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Verdi Week on Operavore Program Details
Verdi Week on Operavore Program Details Listen at WQXR.ORG/OPERAVORE Monday, October, 7, 2013 Rigoletto Duke - Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Rigoletto - Leo Nucci, baritone Gilda - June Anderson, soprano Sparafucile - Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass Maddalena – Shirley Verrett, mezzo Giovanna – Vitalba Mosca, mezzo Count of Ceprano – Natale de Carolis, baritone Count of Ceprano – Carlo de Bortoli, bass The Contessa – Anna Caterina Antonacci, mezzo Marullo – Roberto Scaltriti, baritone Borsa – Piero de Palma, tenor Usher - Orazio Mori, bass Page of the duchess – Marilena Laurenza, mezzo Bologna Community Theater Orchestra Bologna Community Theater Chorus Riccardo Chailly, conductor London 425846 Nabucco Nabucco – Tito Gobbi, baritone Ismaele – Bruno Prevedi, tenor Zaccaria – Carlo Cava, bass Abigaille – Elena Souliotis, soprano Fenena – Dora Carral, mezzo Gran Sacerdote – Giovanni Foiani, baritone Abdallo – Walter Krautler, tenor Anna – Anna d’Auria, soprano Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus Lamberto Gardelli, conductor London 001615302 Aida Aida – Leontyne Price, soprano Amneris – Grace Bumbry, mezzo Radames – Placido Domingo, tenor Amonasro – Sherrill Milnes, baritone Ramfis – Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone The King of Egypt – Hans Sotin, bass Messenger – Bruce Brewer, tenor High Priestess – Joyce Mathis, soprano London Symphony Orchestra The John Alldis Choir Erich Leinsdorf, conductor RCA Victor Red Seal 39498 Simon Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra – Piero Cappuccilli, baritone Jacopo Fiesco - Paul Plishka, bass Paolo Albiani – Carlos Chausson, bass-baritone Pietro – Alfonso Echevarria, bass Amelia – Anna Tomowa-Sintow, soprano Gabriele Adorno – Jaume Aragall, tenor The Maid – Maria Angels Sarroca, soprano Captain of the Crossbowmen – Antonio Comas Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Uwe Mund, conductor Recorded live on May 31, 1990 Falstaff Sir John Falstaff – Bryn Terfel, baritone Pistola – Anatoli Kotscherga, bass Bardolfo – Anthony Mee, tenor Dr. -
LE MIE MEMORIE ARTISTICHE Giovanni Pacini
LE MIE MEMORIE ARTISTICHE Giovanni Pacini Vertaling: Adriaan van der Tang 1 2 VOORWOORD De meeste operaliefhebbers nemen als vanzelfsprekend aan dat drie componisten in de eerste helft van de negentiende eeuw het muziekleven in Italië domineerden: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini. Deze veronderstelling is enerzijds gebaseerd op het feit dat een flink aantal werken van hun hand tot op de huidige dag overal ter wereld wordt uitgevoerd, anderzijds op een ruime belangstelling van onder- zoekers, die geleid heeft tot talrijke wetenschappelijke publicaties die mede hun weg vonden naar een ruimer publiek. Ook de fonografische industrie heeft zich de laatste vijftig, zestig jaar voornamelijk geconcentreerd op de populaire opera’s van dit drietal, naast werken die in artistiek of muziek- historisch opzicht van belang werden geacht. Sinds een aantal jaren worden, vooral in kleinere Italiaanse theaters en zomerfestivals, in toenemende mate opera’s uitgevoerd van vergeten meesters, die bij nadere beschouwing in genoemd tijdperk wel degelijk een rol van betekenis hebben vervuld. Registraties van deze opvoeringen worden door de ware melomaan begroet als een welkome ont- dekking, evenals de studio-opnamen die wij te danken hebben aan de prijzenswaardige initiatieven van Opera Rara, waardoor men kennis kan nemen van de muziek van componisten als Mayr, Mercadante, Meyerbeer, Pacini, Paër en anderen. Een van deze vergeten componisten, Giovanni Pacini, speelt met betrekking tot onze algemene kennis van de negentiende-eeuwse operahistorie een bijzondere rol. Zijn autobiografie Le mie memorie artistiche uit 1865 is een belangrijke bron van informatie voor muziekwetenschappers - en andere geïnteresseerden - die zich toeleggen op het bestuderen van de ontwikkeling van de opera in de belcantoperiode. -
A Culture of Recording: Christopher Raeburn and the Decca Record Company
