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Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 – 1783). – Sinfonia in F major – Musica Antiqua Köln – Reinhard Goebel.
LEGGI TUTTOVivica Genaux & Isabel Bayrakdarian – “Bella etade avventurosa” . Final duet – “Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra” (Napoli, 1725) – Serenata in two parts – Libretto by Francesco Ricciardi – Music by J. A. Hasse (1699 – 1783). Despite Giovanni Battista Mancini’s claim that Hasse was the “padre della musica”, and despite the composer’s massive popularity […]
LEGGI TUTTOIntroduction No other composer enjoyed as unanimously high a reputation across Europe during his lifetime as Johann Adolf Hasse. Bourgeois opera audiences worshipped him as fervently as crowned heads in Vienna, Dresden, Naples, Paris, London and Berlin. His music dissolved national frontiers and spanned two generations; the ink was still wet on the Brandenburg Concerti […]
LEGGI TUTTOTito Gobbi (24 October 1913 – 5 March 1984) sings “Come Paride vezzoso” – Aria of Belcore – from “L`elisir d`amore” by Gaetano Donizetti. Philharmonia Orchestra M.° Alberto Erede Conductor London 1963. Very intelligent rendition, perfect for the role of Belcore, a braggart sergeant. “Tito Gobbi was an admired operatic baritone. He originally studied at […]
LEGGI TUTTOTito Schipa (1888-1965) – “Adina, credimi” – Aria of Nemorino – “L’elisir d’amore” – G. Donizetti. Great restored recording. Tito Schipa was a wonderful voice between 1910 and 1962.
LEGGI TUTTOTito Schipa proves Goethe’s maxim that we know a great artist by his flaws. Schipa’s limitations are so well known, they hardly need to be enumerated. He lacked Martinelli’s trumpety top, Pertile’s explosive attack and Lauri-Volpi’s lithe, muscular tone. Unlike Caruso, Schipa could not dominate the big vocal climaxes, nor could he negotiate fioriture with […]
LEGGI TUTTOGiuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 1921 – 3 March 2008) – “Adina, credimi” – Aria of Nemorino & Terzetto – “L’elisir d’amore” – G. Donizetti. Radio Lausanne – 1945. Belcore and Adina are here unknown performers. Di Stefano was, between 1940 and 1950, a great light tenor, with a beautiful high voice. He was known […]
LEGGI TUTTOGiuseppe di Stefano & Montserrat Caballé – “Una parola, o Adina … Chiedi all’aura lusinghiera” – Duet Nemorino – Adina. 1974. Caballé is amazing!
LEGGI TUTTOEnzo Dara – “Udite! Udite o rustici” – Aria of Dulcamara – “L’elisir d’amore” – Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848). Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Metropolitan Opera Conductor – M.° James Levine 1991. Enzo Dara is my favourite “buffo” bass and one of the foremost buffo performers of his generation, particularly admired for his […]
LEGGI TUTTOSesto Bruscantini – “Udite udite o rustici!” – Aria of Dulcamara – “L’elisir d’amore” – Gaetano Donizetti. Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera New York Chorus – Metropolitan Opera New York Conductor – Nicola Rescigno 1981.
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