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Il Tabarro Sylvia Sass (Giorgetta), Nicola Marinucci (Luigi), Piero Cappuccilli (Michele), Sergio Bertocchi (Il Tinca), Aldo Bramante (Il Talpa), Eleonora Jankovic (La Frugola), Ernesto Gavazzi (Venditore di canzonette), Anna Baldasserini, Bruno Brando (Due amanti) Suor Angelica Rosalind Plowright (Suor Angelica), Dunja Vejzovic (La Zia Principessa), Maria Grazia Allegri (La Badessa), Jole Arno (Zelatrice), Nella Verri (La Maestra delle novizie), Giovanna Santelli (Suor Genovieffa), Maria Dalla Spezia (Suor Osmina), Mildela d'Amico (Suor Dolcina) Gianni Schicchi Juan Pons (Gianni Schicchi), Cecilia Gasdia (Lauretta), Eleonora Jankovic (Zita), Yuri Marusin (Rinuccio), Alessandra Cesareo (Gherardo), Franco Boscolo (Betto di Signa), Mario Luperi (Simone), Giorgio Tadeo (Marco), Nella Verri (Ciesca), Claudio Giombi (Spinelloccio) Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni “This Warner DVD offers idiomatic performances from La Scala of Puccini's trilogy. The productions are broadly traditional, with an ultra-realistic set for the grand guignol of Iltabarro and rather more stylised settings for SuorAngelica and Gianni Schicchi.
Casting is strong in Il tabarro, with Piero Cappuccilli in his prime as Michele, the cuckolded bargemaster. His appeal to Giorgetta, his estranged wife, is so passionate and tender that his climactic solo has your total sympathy. Sylvia Sass as Giorgetta tends to overact; the steely edge in her voice helps keep your sympathies with Michele. As Luigi, Nicola Martinucci is powerful and unstrained. Outstanding among the others is Eleonora Jankovic as La Frugola, firm of voice and characterful without overacting.
The staging of the murder and Michele's revealing of the body under his cloak, always tricky to bring off, is neatly managed.
The stylised set for Suor Angelica is unobjectionable.
What dominates, as it should, is Rosalind Plowright's moving performance of the title role.
Next to her, Dunja Vejzovic is disappointing, not so much vocally as in appearance and personality; she seems too young and lightweight; hardly the unforgiving Princess. The nuns are nicely touched in, and the chorus is impressive. Brian Large's direction sidesteps the final and sentimental vision of Angelica's dead child.
Gianni Schicchi is placed in an enormous apartment with a panoramic view over Florence. The claustrophobia that can add point to the comic story is entirely absent, but the set is undistracting.
Eleonora Jankovic again stands out among the incidental characters as the old woman, Zita, and Yuri Marusin as Rinuccio copes well with his big aria. Lauretta, his lover, is strongly cast, with Cecilia Gasdia luxuriantly drawing out 'O mio babbino caro' in finely shaded phrases, to the delight of the Scala audience. Juan Pons is a firm and commanding Schicchi, taking centrestage from his first entry.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Il Tabarro Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Anna Devin, Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti) Suor Angelica Ermonela Jaho (Suor Angelica), Anna Larsson (La Zia Principessa), Eryl Royle (Suor Osmina), Anna Devin (Suor Genovieffa), Kathy Batho (Novice), Elizabeth Key (Suor Dolcina), Elizabeth Woollett (Nursing Sister), Gillian Webster, Kathleen Wilder (Due Cercatrici), Irina Mishura (La Badessa), Elizabeth Sikora (Maestra delle Novizie), Elena Zilio (La Suora Zelatrice) Gianni Schicchi Lucio Gallo (Gianni Schicchi), Ekaterina Siurina (Lauretta), Francesco Demuro (Rinuccio), Elena Zilio (Zita), Rebecca Evans (Nella), Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca), Jeremy White (Betto di Signa), Gwynne Howell (Simone), Robert Poulton (Marco), Alan Oke (Gherardo), Filippo Turkheimer (Gherardino), Henry Waddington (Maestro Spinelloccio), Enrico Fissore (Ser Amantio di Nicolai), Daniel Grice (Pinellio), John Molloy (Guccio) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Richard Jones (director) This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007, and here he completes the trio. 3 DVDs for the price of 1 Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007. The production was revived in 2012 and here he completes the trio with two new productions of Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica. Antonio Pappano conducts an acclaimed cast including Eva-Maria Westbroek, Ermonela Jaho, Lucio Gallo, Elena Zilio and rising star Francesco Demuro. These three one-act works were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and went to cinemas world-wide in February 2012. Running time: 180 minutes Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS “a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 ***** “In the theatre, Suor Angelica packed a stronger punch [than Il Tabarro]. Here, on DVD, it is little short of devastating...Jaho's youthful vulnerability is deeply moving...Gianni Schicchi is a wicked 1960s delight...Outstandingly filmed, this set marks a high point for live opera on DVD...I have no hesitation in making this new Trittico the top recommendation.