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La sonnambula. By the Italian standards of the1840s, Macbeth is nearly an anti-opera, since no one falls in love, the lead singers were carefully chosen for their unattractive voices, and the few pieces that invite vocal display often have an undertone of something hideous or stupid, as if vocal display were forced to confess its […]

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In some ways the Gran Scena e Duetto of Act I is far more of a black sabbath than anything found in the witches’ own music. At the beginning of the scene Verdi notes in the score that the singers must sing in a hushed and dark voice, unless instructed otherwise. Verdi wanted something that […]

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Carlo Bergonzi – “O figli! … Ah! La paterna mano” – “Macbeth” – G. Verdi. Conductor M.° Nello Santi – New Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Maria Callas – “Una macchia è qui tuttora” (Sleepwalking Scene) – “Macbeth” – G. Verdi – LIVE at Teatro alla Scala – 1952 – M.° Victor de Sabata Conductor.

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In memoriam November 05, 2010. Shirley Verrett – “Una macchia è qui tuttora” – Aria of Lady Macbeth (“Aria del sonnambulismo” -” Sleepwalking Aria”) – “Macbeth” – M.° Claudio Abbado Conductor – Teatro alla Scala – 1978.

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Shirley Verrett – “Nel dì della vittoria … Ambizioso spirto” – Aria of Lady Macbeth I Act – “Macbeth” – M.° Claudio Abbado Conductor – Teatro alla Scala. Shirley Verrett R.I.P. (May 31, 1931 – November 5, 2010) was an African-American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles i.e. soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great […]

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Piero Cappuccilli, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ferruccio Tagliavini – “Macbeth” Finale I – G. Verdi – Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala – Conductor M°. Claudio Abbado – 7 Dicembre 1975.

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Shirley Verrett & Sherill Milnes – “Regna il sonno su tutti … Fatal mia donna” – Duet Lady Macbeth – Macbeth – “Macbeth” – G. Verdi. Live in concert at Avery Fisher Hall, New York. New York City Opera Orchestra conducted by M.° Anton Guadagno – 1989. I don’t like Milnes but I adore the […]

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Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) is a tragic Opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Text by Salvatore Cammarano, from the romance The Bride of Lammermoor. The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Lammermuir Hills Scotland in the reign of Queen Anne (1702–1714). The novel tells of a tragic […]

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“Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor was first ­performed in Naples in 1835, and has been on and off the boards ever since. While unusually full of memorable tunes, the main reason for its popularity across nearly two ­centuries, and why audiences still flock to it today, rests on one moment. This is the famous third-act mad […]