A Culture of Recording: Christopher Raeburn and the Decca Record Company Sally Elizabeth Drew A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sheffield Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department of Music This work was supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council September 2018 1 2 Abstract This thesis examines the working culture of the Decca Record Company, and how group interaction and individual agency have made an impact on the production of music recordings. Founded in London in 1929, Decca built a global reputation as a pioneer of sound recording with access to the world’s leading musicians. With its roots in manufacturing and experimental wartime engineering, the company developed a peerless classical music catalogue that showcased technological innovation alongside artistic accomplishment. This investigation focuses specifically on the contribution of the recording producer at Decca in creating this legacy, as can be illustrated by the career of Christopher Raeburn, the company’s most prolific producer and specialist in opera and vocal repertoire. It is the first study to examine Raeburn’s archive, and is supported with unpublished memoirs, private papers and recorded interviews with colleagues, collaborators and artists. Using these sources, the thesis considers the history and functions of the staff producer within Decca’s wider operational structure in parallel with the personal aspirations of the individual in exerting control, choice and authority on the process and product of recording. Having been recruited to Decca by John Culshaw in 1957, Raeburn’s fifty-year career spanned seminal moments of the company’s artistic and commercial lifecycle: from assisting in exploiting the dramatic potential of stereo technology in Culshaw’s Ring during the 1960s to his serving as audio producer for the 1990 The Three Tenors Concert international phenomenon. -
Esempi Dall'archivio Del Teatro Sociale Di Como
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO FACOLTÀ DI LETTERE E FILOSOFIA CORSO DI LAUREA IN SCIENZE DEI BENI CULTURALI A.A. 2003-2004 Le beneficiate nel teatro ottocentesco: esempi dall’archivio storico del Teatro Sociale di Como Elaborato finale di CHIARA TARABOTTI Matricola n° 638455 Relatore: Chiar.mo Prof. CLAUDIO TOSCANI Correlatore: Chiar.mo Prof. ALBERTO BENTOGLIO A mia madre e mio padre. 2 INDICE. 1. Premessa. p. 5 2. Introduzione. p. 7 2.1. Brevi cenni sulla storia del Teatro Sociale di Como. p. 7 2.2. Un’ipotetica storia dell’archivio. p. 8 3. Beneficiate nella letteratura. p. 10 3.1. La beneficiata: una definizione. p. 10 3.2. Piccola storia di una pratica. p. 10 3.3. A confronto con i trattati dell’epoca. p. 12 4. Le beneficiate presso l’archivio storico del Teatro Sociale di Como. p. 18 4.1. Distribuzione temporale dei documenti. p. 18 4.2. Tipologie dei documenti presi in esame. p. 19 4.3. I contenuti: a beneficio di chi? p. 20 4.3.1. Il Pio Istituto Filarmonico Teatrale. p. 22 4.3.2. Le altre istituzioni. p. 25 4.3.2.1. Gli asili di carità per l’infanzia. p. 26 4.3.2.2. Le pie case d’industria e di ricovero. p. 26 4.3.2.3. L’opera pia baliatico. p. 26 4.3.3. Le beneficiate per i singoli artisti. p. 27 4.3.4 Serate per pubblica beneficenza. p. 28 4.3.4.1. Gli alluvionati di Brescia. p. 28 4.3.4.2. L’anno 1848 p. -
Verdi's Rigoletto
Verdi’s Rigoletto - A discographical conspectus by Ralph Moore It is hard if not impossible, to make a representative survey of recordings of Rigoletto, given that there are 200 in the catalogue; I can only compromise by compiling a somewhat arbitrary list comprising of a selection of the best-known and those which appeal to me. For a start, there are thirty or so studio recordings in Italian; I begin with one made in 1927 and 1930, as those made earlier than that are really only for the specialist. I then consider eighteen of the studio versions made since that one. I have not reviewed minor recordings or those which in my estimation do not reach the requisite standard; I freely admit that I cannot countenance those by Sinopoli in 1984, Chailly in 1988, Rahbari in 1991 or Rizzi in 1993 for a combination of reasons, including an aversion to certain singers – for example Gruberova’s shrill squeak of a soprano and what I hear as the bleat in Bruson’s baritone and the forced wobble in Nucci’s – and the existence of a better, earlier version by the same artists (as with the Rudel recording with Milnes, Kraus and Sills caught too late) or lacklustre singing in general from artists of insufficient calibre (Rahbari and Rizzi). Nor can I endorse Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s final recording; whether it was as a result of his sad, terminal illness or the vocal decline which had already set in I cannot say, but it does the memory of him in his prime no favours and he is in any case indifferently partnered. -