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 “Pappano draws consistently fine playing from the orchestra...Gallo is in very good from as Michele...Westbroek gives her all in Giorgetta's contrasting scenes...Jaho dominates [Suor Angelica], of course, and in a role which she had never sung before...Gallo exhibits his facility for comic roles [in Schicchi]...One will have to look far to find a better trio of performances than these” International Record Review, September 2012  BBC Music Magazine
DVD & Blu-ray Choice - September 2012 |
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Il Tabarro: Carlo Guelfi (Michele), Maria Guleghina (Giorgetta), Neil Shicoff (Luigi), Ricardo Cassinelli (Il Tinca), Enrico Fissore (Il Talpa), Elena Zilio (La Frugola), Barry Banks (Venditore di canzonette), Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu (Due Amanti) Suor Angelica: Cristina Gallardo-Domás (Angelica), Bernadette Manca Di Nissa (La Zia Principessa), Felicity Palmer (La Badessa), Elena Zilio (La Zelatrice), Sara Fulgoni (La Maestra delle novizie), Dorothea Röschmann (Suor Genovieffa), Judith Rees (Suor Osmina), Rachele Stanisci (Suor Dolcina), Francesca Pedaci (La Sorella Infermiera), Anne Maria Panzarella (La Cercatrice 1/La Conversa 1), Susan Mackenzie-Park (La Cercatrice 2), Rosalind Waters (Una novizia), Deborah Miles-Johnson (La conversa 2) Gianni Schicchi: José van Dam (Schicchi), Angela Gheorghiu (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio), Paolo Barbacini (Gherardo), Patrizia Ciofi (Nella), James Savage-Hanford (Gherardino), Carlos Chausson (Betto di Signa), Luigi Roni (Simone), Roberto Scaltriti (Marco), Elena Zilio (La Ciesca), Enrico Fissore (Spinelloccio), Simon Preece (Pinellino), Noel Mann (Guccio) Philharmonia Orchestra (Suor Angelica), London Symphony Orchestra (Il Tabarro & Gianni Schicchi), Antonio Pappano “No previous recordings of the three one-Acters in Puccini's triptych bring quite such warmth or beauty or so powerful a drawing of the contrasts between each...Pacing each opera masterfully, Pappano heightens emotions fearlessly to produce at key moments the authentic gulp-in-the-throat...The casting in the middle opera is a near flawless as could be” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Il Tabarro Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Anna Devin, Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti) Suor Angelica Ermonela Jaho (Suor Angelica), Anna Larsson (La Zia Principessa), Eryl Royle (Suor Osmina), Anna Devin (Suor Genovieffa), Kathy Batho (Novice), Elizabeth Key (Suor Dolcina), Elizabeth Woollett (Nursing Sister), Gillian Webster, Kathleen Wilder (Due Cercatrici), Irina Mishura (La Badessa), Elizabeth Sikora (Maestra delle Novizie), Elena Zilio (La Suora Zelatrice) Gianni Schicchi Lucio Gallo (Gianni Schicchi), Ekaterina Siurina (Lauretta), Francesco Demuro (Rinuccio), Elena Zilio (Zita), Rebecca Evans (Nella), Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca), Jeremy White (Betto di Signa), Gwynne Howell (Simone), Robert Poulton (Marco), Alan Oke (Gherardo), Filippo Turkheimer (Gherardino), Henry Waddington (Maestro Spinelloccio), Enrico Fissore (Ser Amantio di Nicolai), Daniel Grice (Pinellio), John Molloy (Guccio) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Richard Jones (director) This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007, and here he completes the trio. 3 DVDs for the price of 1 Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007. The production was revived in 2012 and here he completes the trio with two new productions of Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica. Antonio Pappano conducts an acclaimed cast including Eva-Maria Westbroek, Ermonela Jaho, Lucio Gallo, Elena Zilio and rising star Francesco Demuro. These three one-act works were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and went to cinemas world-wide in February 2012. Running time: 180 minutes Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS “a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 ***** “In the theatre, Suor Angelica packed a stronger punch [than Il Tabarro]. Here, on DVD, it is little short of devastating...Jaho's youthful vulnerability is deeply moving...Gianni Schicchi is a wicked 1960s delight...Outstandingly filmed, this set marks a high point for live opera on DVD...I have no hesitation in making this new Trittico the top recommendation.