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Verdi - Luisa Miller - Pavarotti, Caballé, Milnes, Giaiotti, Reynolds, Van Allan, Maag, National Philharmonic / Decca 2x Audio CD 1988 / 417 420-2
UPC 028941742025
Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller.
Verdi's initial idea for a new opera – for which he had a contract going back over several years – was rejected by the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He attempted to negotiate his way out of this obligation and, when that failed, Cammarano came up with the idea of adapting the Schiller play, with which Verdi was familiar. The process was set in motion, with Verdi still living and working on initial ideas from Paris, where he had been living for almost two years before moving back to his home town of Busseto in the summer of 1849. It was from there that he wrote the music and traveled to Naples for rehearsals. The first performance was given on 8 December 1849.
This was Verdi's 15th opera and it is regarded as the beginning of the composer's "middle period".
| Label: | Decca – 417 420-2 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Box Set
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Romantic, Opera |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Sinfonia - Overture | 5:38 | |
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Act One |
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| Scene 1 | |||
| 1-2 | Ti Desta, Luisa, Regina De'cori | 5:30 | |
| 1-3 | Non Temer | 4:10 | |
| 1-4 | T'amo D'amor Ch'esprimere | 3:56 | |
| 1-5 | Ferma Ed Ascolta | 8:43 | |
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Scene 2 |
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| 1-6 | Che Mai Narrasti! | 5:13 | |
| 1-7 | Padre...M'abbraccia | 4:43 | |
| 1-8 | Duchessa...Duchessa Tu M'appelli! | 7:02 | |
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Scene 3 |
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| 1-9 | Sciogliete I Levrieri | 1:35 | |
| 1-10 | Del Conte Di Walter Figlio | 6:13 | |
| 1-11 | Fra'mortali Ancora Oppressa | 7:19 | |
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Act Two |
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| Scene 1 | |||
| 1-12 | Ah! Luisa, Luisa Ove Sei? | 2:35 | |
| 1-13 | Il Padre Tuo... | 6:26 | |
| 2-1 | Qui Nulla S'attena Imporre Al Tuo Core |
5:55 | |
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Scene 2 |
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| 2-2 | Egli Delira | 7:28 | |
| 2-3 | Vien La Duchessa! | 7:03 | |
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Scene 3 |
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| 2-4 | Il Foglio Dunque? | 2:47 | |
| 2-5 | Quando Le Sere Al Placido | 3:47 | |
| 2-6 | Di Me Chiedeste? | 6:23 | |
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Act Three |
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| 2-7 | Come In Un Giorno Solo | 5:07 | |
| 2-8 | Pallida, Mesta Sei | 1:55 | |
| 2-9 | Sotto Al Mio Piè Il Suol Vacilla! | 11:10 | |
| 2-10 | Ah! L'ultima Preghieria | 4:13 | |
| 2-11 | M'ardon Le Vene | 13:17 | |
| 2-12 | Padre, Ricevi L'estremo Addio | 5:30 |
- Advisor [Stylistic] – Roberto Benaglio
- Baritone Vocals [Miller] – Sherrill Milnes
- Bass Vocals [Walter] – Bonaldo Giaiotti
- Bass Vocals [Wurm] – Richard Van Allan
- Chorus – London Opera Chorus
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Peter Maag
- Contralto Vocals [Federica] – Anna Reynolds
- Cover, Illustration – Gary Bralow
- Engineer – James Lock (2), Kenneth Wilkinson
- Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Producer – Ray Minshull
- Producer [Assistant] – Richard Beswick (2)
- Repetiteur – Antonio Tonini
- Soprano Vocals [Laura] – Anette Céline
- Soprano Vocals [Luisa] – Montserrat Caballé
- Tenor Vocals [A Pesant] – Fernando Pavarotti
- Tenor Vocals [Rodolfo] – Luciano Pavarotti
