Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano Herbert von Karajan, conductor. Digitally remastered. Label: Deutsche Grammophon. Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Remastered). Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Herbert von Karajan. Booklet for Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Remastered).
Targioni-Tozzetti chose Cavalleria rusticana, a popular short story (and play) by Giovanni Verga, as the basis for the opera. He and his colleague Guido Menasci set about composing the libretto, sending it to Mascagni in fragments, sometimes only a few verses at a time on the back of a postcard. The opera was finally submitted on the last day that entries would be accepted. Cavalleria rusticana opened on the evening of 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome to a half empty house. However, the audience included not only the most authoritative music critics in the country but also Queen Margherita, a great music lover. The performance by the La Scala orchestra and chorus with Lina Bruna Rasa as Santuzza and Beniamino Gigli as Turiddu also has a spoken introduction by Mascagni Radio.
Karajan and his La Scala forces bring a real feel of the theatre to these two-much-loved works. Bergonzi, Panerai, Carlyle and Cossotto are on top form. And the Scala chorus are thrilling in the great choral numbers. Karajan takes real care to bring clarity and definition to music that in the wrong hands can leave you wallowing in emotional treacle. His graphic handling of orchestral texture brings the world of "Cavalleria" to life, with every nuance of light and color brought into focus in the playing of La Scala's orchestra.
Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist - Artist (Sample). One of the finest recordings of this opera One can never go wrong with Karajan, but this one has the great Carlo Bergonzi singing, and it is just a wonderful performance. I say this knowing the music intimately because I have conducted this myself.
Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci: Canio - Jon Vickers Nedda - Raina Kabaivanska Tonio - Peter Glossop Peppe - Sergio Lorenzi Silvio - Rolando Panerai Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala Conductor - Herbert von Karajan. Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (2008/1968).
Pagliacci: "Un Grande Spettacolo!" Carlo Bergonzi, Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Ugo Benelli, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Giuseppe Taddei & Giuseppe Morresi. 5. Pagliacci: "Un Tal Gioco, Credetemi". Joan Carlyle, Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Carlo Bergonzi & Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Pagliacci: Derisione E Scherno! Joan Carlyle, Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Carlo Bergonzi, Ugo Benelli & Giuseppe Taddei. 15. Pagliacci: "Recitar!" - "Vesti La Giubba". Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Georges Prêtre. Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Tullio Serafin. Spiritual Choir Concertos N. -7.
Cavalleria rusticana (Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania feat. Andrea Bocelli, conductor: Steven Mercurio) released: 2007. Cavalleria rusticana (Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan feat. conductor: Tullio Serafin) released: 2006. Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci released: 2002. Cavalleria Rusticana released: 2001. Cavalleria Rusticana (Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala feat. conductor: Herbert von Karajan) released: 1999. Cavalleria rusticana released: 1998. Cavalleria Rusticana (Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano feat. Cavalleria rusticana (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli, soprano: Agnes Baltsa, tenor: Plácido Domingo) released: 1990. Romantic Opera Duets released: 1978. Cavalleria Rusticana released: 1960.
Tullio Serafin, Renata Scotto, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano Cherubini: Medea, Act 1: "O Armore, vieni a me!" (Glauce). Antonino Votto, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Act 2: "Stella del marinar!" (Laura). Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan feat. Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel di vedremo" (Butterfly). Giuseppe di Stefano/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Herbert von Karajan Il trovatore (1997 Digital Remaster): Di quella pira (Atto III). Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan "O lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa" (Siciliana).