She Graduates in Singing at the Conservatory of Her City
Nana Miriani Born in Tbilisi (Georgia), she graduates in singing at the Conservatory of her city. In Italy she attended the Chigiana Academy and the Course of Training and Improvement of the Academy of Singing "Arturo Toscanini" in Parma, under the guidance of Maestro Tenor Carlo Bergonzi, obtaining certificates of merit and scholarships. In 2000-2001 she attended the Specialization Course of Vocal Interpretation "Verdi Opera Studio", "Foundation Verdi Festival" at the Theatre Regio in Parma, under the guidance of Soprano Renata Scotto. She made her debut in 1998 inBusseto, playing the role of Abigaille in Nabucco by G. Verdi, conducted by Maestro Romano Gandolfi, with the Symphony Orchestra of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini" and Chorus of the Theatre Regio of Parma, in the presence of the President of the French Republic. In 2001, she sang in the Festival "Radio France", for the Opera Berlioz in Montpellier, in Cavalleria Rusticana by D. Monleone and in Resurrezione by F. Alfano, conducted by Maestro Friedemann Layer, with CD recording. During her career she played the roles of: Tosca in Tosca by G. Puccini, engaged at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, conducted by Maestro Lorin Maazel and directed by Luca Ronconi (2006), and at the National Theatre in Bratislava (2002, 2003, 2004) Abigaille in Nabucco by G. Verdi, at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, conducted by Maestro Antonello Allemandi and directed by Daniele Abbado, at Theatre Bielefeld, Germany (2006), at the Wielki Theatre in Poznan, Poland (2006), at the State Opera Z. Paliashvili of Tbilisi, alongside bass Paata Burchuladze and baritone Lado Ataneli (2009), at the Festival Steinbruch Rohrdorf of Munich, Germany (2009), at the National State Opera A. -
Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti ORC 3 in association with Box cover : ‘ Eleonore, Queen of Portugal’ by Joos van Cleve, 1530 (akg-images/Erich Lessing) Booklet cover : The duel, a scene from Gioja’s ballet Gabriella di Vergy , La Scala, Milan, 1826 Opposite : Gaetano Donizetti CD faces: Elizabeth Vestris as Gabrielle de Vergy in Pierre de Belloy’s tragedy, Paris, 1818 –1– Gaetano Donizetti GABRIELLA DI VERGY Tragedia lirica in three acts Gabriella.............................................................................Ludmilla Andrew Fayel, Count of Vergy.......................................................Christian du Plessis Raoul de Coucy......................................................................Maurice Arthur Filippo II, King of France......................................................John Tomlinson Almeide, Fayel’s sister...................................................................Joan Davies Armando, a gentleman of the household...................................John Winfield Knights, nobles, ladies, servants, soldiers Geoffrey Mitchell Choir APPENDIX Scenes from Gabriella di Vergy (1826) Gabriella..............................................................................Eiddwen Harrhy Raoul de Coucy............................................................................Della Jones Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Alun Francis –2– Managing director: Stephen Revell Producer: Patric Schmid Assistant conductor: David Parry Consultant musicologist: Robert Roberts Article and synopsis: Don White English libretto: -
IL MITO DEL SECOLO BORGHESE: PROBLEMI DI STORIOGRAFIA DELL'ottocento MUSICALE Author(S): Anselm Gerhard Source: Il Saggiatore Musicale, Vol