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2012 “Pappano draws consistently fine playing from the orchestra...Gallo is in very good from as Michele...Westbroek gives her all in Giorgetta's contrasting scenes...Jaho dominates [Suor Angelica], of course, and in a role which she had never sung before...Gallo exhibits his facility for comic roles [in Schicchi]...One will have to look far to find a better trio of performances than these” International Record Review, September 2012 BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - September 2012 |
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Il tabarro Ingvar Wixell (Michele), Plácido Domingo (Luigi), Renata Scotto (Giorgetta), Gillian Knight (La Frugola), Michel Sénéchal (Il Tinca), Dennis Wicks (Il Talpa), John Treleaven (Venditore di canzonette), Yvonne Kenny, Peter Jeffes (Due Amanti) Suor Angelica Renata Scotto (Suor Angelica), Marilyn Horne (La Zia Principessa), Ileana Cotrubas (Suor Genovieffa), Gillian Knight (La Zelatrice), Ann Howard (La Maestra delle novizie), Patricia Payne (La Badessa) Gianni Schicchi Tito Gobbi (Gianni Schicchi), Ileana Cotrubas (Lauretta), Anna di Stasio (Zita), Plácido Domingo (Rinuccio), Scilly Fortunato (Nella), Florindo Andreolli (Gherardo), Alvaro Domingo (Gherardino), Alfredo Mariotti (Betto di Signa), Giancarlo Luccardi (Simone), Carlo Del Bosco (Marco), Stefania Malagù (Ciesca), Leo Pudis (Spinelloccio) Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Il Tabarro Mirella Freni (Giorgetta),Juan Pons (Michele), Giuseppe Giacomini (Luigi), Leo Nucci (Il Tinca), Franco De Grandis (Il Talpa), Gloria Scalchi (La Frugola) Suor Angelica Mirella Freni (Suor Angelica), Elena Souliotis (La Zia Principessa), Gloria Scalchi (La Badessa), Ewa Podles (La Zelatrice), Nicoletta Curiel (La Maestra delle novizie), Barbara Frittoli (Suor Genovieffa), Valeria Esposito (Suor Osmina), Olga Romanko (Suor Dolcina), Debora Beronesi (La Sorella Infermiera) Gianni Schicchi Leo Nucci (Gianni Schicchi), Mirella Freni (Lauretta), Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio), Barbara Frittoli (Nella), Ricardo Cassinelli (Gherardo), Giorgio Giorgetti (Betto di Signa), Enrico Fissore (Simone), Orazio Mori (Marco), Nicoletta Curiel (La Ciesca), Colin Cue (Spinelloccio) Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bruno Bartoletti “These three operas showcase what a marvellously versatile singer Mirella Freni was. Unfortunately Suor Angelica is ruined by the grotesque singing of Elena Souliotis, by then almost voiceless.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Tito Gobbi, Giacionto Prandelli, Victoria de los Angeles, Fedora Barbieri, Mina Doro, Corinna Vozza, Giuseppe Taddei, Grete Rapisardi, Fernando Corena & Franco Calabrese Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra della RAI di Torino, Vincenzo Bellezza, Tullio Serafin & Alfredo Simonetto Puccini united three one-act operas into a single cycle in Il Trittico – although all three works differed in terms of style and design. The first part, Il Tabarro, a tragedy about love and jealousy, was set against the dismal background of boatmen and harbour workers, whose lives did not boast the carefree and merry charm of Bohème. The second work, Suor Angelica, was set in the seclusion of a convent. Angelica boasts an entirely female cast and the opera has a gentle, solemn mood. The third work is a legacy-hunter story from 1299, borrowed from Dante‘s thirtieth song from Inferno, the third part of the Divine Comedy. The three outstanding singers to be heard on this 1949 recording are Victoria de los Angeles, Tito Gobbi and Giuseppe Taddei. | | | (also available to download from $16.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Il Tabarro: Renato Bruson (Michele); Marilyn Zschau (Giorgetta); Vladimir Atlantov (Luigi) Suor Angelica: Pilar Lorengar(Suor Angelica); Kerstin Meyer (Princess) Gianni Schicchi: Sonia Ghazarian (Lauretta); Margarita Lilova; Walter Berry (Gianni Schicchi)
