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2017-01-12 15:00:39
Nadir at zenith
[…] 1960. He finally got to record Nadir in 1977 for EMI with Ileana Cotrubas, but today’s 1959 French Radio performance finds him in notably fresher voice. His Lëila here, Janine Micheau, is featured in EMI’s previous Pêcheurs recording with Nicolai Gedda as her Nadir. Although he never recorded the role, around the time of his Met debut Gabriel Bacquier sang Zurga in the US—twice with the Philadelphia Opera alongside Adriana Maliponte and Ferruccio Tagliavini (!)/Richard Verreau. A reminder that “Trove Thursday” offerings can be downloaded via the audio-player. Just click on the icon of a square with an arrow pointing downward and the resulting mp3 file will appear in your download directory. In addition, this Bizet performance, last week’s Alceste and all previous fare remain available from iTunes or via any RSS reader.
2016-12-04 00:11:01
[…] and Isolde 20 years later inscribed with “To the dear and great author of Romeo and Juliet, from the grateful author of Tristan and Isolde.” Moving away from Davis for a bit, Gardiner is also a great Berlioz conductor, who uses period instruments for this recording. Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust; Harold in Italy Cond: Igor Markevitch. Orch: L‘Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureax. Chorus: Chœur Elisabeth Brasseur. Soloists: Consuelo Rubio (mezzo); Richard Verreau (tenor); Michel Roux (baritone); and Pierre Mollet (bass). Along with Shakespeare, the other great literary influence on Berlioz was Goethe. Regarding Goethe’s play Faust he said, “I read it incessantly, at meals, at the theatre, in the street, everywhere”. He set part of it to music in 1828/29, and expanded on it which was premiered in 1846. Whilst Berlioz’s rendering may seem like an opera, he actually called it a “concert opera”, but was […]
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