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10/09/2010
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| COMPOSER |
| Gaetano Donizetti |
Born in Bergamo in 1797, Donizetti studied under Mayr and had his first success in 1822 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome with Zoraida di Granata (original version available on Opera Rara ORC17). That success led to a contract in Naples and a number of well-received works, including Emilia di Liverpool (Opera Rara ORC8) and La romansesca e l’uomo nero (Opera Rara ORC19).
After he broke with Naples, the tragic Anna Bolena (1830) won Donizetti international acclaim following its premiere in Milan. But his next opera for Milan, Ugo Conte di Parigi (Opera Rara ORC1), flopped in spite of inspired and energetic vocal writing. During the 1830s Donizetti’s style matured, a period that saw the production of such well-known works as L’elisir d’amore (1832) and Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) as well as Rosmonda d’Inghilterra (Opera Rara ORC13), L’assedio di Calais (Opera Rara ORC 9), and the singular Maria de Rudenz (Opera Rara ORC16), an opera in which the heroine dies twice! Denied the directorship of the Naples Conservatory in favour of Mercadante, he left for Paris where he had mixed success. He wrote La fille du regiment (1840) but failed to finish his comic opera Ne m’oubliez pas (Opera Rara ORC4). In Milan he encountered censorship troubles with Maria Padilla (Opera Rara ORC6), premiered at La Scala in December 1841. The following year he triumphed in Vienna with Linda di Chamonix and was appointed Kapellmeister to the Austrian court. Donizetti’s final years saw the production of his comic masterpiece Don Pasquale (1843) and Maria di Rohan, a powerful romantic drama. Dogged by ill-health, he returned to Bergamo in October 1847 where he died the following spring. Donizetti left 70-odd operas, among them the unperformed Gabriella di Vergy, a work rediscovered and given its world premiere recording by Opera Rara (ORC3). |
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Full-length opera - Rosmonda d’Inghilterra
The performance could hardly be improved - JOHN STEANE, Gramophone
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Full-length opera - Maria de Rudenz
The blood and thunder ensembles and duets create a swift moving rip-roaring bel canto feast - The Tribune, San Francisco
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Full-length opera - Zoraida di Granata
...a major discovery. - MICHAEL OLIVER, Classic M Magazine.
Majella Cullagh’s Zoraida has a lovely, keenly produced soprano .. used to fine effect - ALAN BLYTHE Gramophone.
The world premiere recording
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Full-length opera - Roberto Devereux
Nelly Miricioiu remains one of the most alluring and stylish bel canto singers around today - HUGH CANNING, the Sunday Times, July 2002
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Elvida
One of the most intriguing titles in the Donizetti canon, this one-act melodrama, very unusual for this period, was provided by Donizetti for the occasion of the birthday of Maria Isabella of Spain.
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Full-length opera - Gabriella di Vergy
Singing of an international standard - FRANK GRANVILLE-BARKER
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Pia de’ Tolomei
Nello della Pietra - Roberto Servile, Pia de’ Tolomei - Majella Cullagh, Rodrigo de’ Tolomei - Manuela Custer, Ghino degli Armieri - Bruce Ford, Piero - Mirco Palazzi, Bice - Patrizia Biccire, Lamberto - Marco Vinco, Ubaldo - Mark Wilde, The Keeper of the Tower of Siena - Christopher Turner. Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry
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Il diluvio universale
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Dom Sebastien roi de Portugal
’Ever since the Royal Opera opened its 2005-6 season with two thrilling concert performances of Dom Sebastien, the promised recording has been impatiently awaited. Now that it’s here, it stands out as one of Opera Rara’s most indispensable enterprises - and that is saying something’. Review by John Allison, Opera Magazine, May 2007.
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Imelda de’ Lambertazzi
SACD Hybrid disc. This SACD is compatible with all CD players.
Opera Rara is proud to have been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award for our recording of Donizetti’s Imelda de’ Lambertazzi. If you would like to vote for this recording please visit www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/awards and follow the instructions on screen.
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Donizetti - Parisina
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Full-length opera - Maria Padilla
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Full-length opera - Emilia di Liverpool
The work has charm and improbability in equal proportion - JOHN HIGGINS, The Times
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Anthologies - A Hundred Years of Italian Opera 1810-1820
An awesome recording in every respect - JOHN FREEMAN, Opera News
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Anthologies - A Hundred Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830
A privileged glimpse into a forgotten world - JOHN FREEMAN, Opera News
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Collections - The Cruel Madness of Love
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Villains by Necessity
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Sceptre, Crown and Scaffold
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Medieval Mayhem
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Collections - The Opera Rara Collection - Volume 1
A feast and a temptation to the ears - DAVID JOHNSON, Fanfare
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Donizetti- Scenes and Overtures
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Collections - The Opera Rara Collection - Volume 2
A feast and a temptation to the ears - DAVID JOHNSON, Fanfare
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Donizetti - The Young Donizetti
Rarities for the true opera lover. ROBERT LEVINE, Classicstoday.com
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Vocal Teamwork
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IL SALOTTO: La Serenata (Volume 11)
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