Mariana Nicolesco News
Romanian operatic soprano (1948–2022)
- voice, violin
- soprano
- Romania
- opera singer
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V. Bellini - Beatrice di Tenda - Alberto Zedda
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)Mariana Nicolesco, Piero Cappuccilli, Stefania ToczyskaVincenzo La Scola, Iorio ZennaroPrague Philharmonic ChoirMonte Carlo Orchestradir: Alberto ZeddaSony (1995) SM3K 64539 - 3 CDs DDD[flac & cue, cover, inlays, booklet & disc scans] Review"Bellini’s penultimate opera was received unenthusiastically at its premiere in 1833, and has never attained the popularity of Norma. Early this century it disappeared completely until revived in 1935, as part of the centennial commemoration of the composer’s death. In recent years, its tragic heroine, the wife of a Milanese duke, falsely accused of infidelity and executed at her husband’s command, has been portrayed by such notable bel canto specialists as Joan Sutherland, Leyla Gencer and June Anderson. This dramatically vigorous and well-constructed work contains some of Bellini’s finest and most characteristic melodies, among them a ravishingly beautiful trio, ‘Angiol di pace’. Its neglect for so many years is difficult to comprehend. Zedda conducts an ardent performance, sung […]
2016-11-28 14:15:23
The thought behind it
Born on this day in 1923 actress Gloria Grahame. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmHS_kZT7_I Born on this day in 1893 baritone Arthur Endrèze. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5peU4dij_4 Born on this day in 1904 soprano Helen Jepson. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyYarecPDc Born on this day in 1908 soprano/mezzo-soprano Rose Bampton. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkbmz_a2KpQ Happy 68th birthday soprano Mariana Nicolesco. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1oQ9clCMns
2016-03-23 14:00:15
Roberto Devereux: Tragedy Mirrored
[…] Outstanding too is the blisteringly intense Elisabetta of Alexandrina Pendatchanska (now Alex Penda) in the 1998 Napoli performance. Reservations will center on Penda’s driven, heavy vibrato, and occasional rough passagework. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1T8T1g7Rs Mariella Devia, essaying the role for the first time in her 60s, reveals her incredible vocal longevity, as well as a newfound dramatic awareness, so different from her familiar “placid” quality. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMvmMxwIt6U Mariana Nicolesco, in a performance from Monte Carlo in 1992, offers much awareness and serviceable involvement, but her insecure technique and bleaty tone is a liability. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgWcpeCgfvc Raina Kabaivanska, at age 59 in 1993, displays her rather tough, hyper-dramatic Elisabetta. The size of her voice is marvelously effective, as is her intensity; however, bravura passages are severely compromised. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll4jM4ivsdM In a performance of the final scene […]
2015-11-28 14:00:24
Branching out
Born on this day in 1881 Austrian author Stefan Zweig, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDE_npa9Hn0 Born on this day in 1893 baritone Arthur Endrèze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5peU4dij_4 Born on this day in 1904 soprano Helen Jepson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyYarecPDc Born on this day in 1908 soprano/mezzo-soprano Rose Bampton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkbmz_a2KpQ Happy 67th birthday soprano Mariana Nicolesco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1oQ9clCMns
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