IL MITO DEL SECOLO BORGHESE: PROBLEMI DI STORIOGRAFIA DELL'OTTOCENTO MUSICALE Author(s): Anselm Gerhard Source: Il Saggiatore musicale, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2013), pp. 237-258 Published by: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki s.r.l. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24644420 Accessed: 10-12-2019 08:57 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki s.r.l. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Il Saggiatore musicale This content downloaded from 193.204.40.97 on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:57:46 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms INTERVENTI Anselm Gerhard Berna IL MITO DEL SECOLO BORGHESE: PROBLEMI DI STORIOGRAFIA DELL'OTTOCENTO MUSICALE Ancora oggi, dopo i tragici avvenimenti del Novecento, la Rivoluzione francese del 1789 può essere considerata l'evento più incisivo nella storia degli ultimi secoli. Non se ne possono infatti sottovalutare gli effetti, quali il Terrore giacobino, la nascita dell'Impero napoleonico e i conseguenti conflitti europei, che potremmo quasi con siderare una prima guerra mondiale avant la lettre. Per i contemporanei dovette es sere uno choc inconcepibile vedere un re appartenente a una dinastia quasi millenaria finire i suoi giorni sotto la ghigliottina e l'ordine politico di quasi tutti gli Stati europei capovolto da cima a fondo, mentre cominciava a farsi strada il concetto moderno d'u na storia segnata da un'evoluzione dinamica. -
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro (1454 –1510) Dressed As St Catherine of Alexandria C.1542 (Oil on Canvas) by Titian (C.1588 –1576)
ORC48 Box cover and CD faces : Portrait of Caterina Cornaro (1454 –1510) dressed as St Catherine of Alexandria c.1542 (oil on canvas) by Titian (c.1588 –1576). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/ The Bridgeman Art Library Book cover : Caterina Cornaro by Hans Makart (1840 –1884). © Belvedere, Vienna Opposite : Gaetano Donizetti (Opera Rara Archive) –1– Gaetano Donizetti CATERINA CORNARO Tragedia lirica in a prologue and two acts Libretto by Giacomo Sacchèro Caterina Cornaro............................................................Carmen Giannattasio Andrea Cornaro, Caterina’s father ..........................................Graeme Broadbent Gerardo, a young Frenchman ( in the prologue bethrothed to Caterina ).....................................................................Colin Lee Lusignano, King of Cyprus ..................................................................Troy Cook Mocenigo, a counsellor of the Dieci in Venice and Venetian ambassador in Cyprus .................................................................Vuyani Mlinde Strozzi, a leader of mercenary cut-throats ...............................................Loïc Félix A Knight of the King...........................................................................Loïc Félix Matilde, Caterina’s confidante .........................................................Sophie Bevan Knights, Ladies, Gondoliers, Populace, Soldiers, Cut-throat ruffians, Guards BBC Singers Renato Balsadonna, chorus director BBC Symphony Orchestra Stephen Bryant, leader David Parry, conductor -
04-14-2018 Luisa Miller Mat.Indd
GIUSEPPE VERDI luisa miller conductor Opera in three acts Bertrand de Billy Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, production Elijah Moshinsky based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller set and costume designer Santo Loquasto Saturday, April 14, 2018 lighting designer 12:30–4:00 PM Duane Schuler revival stage director Gregory Keller The production of Luisa Miller was made possible by a generous gift from Catherine and Ephraim Gildor The revival of this production is made possible by a gift from Rolex and Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman general manager Peter Gelb music director designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin 2017–18 SEASON The 91st Metropolitan Opera performance of GIUSEPPE VERDI’S This performance luisa miller is being broadcast live over The Toll Brothers– Metropolitan Opera conductor International Radio Bertrand de Billy Network, sponsored by Toll Brothers, in order of vocal appearance America’s luxury ® homebuilder , with miller generous long-term Plácido Domingo support from The Annenberg luisa Foundation, The Sonya Yoncheva Neubauer Family Foundation, the laura Vincent A. Stabile Rihab Chaieb** Endowment for Broadcast Media, rodolfo and contributions Piotr Beczała from listeners worldwide. wurm Dmitry Belosselskiy Visit List Hall at the first intermission for count walter the Toll Brothers- Alexander Vinogradov Metropolitan Opera Quiz. federica Olesya Petrova This performance is also being broadcast a peasant live on Metropolitan Patrick Miller Opera Radio on SiriusXM channel 75. Saturday, April 14, 2018, 12:30–4:00PM This afternoon’s performance is being transmitted live in high definition to movie theaters worldwide. The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, The Neubauer Family Foundation. -