In 1979, Il Trittico was performed at the Vienna State Opera for the first time complete in the original Italian. Gerd Albrecht was in the pit, and the excitement that he was able to maintain throughout the evening comes across even when listening to this recording. No-one from the house ensemble here took on a role in more than one of the operas which resulted in a cast able to convey a maximum degree of identification with their respective roles.Thus the love triangle in Tabarro grips us thanks to Marilyn Zschau's energetic vocal achievement as Giorgetta and to Renato Bruson's mighty, flowing baritone as her jealous husband - thus equipped, he is even a match for the elemental vocal prowess of Vladimir Atlantov in the role of his rival. In Suor Angelica, Pilar Lorengar offers a deeply moving interpretation of the title role, for she manages in masterly fashion to find the balance between beauty of sound and expressive power - a balance so hard to achieve in Puccini.The Swedish mezzo Kerstin Meyer is an impressive foil to her, for while her voice is more powerful than that of many of her famous peers, she still manages to convey a residual ounce of humanity behind her character's steely façade.And finally, as one would expect,Walter Berry's portrayal of Gianni Schicchi offers us a slice of life at its fullest, while Sonia Ghazarian as his daughter Lauretta has a voice ideal for the task.With Yordi Ramiro, Margarita Lilova and Marjana Lipovšek, the legacy hunters too are given real personality, while Erich Kunz, late in his career, provides a classic characterisation of the doctor Spinelloccio. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Il Tabarro Renato Bruson (Michele), Vladimir Atlantov (Luigi), Marilyn Zschau (Giorgetta), Heinz Zednik (Il Tinca), Alfred Sramek (Il Talpa) Suor Angelica Pilar Lorengar (Angelica), Kersten Meyer (La Zia Principessa), Margarethe Bence (La Badessa), Axelle Gall (La Zelatrice), Cseslawa Slania (La Maestra delle novizie), Olivera Miljakovic (Suor Genovieffa), Maria Venuti (Suor Dolcina) Gianni Schicchi Renato Capecchi (Schicchi), Angela Bello (Lauretta), Debria Brown (Zita), Douglas Ahlstedt (Rinuccio), Nico Boer (Gherardo), Mary Willems (Nella), Marc Noom (Gherardino), Lieuwe Visser (Betto di Signa), Pieter van den Berg (Simone), Meinard Kraak (Marco), Inge Fröhlich (Ciesca), Tom Haenen (Spinelloccio), Lodewijk Meeuwsen (Pinellino), Paul Bindels (Guccio), Arthur Schildmeijer (Amantio di Nicolao) Wiener Staatsopernorchester und -chor (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica); Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Gianni Schicchi), Gerd Albrecht (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica); Hans Vonk (Gianni Schicchi) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Puccini: | Manon Lescaut Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Mario Boriello, Fernando Corena & Piero de Palma Francesco Molinari-Pradelli La Bohème Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianna d'Angelo, e Bastianini, to Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena & Piero de Palma Tullio Serafin Tosca Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, George London, Silvio Maionica & Fernando Corena Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Madama Butterfly Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Goro Angelo Mercuriali, Fiorenza Cossotto & Enzo Sordello Tullio Serafin La fanciulla del West Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Cornell Macneil, Piero di Palma & Silvio Maionica Franco Capuana Turandot Inge Borkh, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Bicola Zaccaria, Fernando Corena, Mario Carlin, Renato Ercolani, Gaetano Fanelli & Ezio Giordano Alberto Erede Il Trittico Robert Merrill, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato & Fernando Corena Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lamberto Gardelli |
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Puccini (22 December). Decca’s recordings of Puccini’s operas rank among the very finest ever committed to disc. This legacy was started in 1951 when Renata Tebaldi made her first recording of Madama Butterfly and throughout the rest of the 1950s Tebaldi recorded Puccini’s other major operas. At the end of the 1950s new stereo versions were made of Madama Butterfly and La Bohème. Tebaldi was cast alongside such distinguished colleagues as Carlo Bergonzi and Mario del Monaco and acclaimed opera maestri at the helm of these recordings include Francesco Molinari-Pradelli and Tullio Serafin. This collection of the great Puccini operas includes the stereo versions of Butterfly and Bohème and is the ideal collection of some of the world’s most popular and enduring operas in acclaimed recordings that have been an integral part of Decca’s legendary opera catalogue for the past fifty years. | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | |
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