Donizetti: Rosmonda d'lnghilterra

The performance of this, Donizetti's 41st opera, could hardly be improved. And there's scarcely more than a single item in which Donizetti seems not to be writing with genuine creativity. Parry... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: ORC13
Label: Opera Rara
Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

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Work length2:29:32

Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Renée Fleming (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Bruce Ford (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry

Act I: Overture

Track length6:53

Act I Scene 1: Non udistes? Un suon di tube (Women, Men)

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Act I Scene 2: Aria: Dove t'inoltri? Dove? (Arturo, Leonora)

Track length3:01

Act I Scene 2: Aria: Ti vedro, donzella audace (Leonora, Voices, Arturo)

Track length2:33

Act I Scene 3: Aria: Amor, che turri accende (Tenants)

Track length1:43

Act I Scene 3: Aria: Dopo i lauri di vittoria (Enrico, Tenants)

Track length2:56

Act I Scene 3: Aria: Protessi vivere com'io vorrei (Enrico)

Track length4:24

Act I Scene 4: Duet: Che veggio? Tu , Clifford? (Enrico, Clifford)

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Act I Scene 4: Duet: Tu non conosci il merto (Enrico, Clifford)

Track length4:37

Act I Scene 4: Va: tu primier dimentico (Enrico, Clifford)

Track length2:14

Act I Scene 5: Aria: Volgon tre lune, ahi! lassa! (Rosmonda)

Track length4:40

Act I Scene 5: Aria: Perche non ho del vento (Rosmonda, Arturo)

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Act I Scene 5: Aria: Torna, torna or caro oggetto (Rosmonda)

Track length3:18

Act I Scene 6: Duet: T'appressa, Arturo (Rosmonda, Arturo) - Scene 7: E dessa? (Clifford, Arturo, Rosmonda)

Track length3:32

Act I Scene 7: Duet: Deh! Ti arresta! Deh! ti degna (Rosmonda, Clifford)

Track length6:03

Act I Scene 7: Duet: Vieni meco, ed un ritiro (Clifford, Rosmonda)

Track length3:28

Act I Scene 7: Finale: E desso … E il perfido … (Enrico, Rosmonda, Clifford, Rosmonda) - Scene 8: Che veggio? (Enrico, Clifford, Rosmonda) - Scene 9: Ciel! (Enrico, Clifford, Rosmonda, Leonora)

Track length4:48

Act I Scene 9: Finale: E dessa: alfin la perfida (Leonora, Enrico, Rosmonda, Arturo, Clifford, Courtiers)

Track length3:50

Act I Scene 9: Finale: Tace ognun! nessun risponde? (Leonora, Clifford, Enrico, Rosmonda, Arturo, Courtiers)

Track length6:20

Act II Scene 1: Udimmo, o Re: qual suddito (Councillors)

Track length3:34

Act II Scene 1: Duet: Quanto dal vostro zelo (Enrico) - Scene 2: Fermati (Leonora, Enrico)

Track length4:12

Act II Scene 2: Duet: Mi splendeva un serto in fronte (Leonora, Enrico)

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Act II Scene 2: Duet: Caro, sebben colpevole (Leonora, Enrico)

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Act II Scene 2: Duet: Tu sei mio … (Leonora, Enrico)

Track length2:44

Act II Scene 3: Aria: Che pensi Arturo? (Arturo)

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Act II Scene 3: Aria: Io non ti posso offrir (Arturo)

Track length2:10

Act II Scene 3: Aria: Ritorna a splendere (Arturo)

Track length2:44

Act II Scene 3: Aria: Ma il tempo vola (Arturo) - Scene 4: Oh! Ciel! (Arturo, Clifford) - Scene 5: E dessa (Clifford, Rosmonda)

Track length3:27

Act II Scene 5: Aria: Io fuggiro quel perfido (Rosmonda, Clifford, Arturo)

Track length6:14

Act II Scene 5: Aria: Senza pace, e senza speme (Rosmonda, Arturo, Clifford)

Track length3:33

Act II Scene 6: Duet: Giurato il sacrifizio (Rosmonda) - Scene 7: Me tu fuggi! (Enrico, Rosmonda)

Track length4:46

Act II Scene 7: Duet: Giurasti un di … rammentalo … (Enrico, Rosmonda)

Track length5:17

Act II Scene 7: Duet: Concedo un breve istante (Enrico, Rosmonda)

Track length4:02

Act II Scene 8: Duet: Ecco gli antichi platani (Followers)

Track length3:40

Act II Scene 9: Duet: Primiero io giungo (Rosmonda) - Scene 10: E dessa … (Leonora, Rosmonda)

Track length2:16

Act II Scene 10: Duet: Si, non io … qui sola io movo (Rosmonda, Leonora)

Track length2:54

Act II Scene 10: Duet: Tu morrai - tu m'hai costretta (Leonora, Rosmonda)

Track length3:19

Act II Scene 10: Finale: Sorgi, e vieni (Leonora, Rosmonda) - Scene 11: Leonora! (Followers, Leonora, Rosmonda, Enrico) - Scene 12: Dov'e dessa? (Enrico, Leonora, Rosmonda, Clifford, Chorus)

Track length1:53

Act II Scene 12: Finale: Tu! Spergiuro, disumano (Leonora, Enrico, Clifford)

Track length4:17

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2010

The performance of this, Donizetti's 41st opera, could hardly be improved. And there's scarcely more than a single item in which Donizetti seems not to be writing with genuine creativity. Parry conducts with what feels like a natural rightness and the playing of the Philharmonia is of unvaryingly high quality – the Overture is one of Donizetti's best, and the orchestral score shares interest on equable terms with the voice-parts.
These include two virtuoso roles for sopranos, who in the final scene confront each other in duet. As Rosmonda, Renée Fleming shows once again that not only has she one of the most lovely voices of our time but that she's also a highly accomplished technician and a sympathetic stylist.
Nelly Miricioiu is the older woman, the Queen whose music encompasses a wide range of emotions with an adaptable vocal character to match. She fits the Second Act more happily than the First, where for much of the time the tone appears to have lost its familiar incisive thrust.
Bruce Ford is an excellent, incisive Enrico, and Alastair Miles makes an authoritative father and councillor as Clifford. The travesto role of Arturo is taken by the ever welcome Diana Montague, and it's good to find that a solo has been dutifully included for 'him' in Act 2, even if it's a less than inspired piece of music. The only complaint concerns balance, which sometimes accords prominence and recession in a somewhat arbitrary way. The opera and performance, however, are strong enough to take that on board..

The performance could hardly be improved

Donizetti: Rosmonda d'lnghilterra

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