I struggled with this opera.
Not the opera itself, oh no I like that. It's just that I felt the Opera Gods had decided that I was not meant to listen to it.
To explain, I first ordered the Opera Rara recording not knowing it had completely gone. The vendor got back to me six months later to tell me it was not possible to supply me with the recording. Then the German site of Amazon listed it as in stock so I ordered again but only for them to return my money four months later. I heard Doris Day telling me it just wasn't going to happen.
Then Cilla popped up saying Surprise! Surprise!, my favourite record label Nightingale Classics (the Edita connection) had come back to life to release this as their first recording!
So as mister Guinness says, good things do come to those who wait.
What a load of waffle!
Yes. Please accept my apologies; I have been disconnected for a couple of days so had to give you guys a two day dose of Clayton.
Bellini: La straniera
Recorded in November 2012, Baden-Baden, Germany
Edita Gruberova, Laura Polverelli, José Bros, Luca Grassi, Kay Stiefermann, Thomas Michael Allen
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg & Orpheus Vokalensemble, Pietro Rizzo
Recorded November 2012, Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, Frieburg, Konzerthaus
Oh, so worth the wait. Absolutely lovely and a recommendation for Bellini fans. Just one complaint about the recording to Nightingale Classics; this is really upper price point now for opera CDs so really should include a libretto, especially as this one is , well, err.. a strange one. But I don't care so much because based on this, I am now definitely buying the Opera Rara download with the PDF booklet (that includes the text).
Vivaldi: Ottone in Villa
Sonia Prina (Ottone), Julia Lezhneva (Caio Silio), Veronica Cangemi (Cleonilla), Roberta Invernizzi (Tullia) & Topi Lehtipuu (Decio)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)
Recorded May 2010 Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid (Spain)
Lovely arias and as with all the collection with great cast.
Originally Posted by Clayton
Did you know this one?
I bought it long time ago,reasonable sound for a live recording.
Souliotis is a plus
I think I read about a performance but I did not know it was recorded. I am going to keep an eye out for it on the second hand market/auction sites.
Did you know this one?
I bought it long time ago,reasonable sound for a live recording.
Souliotis is a plus
LA STRANIERA- CABALLE - SARDINERO- ZAMBON- LIVE NY, 22-3-69
I tried listening to this, but you can hear the prompter and it is driving me crazy.
I am moving on to something else.
Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander (BBC 3 has this ROH production available)
Egils Silins, Adrianne Pieczonka
Gluck: Alceste
Vienna version
Jessye Norman (Alceste), Nicolai Gedda (Admète), Tom Krause (Grand Prêtre d'Apollon), Bernd Weikl (Apollon), Robert Gambill (Evandre) & Siegmund Nimsgern (Hercule), Roland Bracht (La voix de l'Oracle), Kurt Rydl (Dieu infernal)
Bavarian State Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Serge Baudo
Studio recording, 1982
I forgot there was another Orpheus in the tea cabinet. So small completely missed him (play within a play job). Also a thousand apologgies to mister Foster-Williams of whom I said yesterday that I had not heard his performances before. Outrageous behaviour on my behalf.
Campra: Le Carnaval de Venise
Opéra-ballet. Paris, 1699
Salomé Haller (Isabelle), Marina de Liso (Léonore), Andrew Foster-Williams (Rodolphe), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Léandre), Anders J. Dahlin (Orphée), Sarah Tynan (Euridice), Isabelle Druet (Minerve/La Fortune), Luigi de Donato (Le Carnaval/Pluton)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Recorded in the Salle Colonne, Paris, January 2011.
I like this one better than the Jacobs but neither come within a country mile of the Claudio Cavina which Clayton recommended. Only in my opinion, I hasten to add.
"Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
FRANZ SCHALK, attributed, Losing the Plot in Opera: Myths and Secrets of the World's Great Operas
As usual, Sospiro's very thorough examination of a work continues
unlike someone whose concentration span can only last
wa wassay talken bout?
Sorry to interrupt everyones' baroque reveries here....
Actually, an enjoyable version of this wonderful beginning to the Ring. Doesn't seem as profound without George London, but much better than my initial listen.
Hey, for a moment I thought you'd go all the way to the other end of the spectrum and praise a contemporary opera!
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor
I am listing to this one, on record, so the glasharp sounds on his best.
Sills and Bergonzi are unbeatable in the first act duet.
The mad scene is pretty amazing to.
Is it complete or has it been cut?
Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor
I am listing to this one, on record, so the glasharp sounds on his best.
Sills and Bergonzi are unbeatable in the first act duet.
The mad scene is pretty amazing to.
"Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
FRANZ SCHALK, attributed, Losing the Plot in Opera: Myths and Secrets of the World's Great Operas
I think this one can be called complete, with wolf's crag scene and glass harmonica (not even Donizetti got that experience).
If you have access to spotify, you can test drive there but you know you really want it... don't you?
Carlo Bergonzi...
Piero Cappuccilli...
Go on...
You know it makes sense
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