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Lella Cuberli, Benedetta Pecchioli, Renzo Casellato, Giulio Fioravanti, Alfredo Zanazzo Orchestra Sinfonica e coro di Milano della RAI, Bruno Rigacci First complete & authorised recording | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Dario Schmunck (tenor), Andreas Schroeder (baritone) & Laura Polverelli (mezzo) Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor) & Christian Gangneron (director) In recent years not only music festivals but also important opera theatres have turned their attention towards the neglected masterpieces of the lyrical repertoire. Thus also Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, in a commendable effort, staged this Pia de’ Tolomei by Donizetti, with some of the best singers available today for this type of repertoire. Initial response to this opera, which was performed for the first time in 1837, was ambiguous, so much so that Donizetti re-worked it as many as three times. The version here recorded is that of the critical edition recently published by Ricordi, with the tragic finale originally conceived by the composer. The listener will undoubtedly wonder, once more, at Donizetti’s wealth of melodic inspiration, especially when it comes to the character of Pia, wonderfully interpreted, here, by Patrizia Ciofi. Subtitles in 7 languages. First DVD recording First recording of the new critical edition | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Patrizia Ciofi (Pia), Dario Schmunck (Ghino degli Armieri), Andreas Schroeder (Nello della Pietra), Laura Polverelli (Rodrigo), Daniel Borowski (Piero), Francesco Meli (Ubaldo), Clara Polito (Bice), Carlo Cigni (Lamberto) Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Paolo Arrivabeni In recent years not only music festivals but also important opera theatres have turned their attention towards the neglected masterpieces of the lyrical repertoire. Thus also Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, in a commendable effort, staged this Pia de’ Tolomei by Donizetti, with some of the best singers available today for this type of repertoire. Initial response to this opera, which was performed for the first time in 1837, was ambiguous, so much so that Donizetti re-worked it as many as three times. The version here recorded is that of the critical edition recently published by Ricordi, with the tragic finale originally conceived by the composer. The listener will undoubtedly wonder, once more, at Donizetti’s wealth of melodic inspiration, especially when it comes to the character of Pia, wonderfully interpreted, here, by Patrizia Ciofi. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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After a concert performance given at the Royal Festival Hall in October 2004 the Guardian Critic Tim Ashley had this to say: "Majella Cullagh is technically staggering, pushing herself to her expressive limits in order to convey Pia’s emotional and moral agony." “Another gloriously improbable Donizetti opera in which everyone is impossibly innocent, frightfully wicked or desperately penitent… sometimes all three! …it's Manuela Custer as Rodrigo, Pia's brother and the unwitting agent of her downfall, who takes the highest singing honours - a lyric mezzo who makes it all sound so easy and so elegant. David Parry conducts the LPO with his customary attention to detail. He wears this music like a handmade suit.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 **** “…an opera which grows rather than diminishes with a deepening acquaintance. …if you want to learn about Pia de' Tolomei while enjoying the sound, Opera Rara's is the set to go for.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2005 | | | (also available to download from $34.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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