...it was obvious where resurrecting the Bellini thread would lead Clayton to...
then went back to the other La clemenza
Gluck: La Clemenza di Tito
Rainer Trost (Tito Vespasiano), Laura Aikin (Vitellia), Raffaella Milanesi (Sesto), Arantza Ezenarro (Servilia), Valer Sabadus (Annio) & Flavio Ferri-Benedetti (Publio)
L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
a very good opera, a very good performance and a very good recording. These dhm/Sony recordings are such fantastic value for money (GBP14 at PC) http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/2...emenza-di-Tito
For yesterday's walk I decided to test my theory of baroque being the best accompaniment. I remembered that this probably was the best item in the box of operas I bought at auction last fall:
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Derek Lee Ragin
Sandrine Piau
Doris Lamprecht
Olivier Lallouette
Vanda Tabery
Guy Flechter
This is a wonderful opera with constantly interesting music and, although the cast is unknown to me, expertly sung.
If clips count, then I am listening to this and debating whether to buy a set. It reminds me somewhat of the style of Wagner's Lohengrin (probably not even close, but ...):
Also did clips for this one with Janowitz:
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Bought this ages ago and hadn't heard it until today. My path to town is flooded and I had to walk along the main road which I hate so I needed something entertaining and this is superb!
"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
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Yesterday, I decided to treat myself. To Rossini:
I have a few Opera d'Oro recordings, many of which have only so-so sound. This one is particularly good, with ol' Montsy in top form and terrific singing by tenors Franco Bonisolli and Pietro Botazzo.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Every time I see the front cover of this CD I am reminded of this girl in the Bronzino painting:
Natalie
me too on the Lohengrin...
Wagner: Lohengrin
Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Annette Dasch (Elsa), Susanne Resmark (Ortrud), Gerd Grochowski (Friedrich von Telramund), Markus Brück (Der Heerrufer des Königs), Günther Groissböck (Heinrich der Vogler)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski
This is one I don't have and haven't heard. Looks like a great cast and Waltraud Meier's Ortrud a don't miss.Originally Posted by Florestan
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Yesterday's walk:
Just arrived. First listen to this opera. Aliberti is good.
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"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Another Donizetti which has completely failed to click with me, despite an excellent cast:
Natalie
This accompanied me to the train station to buy tickets, to the opticians to book an eye test and to several shops...
... then I ran out of music but this is the perfect length for my walk home from town (and probably my favourite version).
"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
After receiving my Lucia Aliberti Beatrice di Tenda and loving Aliberti's voice I discovered that I have this
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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