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Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Finale Act I

OperaLover — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:05:06 +0000

Gioachino Rossini, “Il barbiere di Siviglia”, Finale Act I “Freddo ed immobile come una statua”, “Mi par d’esser con la testa”, Rosina: Alto Teresa Berganza; il Conte d’Almaviva: Tenor Luigi Alva; Figaro: Baritone Hermann Prey; Don Bartolo: Bass Enzo Dara; Don Basilio: Bass Paolo Montarsolo; Berta: Soprano Stefania Malagù; Fiorello: Bass Renato Cesari; Conductor: Claudio Abbado; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus; Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero Almaviva, o sia l’inutile precauzione (first performance: Roma, Teatro Argentina, 20 february 1816), Dramma comico by Gioachino Rossini (Pesaro, 1792; Paris, 1868), Libretto by Cesare Sterbini (Roma, 1784; Roma, 1831).

Subject from Barbier de Seville (1755), Comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Paris, 1732; Paris, 1799).

Posted in Rossini Tagged: Cesare Sterbini, Claudio Abbado, Enzo Dara, Freddo ed immobile come una statua, Gioachino Rossini, Hermann Prey, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Luigi Alva, Mi par d’esser con la testa, Paolo Montarsolo, Renato Cesari, Stefania Malagù, Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Teresa Berganza

Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur, Io son l’umile ancella

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:43:22 +0000

Francesco Cilea, “Adriana Lecouvreur”, Act I, Aria “Io son l’umile ancella”, Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa.

Adriana Lecouvreur (first performance: Milano, Teatro Lirico, 6 novembre 1902), Opera by Francesco Cilea (Palmi, 1866; Varazze, 1950), Libretto by Arturo Colautti (Zara, 1851; Roma, 1914).

Subject from Adrienne Lecouvreur (1849), Drama by Eugène Scribe.

Posted in Cilea Tagged: Adriana Lecouvreur, Arturo Colautti, Francesco Cilea, Io son l’umile ancella, Kiri Te Kanawa

Donizetti, La Fille du régiment, Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:05:53 +0000

Gaetano Donizetti, “La Fille du régiment”, Act I, Aria “Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! … Pour mon âme”, Tenor Alfredo Kraus, conductor Garcia Navarro.

La Fille du régiment (first performance: Paris, Opéra-Comique, 11 february 1840), Opéra-Comique by Gaetano Donizetti (Bergamo, 1797; Bergamo, 1848), Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (Paris, 1799; Paris, 1875) and Jean-François Bayard (Charolles, 1796; Paris, 1853).

Posted in Donizetti Tagged: Ah! mes amis, Alfredo Kraus, Gaetano Donizetti, Garcia Navarro, Jean-François Bayard, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, La Fille du régiment, Pour mon âme, quel jour de fête!

Bellini, Norna, Casta Diva

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:13:26 +0000

Vincenzo Bellini, “Norma”, Act I, Aria “Casta diva”, soprano Maria Callas, in a concert in Paris, 1958.

Norma (first performance: Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 26 december 1831), Tragedia lirica by Vincenzo Bellini (Catania, 1801; Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, 1835), Libretto by Felice Romani (Genova, 1788; Moneglia, 1865).

Subject from Norma ou l’Infanticide (1831), Tragedy by Alexandre Soumet.

Posted in Bellini Tagged: Casta diva, Felice Romani, Maria Callas, Norma, Vincenzo Bellini

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:56:45 +0000

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Die Zauberflöte”, Act II, Aria Die Königin der Nacht “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”, soprano Edita Gruberova, Bayerische Staatsoper, 1983.

Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute, first performance: Vienna, Théâtre Schikaneder «auf der Wieden», 30 september 1791), Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzbourg, 1756; Vienna, 1791), Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (Straubing, 1751; Vienna, 1812).

Posted in Mozart Tagged: Bayerische Staatsoper, Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Die Zauberflöte, Edita Gruberova, Emanuel Schikaneder, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Verdi, Nabucco, Coro “Va’ pensiero”

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:37:02 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi, “Nabucco”, Act III, Chorus “Va’ pensiero sull’ali dorate”, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Corus, New York, 2001.

Nabucco (Nabucodonosor, first performance: Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 9 march 1842), Dramma lirico by Giuseppe Verdi (Roncole di Busseto, 1813; Milano, 1901), Libretto by Temistocle Solera (Ferrara, 1815; Milano, 1878).

Subject from Nabuchodonosor (1836), Drama by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois with Francis Cornue.

Posted in Verdi Tagged: Giuseppe Verdi, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera House Corus, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Nabucco, Temistocle Solera, Va' pensiero sull'ali dorate

Rossini, La gazza ladra, Ouverture

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:22:23 +0000

Gioachino Rossini, “La Gazza Ladra”, Overture, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna, 1991, New Year’s Concert

La Gazza Ladra (first performance: Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 31 may 1817), Melodramma by Gioachino Rossini (Pesaro, 1792; Paris, 1868), Libretto by Giovanni Gherardini (Milano, 1778; Milano, 1861).

Subject from La Pie voleuse ou La Servante de Palaiseau (1815), Drama by Théodore Badouin d’Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez.

Posted in Rossini Tagged: Claudio Abbado, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Gherardini, La Gazza Ladra, Overture, Wiener Philharmoniker

Hello, Opera Lovers!

OperaLover — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:15:47 +0000

“Opera Lovers” and any people willing to know about Opera can find here selected videos and some related informations.

Posted in Welcome