I am waiting for this lil thing to arrive. I have never seen this opera and now i am going to see it live in two weeks and I have no idea if it is good or not, but bellini can't be that bad, right
I have also recently purchased The Legendary Performances: Maria Callas, vol 1 & 2, cheap box sets with pretty good sound quality, I had no idea that there are some Callas live recordings in such a good quality (excuse my language, I am still pretty new to this whole opera world, so any recording without those funny backround noises is an amazing recording for me lol)
It is a great opera and the DVD you have coming looks like a very good one. If you really get into it to the point of buying more on DVD, I recommend this one, which I have and loved watching. Enjoy the live performance!Originally Posted by DasNino
I am waiting for this lil thing to arrive. I have never seen this opera and now i am going to see it live in two weeks and I have no idea if it is good or not, but bellini can't be that bad, right
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
I am waiting for this lil thing to arrive. I have never seen this opera and now i am going to see it live in two weeks and I have no idea if it is good or not, but bellini can't be that bad, right
I have these and they're both good. I love this opera and hope you enjoy seeing it live.
thanks guysI am now even more optimistic about this piece
Thse only weak link IMO is Cutler, rather bleaty voice and shocking Italian.thanks guys
Natalie
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816): Nina, o sia La pazza per amore (Nina, the girl driven mad by love)
Nina - Anna-Caterina Antonacci
Susanna - Donatella Lombardi
Lindoro - Juan Diego Flórez
Il conte - Michele Pertusi
Giorgio - Carlo Lepore
Un pastore - Giuseppe Filianoti
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti
Teatro Strehler, Milano - 1999
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Some Verdi with a couple of coloratura divas
Il Trovatore, Pavarotti and Sutherland
La Traviata, Gedda and Sills
Can someone recommend me some good Tosca and Traviata DVD's? I know it's hard cuz there is no full Tosca video recordings with Callas, and Anna Moffo only traviata recording is that movie (witch I like but I'm not a fan of opera movies)
Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano; ROH Orchestra and Chorus
Director: Jonathan Kent
Cast: Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi), Bryn Terfel (Scarpia), Lukas Jakobski (Angelotti), Jeremy White (Sacristan), Hubert Francis (Spoletta), ZhengZhong Zhou (Sciarrone)
This is one of the Tosca videos I have – great musical performance and traditional staging.
I also have this version from the Zürich Opera with Paolo Carignani conducting and Emily Magee, Kaufmann, and Thomas Hampson as the principals. I find Robert Carsen’s theater-within-a-theater concept less than convincing, but the singing and acting of the three leads is compelling. Hampson is easily the creepiest Scarpia I’ve seen, and Tosca’s revulsion is visible in Magee’s facial expression and body language. Along with Kaufmann's Cavaradossi, they create such powerful role portraits that one nearly forgets Carsen's odd production.
My favourite Toscas:
Natalie
Because my Verdi collection is never big enough....
Leontyne Price in La Forza Del Destino
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Sung in German
Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1965
Münchner Philharmoniker
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Giulio Cesare - Walter Berry
Cleopatra - Lucia Popp
Cornelia - Christa Ludwig
Sesto - Fritz Wunderlich
Tolomeo - Karl Christian Kohn
Achilla - Hans Günter Nöcker
Curio - Hans Bruno Ernst
Nireno - Max Proebstl
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
As I searched the one above for best price, this one came up on Ebay. After some research I found a great price at Amazon UK and the clips really grabbed me. One thing, no counter tenors! Plenty of altos too!
Voice types and singers here.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
I can definitely recommend the Gheorghiu Tosca and can recommend these Traviatas.Can someone recommend me some good Tosca and Traviata DVD's? I know it's hard cuz there is no full Tosca video recordings with Callas, and Anna Moffo only traviata recording is that movie (witch I like but I'm not a fan of opera movies)
This is such a fabulous cast that I wish the opera had been sung in the original Italian. (Yeah, I know -- I balk at the translation, but have no trouble with the castrato roles being sung by a baritone, tenor, and bass.
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Sung in German
Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1965
Münchner Philharmoniker
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Giulio Cesare - Walter Berry
Cleopatra - Lucia Popp
Cornelia - Christa Ludwig
Sesto - Fritz Wunderlich
Tolomeo - Karl Christian Kohn
Achilla - Hans Günter Nöcker
Curio - Hans Bruno Ernst
Nireno - Max Proebstl)
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