15 FINAL VDL II De Simone-Maccavino APPENDICE E
PAOLA DE SIMONE – NICOLÒ MACCAVINO APPENDICE I I titoli della Collezione Guillaume in trascrizione diplomatica dall’elenco allega- to nel Registro d’inventario della Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella - Esercizio finanziario 1895-1896 Tabella n. 4* Figurini di Opere Figurini di Balli A A Astuccio d’oro Assedio di Leyda Adelia Alfredo Albina di Lerida Azurina Alzira Appuntamento Adolfo di Warbel Amore e Psiche Assedio di Leyda [Ballo] Anacreonte Aroldo Alcidoro [Alcindoro] Anna Bolena Astuzie amorose Alceste Alloggio militare Aida Amore e mistero Arabi nelle Gallie Ariella Attila Adoratori del sole Antonio Foscarini Africana Alfonso d’Aragona [Il ritorno di Alfonso Abecerraghi e Zegrindi d’Aragona, Ballo] Alina Amazilek Amalia Candiano Armida e Rinaldo Angelica Veniero Assedio di Negroponte Alchimista Assedio di Corinto Amore alla prova B B Batilde di Turenna Batilde Wolman Betly Bassora Briganti Benvenuto Cellini Birraio di Preston Batilde di Turenna [opera] Bosco di Dafne Bonaventura Belisario Bianchi e ne[g]ri * I titoli evidenziati in grassetto risultano nell’elenco registrato all’acquisto ma non in Collezione. 276 I FIGURINI DELLA COLLEZIONE CARLO GUILLAUME Battaglia di Nav.[arin]o Bella fanciulla di Gand Ballo in maschera I bucanieri Bianca Turenga Boccaccio Buondelmonte Battaglia di Legnano Bianca Orsini Bravo C C Colonnello Carlo Himmerich Conte di Chalais Il cittadino e la statua Contrabbandieri Cristina di Svezia Coscritto Carlo di Roverestein [sic] Conte di Rossiglione Castore e Polluce Caterina di Blum Capra Cenerentola Cacciatore nero Caterina di Guisa Camelia Ciarlatani Coppa de’ Fidanzati Corradino Cadet barbiere Caterina Howard Corazziere di Brest Cantante Collegiali in vacanza Chiara di Rosemberg Coscritto Celinda Caccia di Enrico IV Costanza d’Aragona Corte di amore Cantata nozze Francesco 2° Caterina Cornaro Corsaro Candiano C.[on]te di Marsico Claudina Corrado d’Altamura Curioso accidente Carlo Gonzaga Coraggio di una donna Chi dura vince Camelia Corsaro Cid Caterina Cornaro C.[on]te di S. -
Verdi's Simon Boccanegra: a Survey of the Discography
Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra: A survey of the discography by Ralph Moore I think of Simon Boccanegra as something of a connoisseur’s opera, insofar as it surely contains some of Verdi’s most inspired music, yet has from its premiere rightly been criticised for its labyrinthine plot – a caricature of typically operatic complications – and its consequent lack of accessibility for audiences. For that reason, the first version soon fell out of favour after its 1857 premiere, but Verdi, no doubt with justification, thought highly enough of the music to undertake a revision twenty-three years later with the help of Arrigo Boito, and the result, the 1881 version, is the one almost invariably performed today. The most important addition was the Council Chamber Scene; the opera would be much the poorer without it, but Verdi also revised a good deal of the music to render it far more ductile and atmospheric. The opera presents an admixture of personal and political turmoil such as we encounter in other mature operas like Les vêpres siciliennes and Don Carlos, but also capitalises on two archetypal themes very prevalent in Verdi’s operas and to which he frequently returned, both of which prompted the best of his music: the depiction of a loving but tortured father-daughter relationship of the kind we also see in Luisa Miller, Rigoletto and Aida and his concern for statesmanship, as exhibited in the appeals for peace, patriotism and brotherhood, rallying calls stretching right back to his earliest operas, such as Nabucco, I Lombardi, Attila and La battaglia di Legnano.