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Verdi - Il Trovatore (Highlights / Extraits / Querschnitt) / Corelli, Tucci, Simionato, Merrill, Coro E Orchestra Dell'Opera Di Roma, Schippers / EMI Audio CD 1990 Stereo / CDZ 4 79548 2
UPC 724347954825
!!! Condition of this CD is USED VERY GOOD !!! This is a very rare 1987 EARLY CD !!!
Il trovatore ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It was Gutiérrez's most successful play, one which Verdi scholar Julian Budden describes as "a high flown, sprawling melodrama flamboyantly defiant of the Aristotelian unities, packed with all manner of fantastic and bizarre incident."
The premiere took place at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 19 January 1853, where it "began a victorious march throughout the operatic world," a success due to Verdi's work over the previous three years. It began with his January 1850 approach to Cammarano with the idea of Il trovatore. There followed, slowly and with interruptions, the preparation of the libretto, first by Cammarano until his death in mid-1852 and then with the young librettist Leone Emanuele Bardare, which gave the composer the opportunity to propose significant revisions, which were accomplished under his direction. These revisions are seen largely in the expansion of the role of Leonora.
For Verdi, the three years were filled with musical activity; work on this opera did not proceed while the composer wrote and premiered Rigoletto in Venice in March 1851. His personal affairs also limited his professional work. In May 1851, an additional commission was offered by the Venice company after Rigoletto's success there. Another commission came from Paris while he was visiting that city from late 1851 to March 1852. Before the libretto for Il trovatore was completed, before it was scored, and before it premiered, Verdi had four operatic projects in various stages of development.
Today, Il trovatore is performed frequently and is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire.
| Label: | EMI – CDZ 4 79548 2 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Studio |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Germany |
| Released: |
1990 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| Atto I |
| 1 | "All'Erta ! All'Erta !... Abbietta Zingara" | 7:30 |
| 2 | "Che Piú T'Arresti... Tacea La Notte Placida" | 16:10 | |
|
Atto II |
| 3 | Chœurs Des Bohémiens/Anvil Chorus/Zigeunerchor: "Vedi Le Fosche Notturne" | 2:49 |
| 4 | "Stride La Vampa" | 4:37 |
| 5 | "Condotta Ell'Era In Ceppi" | 4:39 |
| 6 | "Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso" | 3:12 | |
|
Atto III |
| 7 | "Ah Si, Ben Mio, Coll'Essere Io Tuo... Di Quella Pira" | 7:09 | |
|
Atto IV |
| 8 | "Siam Giunti... D'Amour Sull'Ali Rosee" | 6:53 |
| 9 | "Miserere" | 4:40 |
| 10 | "Mira, D'Acerbe Lagrime... Vivrà; Contende Il Giubilo" | 5:20 |
| 11 | "Si, La Stanchezza M'Opprime... Ai Nostri Monti Ritorneremo" | 3:29 |
| 12 | "Prima Che D'Altri Vivere" | 3:33 |
- Baritone Vocals [Il Conte Di Luna] – Robert Merrill
- Bass Vocals [Ferrando] – Ferruccio Mazzoli (tracks: 1)
- Choir – Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma (tracks: 1, 9)
- Chorus Master – Gianni Lazzari
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Thomas Schippers
- Design Concept – Josée Malamoud
- Engineer [Balance] – Francis Dillnutt
- Libretto By – Salvatore Cammarano
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Azucena] – Giulietta Simionato (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 12)
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Ines] – Luciana Moneta (tracks: 2)
- Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
- Photography By [Cover] – Capitol Photo Studio
- Producer – Victor Olof
- Soprano Vocals [Leonora] – Gabriella Tucci (tracks: 2, 7 to 10, 12)
- Tenor Vocals [Manrico] – Franco Corelli (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
- Tenor Vocals [Ruiz] – Angelo Mercuriali (tracks: 7, 8)
