Reply With QuoteSince the above I have listened to a lot of La Sonnambulas. Now this:
Still my favorite opera and my favorite recording of it.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Since the above I have listened to a lot of La Sonnambulas. Now this:
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
This sounds very boxy .Actually, it sounds like a transfer from a 78 rpm disk.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
First listen. Feels like I am listening to Weber.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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There is a part in here that the music and singing briefly sound much like a part in La Fille du Rebiment. I like the first one a bit better.
DVD Soundtrack:
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
My favorite recording of my favorite opera. This one for sure goes with me to the desert island. Second choice is the above Nightinggale set.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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In no particular order, home work for future opera trips.
"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
This one goes on the desert island list:
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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I think I listened to this opera once or twice, but have no recollection of it, so this is like a new experience for me. I have a DVD but have not watched it yet, but should soon so that I will have completed videos of all 10 major Wagner Operas.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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This. Still my favourite version of my favourite opera.
"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
Last night:
Early this evening:
Now:
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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Conductor/orchestra: Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Cast: Nina Stemme (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Rachel Harnisch (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Peter Mattei (Don Fernando)
Conductor/orchestra: Maurizio Pollini, Prague Chamber Orchestra
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Cast: Katia Ricciarelli (Elena), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Malcolm), Dalmacio Gonzalez (Uberto/Giacomo), Dano Raffanti (Rodrigo di Dhu), Samuel Ramey (Douglas d'Angus), Cecilia Valdenassi (Albina), Oslavio Di Credico (Serano), Antonio D' Uva (Bertram)
Hadn't listened to this for quite a while.
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