono affidati a: Anna Tifu (violino ), Romeo Scaccia (pianoforte ). Il programma del concerto, della durata di 1 ora e 15 minuti circa senza intervallo, prevede: Luci di Venezia, per orchestra di Matteo Martis; Tzigane, rapsodia per violino ed orchestra di Maurice Ravel; La Grazia, suite per pianoforte e orchestra ; In Volo, per violino, pianoforte e orchestra ; Sardinian tango, per violino, pianoforte e orchestra di Romeo Scaccia; Der Freischütz op. 77: Coro dei cacciatori per coro maschile e orchestra ; Invito alla danza, rondò brillante in re bemolle maggiore op. 65 (trascrizione per orchestra di Hector Berlioz) di Carl Maria von Weber; Evgenij Onegin op. 24: Waltz per coro e orchestra; Polonaise per orchestra di Pëtr Il’i č Čajkovskij; Musik zu einem Ritterballet WoO 1 per orchestra ; Nona Sinfonia in re minore op.125: Inno alla gioia per coro e orchestra di Ludwig van Beethoven. Sono a disposizione degli abbonati, alla Stagione lirica e di balletto 2011 ed alla Stagione concertistica 2011-2012, n. 500 biglietti gratuiti che si possono ritirare, per un massimo di n.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Booklet
    2 CDs the ultimate DDD VERDI 8.578068-69 opera album CD 1 innovative style. His effective use of the spectacular, the supernatural, the superstitious, the sentimental, the scandalous, even the downright silly, are evident to everyone familiar with 1 Prelude to La Traviata 3:53 these great operas. But Verdi cannily uses these melodramatic conventions of Romantic opera Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari (conductor) to reveal his characters’ psychological situations both directly (through their own words and actions, which of course give rise to their predicaments) and indirectly (as mirrored by, say, the 2 Brindisi: Libiamo ne’ lieti calici from La Traviata 2:54 famous storm in Rigoletto, or by contrasting Aïda’s inner turmoil when she discovers her father Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, has been taken captive with the Egyptian’s public victory celebrations over the Ethiopians). Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari (conductor) Few may find it credible when the old gypsy Azucena reveals that she had mistakenly thrown her own baby into the flames instead of the son of the man who burned her mother at the stake 3 La donna è mobile from Rigoletto 2:55 as a witch, but the disastrous consequences are tragic for all concerned. And the wide-ranging Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, grand guignol plot of La forza del destino may beggar belief, but it remains a gothic classic, Alexander Rahbari (conductor) complete with its own legendary ‘curse’ which apparently originated when the American baritone Leonard Warren died on the Metropolitan Opera stage on 4 March 1960 while singing Morir, 4 Va, pensiero ‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’ from Nabucco 4:39 tremenda cosa (‘to die, a momentous thing’).
    [Show full text]
  • Join Us for Placido Domingo and Company in New York City April 7-10, 2016
    Join Us for Placido Domingo and Company in New York City April 7-10, 2016 The ageless Placido Domingo is continuing his remark- able career by performing classic roles of the baritone rep- ertoire, and the Metropolitan Opera in April is offering one of his greatest baritone roles, the title role in Verdi's drama Simon Boccanegra. The Met is pairing it with Donizetti's bel canto classic Roberto De- vereux (a story of Queen Elizabeth I of England) starring two of today's greatest divas, the soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and the mezzo soprano Elīna Garanča. To top it off, the Metropolitan Opera is performing in the same week the delightful comedy L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love). It was a lineup we just couldn't resist, so please join our tour guide Wilma Wilcox in New York in April. Here is our plan: Thursday, April 7, 2016. We leave from Kansas City and fly nonstop to New York, ar- riving in time for dinner at our favorite Lincoln Cen- ter-area restaurant, Gabri- el's, before heading to the Metropolitan Opera for Donizetti's delightful com- edy L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love). Starring in the cast are the sparkling Polish soprano Aleksan- dra Kurzak, tenor Mario Chang, Czech baritione Adam Plachetka and the comic Italian bass Pietro Spagnoli. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky (upper Friday, April 8, 2016. left) and mezzo soprano Elīna Garanča (left) star in the Donizetti classic Roberto This day is free for you to Devereux, a story of Queen Elizabeth I explore the sights of New of England.
