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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix

Eglise Gutiérrez (Linda), Ludovic Tézier (Antonio), Stephen Costello (Carlo), Marianna Pizzolato (Pierotto), Alessandro Corbelli (Marchese de Boisfleury), Bálint Szabó, Elizabeth Sikora (Maddalena), Luciano Botelho (Intendant)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir...

[Elder] infuses the whole performance with conviction, right from the rather impressive overture...All the singers are up to their roles, and the playing of the orchestra is bold; even the most... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Apr 2011
Catalogue No: ORC43
Label: Opera Rara
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix: Sinfonia (Live)

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Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Mark Elder

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix, Act 1

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Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Carmen Giannattasio (soprano)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Mark Elder

"Presti al tempio!" (Maddalena, Antonio, Chorus) [Live]

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"Ambo nati in questa valle" (Antonio, Maddalena) [Live]

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"Viva! Viva!" (Antonio, Maddalena, Marchese, Intendente, Chorus) [Live]

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"Oh! gia in collera non sono" (Marchese, Antonio, Maddalena, Intendente, Chorus) [Live]

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"Ah! tardai troppo" (Linda) [Live]

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"Qui, si, pria della partenza" (Linda, Pierotto, Chorus) [Live]

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"Non so quella canzon mi intenerisce" (Linda, Carlo) [Live]

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"Qui, buon Antonio, qui soli" (Prefetto, Antonio) [Live]

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"Corro a dispor la moglie" (Antonio, Prefetto, Linda, Maddalena) [Live]

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"Gran Dio che regoli gli umani eventi" (All) [Live]

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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix, Act 2

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Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Mark Elder

"Gia scorsero tre mesi" (Linda, Pierotto) [Live]

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"Come calma e conforta" (Linda, Marchese) [Live]

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"Linda! ... Si ritiro." (Carlo) [Live]

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"Carlo! Il mio cor con un repente battito" (Linda, Carlo) [Live]

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"Per quanto io penero" (Linda, Antonio, Pierotto) [Live]

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"Carlo ..." (Linda, Pierotto) [Live]

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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix, Act 3

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Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Mark Elder

"Viva! Viva!" (Chorus, All) [Live]

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"Facciamo allegri un brindisi" (All) [Live]

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"Tutta la valle e in giubilo" (Prefetto, Carlo) [Live]

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"Eccoci ancora qui" (Marchese, Chorus) [Live]

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"Ed ecco in qual maniera" (Pierotto, Linda, Prefetto, Carlo, Marchese, Antonio, Maddalena, Chorus) [Live]

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"E la voce" (Carlo, Linda, All) [Live]

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"Compi, o ciel la nostra speme" (Live)

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Favourites, Gaetano Donizetti

Katherine has some difficult decisions to make about favourite recordings of operas by Gaetano Donizetti.

One of the biggest successes of Donizetti’s career, Linda di Chamounix was performed all over the operatic world in the decades following its 1842 Viennese premiere, then fell into neglect. The live concert performances recorded by Opera Rara at Covent Garden, in 2009, were its first there since 1887.

This is one of Donizetti’s finest achievements, aimed at the musically sophisticated Viennese public and featuring some of his best arias, ensembles and choruses, including the brilliant soprano showpiece ‘O luce di quest’anima’; in this semi-seria opera this much-admired aria is sung by Linda (Eglise Gutiérrez), who has fallen in love with Carlo (Stephen Costello – a recent Richard Tucker Award winner) believing him to be a painter, though he is in reality a nobleman. Packed off to Paris to stop her falling into the clutches of his uncle, the dubious Marchese de Boisfleury (Alessandro Corbelli), Linda is discovered in compromising circumstances by her father Antonio (Ludovic Tézier), who curses her, causing her to lose her reason. Supported by the loyal Pierotto (Marianna Pizzolato), Linda returns to Chamounix and sanity and, eventually, to the arms of the man she loves. Sir Mark Elder conducts the recent critical edition of this outstanding score.

The 3CD set comes with a lavishly illustrated book including a complete libretto with an English translation, comprehensive article and synopsis by the eminent 19th-century musical scholar, Jeremy Commons.

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Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Mark Elder

Reviews

August 2011

[Elder] infuses the whole performance with conviction, right from the rather impressive overture...All the singers are up to their roles, and the playing of the orchestra is bold; even the most conventional passages sweep you along. This opera has been recorded before, but not to this standard. It's hard to imagine this set ever being replaced, or even rivalled.

16th July 2011

What this recording of 2009 concert performances at Covent Garden underlines is that it contains some of the mature Donizetti’s most refined and melancholic music...Mark Elder conducts a characteristically stylish performance. Eglise Gutiérrez has the musicality to impress in the title role, and Stephen Costello makes an attractive Carlo – a valuable addition to Opera Rara’s Italian series.

August 2011

Mark Elder's conducting is punchy and delicate by turns, the chorus and orchestra responding to his vigilant control of dynamics...The best performance comes from Alessandro Corbelli, in a part that could have been written for him. Ludovic Tezier spins a beautiful proto-Verdian line as Linda's father, and Balint Szabo is his equal ...As a whole the performance does the composer proud.

October 2011

Alessandro Corbelli, seasoned as he is, is in his element...As they are so good, it would be unfair to say that Gutierrez rises above her colleagues, except in range, but her singing deserves full praise...Stephen Costello produces a clear voice, without strain and well supported...The chorus, orchestra and conductor join the singers in making this a set to captivate bel canto enthusiasts.

June 2014

Cuban coloratura soprano Eglise Gutiérrez heads up a cast of promising young bel canto singers including Stephen Costello as Carlo and the wonderful Italian mezzo Marianna Pizzolato in the trouser-role of Pierotto.

22nd May 2011

Dramatically conducted by Elder, the ROH casts the opera without a weak link. Eglise Gutierrez’s soprano shines most in her glittering high notes; Stephen Costello’s elegant, Italianate Carlo is youthful enough to retain sympathy; the contrasting serious and buffo bass parts of Linda’s father, Antonio, and the Marquis are superbly taken by Ludovic Tézier and Alessandro Corbelli...All in all, the strongest possible case for reviving this unjustly neglected piece.

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix

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