What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Clayton]

Sounds good.

This Terradellas guy . . . where's he from again?

maybe I failed to mention this

in that case


I'm so sorry, he's from Barcelona

[Hoffmann]

it's like offering caviar and apologizing for the blinis not being of organic wheat).

I hate when that happens, and, they never apologize. Jeez.

[Hoffmann]

Not one of Bellini's best, but still is occasionally diverting.

[Florestan]

I am on a Sonnambula Binge:

Callas Studio 1957 (posted earlier)
Callas Live 1957
Callas Live 1955
Mariella Devia 1988 (here is where I am at right now)
Mariella Devia 1992
Eva Lind
Luba Orgonasova (NAXOS)

[Amfortas]

I am on a Sonnambula Binge:

Callas Studio 1957 (posted earlier)
Callas Live 1957
Callas Live 1955
Mariella Devia 1988 (here is where I am at right now)
Mariella Devia 1992
Eva Lind
Luba Orgonasova (NAXOS)

That'll keep you up all night!

[Soave_Fanciulla]

For some reason I feel a bit meh about this recording. The opera is OK but didn't grab me (maybe I should watch my DVD again). The singers do a good job but I couldn't get excited about them either.

Weber: Euryanthe
Recorded 29 June-7 July 1974, Lukaskirche, Dresden.
Siegfried Vogel (König Ludwig VI), Nicolai Gedda (Adolar), Jessye Norman (Euryanthe), Tom Krause (Lysiart), Rita Hunter (Eglantine), Renate Krahmer (Bertha), Harald Neukirch (Rudolf)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Marek Janowski

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Arias to clean out the kitchen drawers to:

Max Emanuel Cencic nailing both the bravura and lyrical arias:



Mayr Rediscovered - got interested in this composer after watching the excellent DVD of Medea in Corinto with Nadja Michael.

[Hoffmann]

Arias to clean out the kitchen drawers to:

Max Emanuel Cencic nailing both the bravura and lyrical arias:



Mayr Rediscovered - got interested in this composer after watching the excellent DVD of Medea in Corinto with Nadja Michael.

What do you think of the Mayr recording? I know his name, but am totally unfamiliar with his music. Is it worth a go?

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For some reason I feel a bit meh about this recording. The opera is OK but didn't grab me (maybe I should watch my DVD again). The singers do a good job but I couldn't get excited about them either.

Weber: Euryanthe
Recorded 29 June-7 July 1974, Lukaskirche, Dresden.
Siegfried Vogel (König Ludwig VI), Nicolai Gedda (Adolar), Jessye Norman (Euryanthe), Tom Krause (Lysiart), Rita Hunter (Eglantine), Renate Krahmer (Bertha), Harald Neukirch (Rudolf)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Marek Janowski

I agree 100%. I've tried listening on a couple of occasions, but the music isn't interesting and so, the recording: (decidedly) meh.

[Florestan]

For some reason I feel a bit meh about this recording. The opera is OK but didn't grab me (maybe I should watch my DVD again). The singers do a good job but I couldn't get excited about them either.

Weber: Euryanthe
Recorded 29 June-7 July 1974, Lukaskirche, Dresden.
Siegfried Vogel (König Ludwig VI), Nicolai Gedda (Adolar), Jessye Norman (Euryanthe), Tom Krause (Lysiart), Rita Hunter (Eglantine), Renate Krahmer (Bertha), Harald Neukirch (Rudolf)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Marek Janowski

Well, I am listening to clips from a different production (Norman and Gedda) of this opera and like it. Probably not one I would listen to as much, but nice. It may be that I like sung German (Martha and Fidelio are wonderful). Fact is, I am probably going to have to buy a copy of this someday not that your posts got me curious, I seem to be getting hooked. Going to try to hold off as my CD/DVD budget is down to rock bottom. Gotta replenish it.

[Adrian]

Arias to clean out the kitchen drawers to:



Mayr Rediscovered - got interested in this composer after watching the excellent DVD of Medea in Corinto with Nadja Michael.

Holy Moses , another purchase and I am definitely broke, oh well, rather poor in the pocket then poor in the mind.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Not one of Bellini's best, but still is occasionally diverting.

Worth it for the box alone

[Clayton]

Vivaldi: Farnace
Max Emanuel Cencic (Farnace), Ann Hallenberg (Selinda), Karina Gauvin (Gilade), Daniel Behle (Pompeo), Ruxandra Donose (Tamiri), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Berenice), Emiliano Gonzales Toro (Aquilio)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis 2010

[Soave_Fanciulla]

What do you think of the Mayr recording? I know his name, but am totally unfamiliar with his music. Is it worth a go?
.

I think it is better to listen to a whole opera. Dramatically Medea in Corinto is good, and the music is part of the drama and vice-versa. Mayr's not top notch but maybe on a rank with Cherubini.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Well, I am listening to clips from a different production (Norman and Gedda) of this opera and like it. Probably not one I would listen to as much, but nice. It may be that I like sung German (Martha and Fidelio are wonderful). Fact is, I am probably going to have to buy a copy of this someday not that your posts got me curious, I seem to be getting hooked. Going to try to hold off as my CD/DVD budget is down to rock bottom. Gotta replenish it.

This is the Norman and Gedda recording. I love German opera too, I love Die Freischütz by the same composer, and also like Oberon. I've been listening to Schubert as well and compared with the exquisite melodies of the latter Euryanthe is IMO dull.

[Clayton]

Marcello, B: Arianna
Anna Chierichetti, Gloria Banditelli, Mirko Guadagnini, Sergio Foresti, Antonio Abete
Athestis Chorus, Academia de li Musici, Filippo Maria Bressan 1999