    [Show full text]
  • Staged Treasures
    Italian opera. Staged treasures. Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioacchino Rossini © HNH International Ltd CATALOGUE # COMPOSER TITLE FEATURED ARTISTS FORMAT UPC Naxos Itxaro Mentxaka, Sondra Radvanovsky, Silvia Vázquez, Soprano / 2.110270 Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Plácido Domingo, Tenor / Roberto Accurso, DVD ALFANO, Franco Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Rodney Gilfry, Baritone / Juan Jose 7 47313 52705 2 Cyrano de Bergerac (1875–1954) Navarro Bass-baritone / Javier Franco, Nahuel di Pierro, Miguel Sola, Bass / Valencia Regional Government Choir / NBD0005 Valencian Community Orchestra / Patrick Fournillier Blu-ray 7 30099 00056 7 Silvia Dalla Benetta, Soprano / Maxim Mironov, Gheorghe Vlad, Tenor / Luca Dall’Amico, Zong Shi, Bass / Vittorio Prato, Baritone / 8.660417-18 Bianca e Gernando 2 Discs Marina Viotti, Mar Campo, Mezzo-soprano / Poznan Camerata Bach 7 30099 04177 5 Choir / Virtuosi Brunensis / Antonino Fogliani 8.550605 Favourite Soprano Arias Luba Orgonášová, Soprano / Slovak RSO / Will Humburg Disc 0 730099 560528 Maria Callas, Rina Cavallari, Gina Cigna, Rosa Ponselle, Soprano / Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Ebe Stignani, Mezzo-soprano / Marion Telva, Contralto / Giovanni Breviario, Paolo Caroli, Mario Filippeschi, Francesco Merli, Tenor / Tancredi Pasero, 8.110325-27 Norma [3 Discs] 3 Discs Ezio Pinza, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Bass / Italian Broadcasting Authority Chorus and Orchestra, Turin / Milan La Scala Chorus and 0 636943 132524 Orchestra / New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / BELLINI, Vincenzo Vittorio
    [Show full text]
  • Taddeo Angelo
    TADDEO ANGELO Angelo Taddeo è nato a Capua (CE); ha eseguito accanto agli studi classici e quelli musicali di Alta Composizione, diplomandosi in Italia in Strumentazione per Banda e in Romania in Direzione di Coro. Ha successivamente studiato Direzione d'Orchestra sotto la guida del maestro Nicola Samale iniziando una lunga attività direttoriale e manageriale esibendosi in Italia ed Europa collaborando con prestigiose orchestre come: ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI CRACOVIA, ARTISTI TEATRO SAN CARLO, MAV SINFONICA DI BUDAPEST, FILARMONICA DI TRANSILVANIA, MUNCHEN SINFONIETTA, L'ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DI TIRANA, GLI ARCHI DI KOSICE, L'ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DELLA RADIOTELEVISIONE di BUCAREST, L’ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DI ARAD, DUBLIN PHILARMONICA ORCHESTRA L’ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI CRAIOVA, ISRAELE CAMERATA JERUSALEM, L’ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI BRASOV, LA LONDON METROPOLITAN SINFONIA, IL TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI BRASOV, L’ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI KHARKOV, , L’ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI CIPRO, GLI ARCHI DELLA SCALA DI MILANO, L’ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI KIEV, LA CAMERATA DI KIEV, LA SINFONICA DI CHISINAU, I SOLISTI DI CRAIOVA, I SOLISTI DEL TEATRO S. CARLO, SINFONIA, L’ORCHESTRA DELLA RADIO E TELEVISIONE DEL MONTENEGRO, LA FILARMONICA DI DONETSK, ORCHESTRA ERMITAGE’ DI SAN PIETROBURGO, LA FILARMONICA DI DONETSK., , SIBERIAN PHILARMONICA ORCHESTRA, ORCHESTRA RADIO TV DI KIEV, MOSCOW SIMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Successivamente si dedica esclusivamente alle Produzioni di opere liriche, con più di 1000 rappresentazioni di opere dal 1998 al 2015 in Italia ed Europa con Aida, Barbiere
    [Show full text]
  • Lps-Vocal Recitals All Just About 1-2 Unless Otherwise Described
    LPs-Vocal Recitals All just about 1-2 unless otherwise described. Single LPs unless otherwise indicated. Original printed matter with sets should be included. 4208. LUCINE AMARA [s]. RECITAL. With David Benedict [pno]. Music of Donaudy, De- bussy, de Falla, Szulc, Turina, Schu- mann, Brahms, etc. Cambridge Stereo CRS 1704. $8.00. 4229. AGNES BALTSA [ms]. OPERA RECITAL. From Cenerentola, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Favorita, La Clemenza di Tito , etc. Digital stereo 067-64-563 . Cover signed by Baltza . $10.00. 4209. ROLF BJÖRLING [t]. SONGS [In Swedish]. Music of Widéem, Peterson-Berger, Nord- qvist, Sjögren, etc. The vocal timbre is quite similar to that of Papa. Odeon PMES 552. $7.00. 3727. GRACE BUMBRY [ms]. OPERA ARIAS. From Camen, Sappho, Samson et Dalila, Dr. Frieder Weissmann and Don Carlos, Cavalleria Rustican a, etc. Sylvia Willink-Quiel, 1981 Deut. Gram. Stereo SLPM 138 826. Sealed . $7.00. 4213. MONTSERAAT CABALLÉ [s]. ROSSINI RARITIES. Orch. dir. Carlo Felice Cillario. From Armida, Tancredi, Otello, Stabat Mater, etc. Rear cover signed by Caballé . RCA Victor LSC-3015. $12.00. 4211. FRANCO CORELLI [t] SINGS “GRANADA” AND OTHER ROMANTIC SONGS. Orch. dir Raffaele Mingardo. Capitol Stereo SP 8661. Cover signed by Corelli . $15.00. 4212. PHYLLLIS CURTIN [s]. CANTIGAS Y CANCIONES OF LATIN AMERICA. With Ryan Edwards [pno]. Music of Villa-Lobos, Tavares, Ginastera, etc. Rear cover signed by Curtin. Vanguard Stereolab VSD-71125. $10.00. 4222. EILEEN FARRELL [s]. SINGS FRENCH AND ITALIAN SONGS. Music of Respighi, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Debussy. Piano acc. George Trovillo. Columbia Stereo MS- 6524. Factory sealed. $6.00.
    [Show full text]