Caterina Cornaro / Donizetti ; libretto by Giacomo Sacchèro.

Author/creator Donizetti, Gaetano composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationLondon : Opera Rara, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description2 audio discs (1 hr., 56 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorSacchéro, Giacomo, librettist.
Other author/creatorGiannattasio, Carmen, performer.
Other author/creatorBroadbent, Graeme, 1962- performer.
Other author/creatorLee, Colin (Tenor), performer.
Other author/creatorCook, Troy R., performer.
Other author/creatorMlinde, Vuyani, performer.
Other author/creatorFélix, Loïc, performer.
Other author/creatorBevan, Sophie, 1983- performer.
Other author/creatorParry, David, 1949- conductor.
Other author/creatorCommons, Jeremy, editor.
Other author/creatorSaint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875. Opera adaptation of (work): Reine de Chypre.
Other author/creatorBBC Singers, performer.
Other author/creatorBBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.
Other author/creatorPeter Moores Foundation, sponsoring body.
Physical medium4 3/4 in.
Contents Disc 1. Prologue. Preludio (1:32) -- 'Salve, o beati, al giubilo' (1:51) -- 'Tu l'amor mio, tu l'iride' (4:55) -- 'Dell'empia Cipro il popolo' (3:49) -- 'Parta pur, ma vendicato sarà' (2:14) -- 'Or che l'astro in mar si cela' (1:25) -- 'Torna all'ospite tetto' (2:16) -- 'Vieni o tu, che ognora io chiamo' (3:04) -- 'Deh! vieni, t'affretta' (3:14) -- 'Ah, qui ancor, padre mio?' (4:29) -- 'Spera in me, della tua vita' (4:37) -- 'Va, crudel, maledetto quel giorno' (3:01) -- Act one. 'Sei bella, o Cipro!' (3:28) -- 'Credi che dorma, o incauto' (1:16) -- 'Lasciami, o cavalier' (0:58) -- 'Da che [a] sposa Caterina' (3:45) -- 'Core, e pugnale!' (3:27) -- 'Mano a' pugnali!' (2:43) -- 'Parla, ardisci: io son quel desso' (1:14) -- 'Vedi, io piango!' (3:14) -- 'Che qui non batte un core ingrato' (2:21) -- 'Sì, dall'ardir degl'empi/Dunque tu vuoi dividere' (2:41).
Contents Disc 2. Act one (cont'd). 'Gemmata il serto' (4:12) -- 'Guarda, s'avanza il Re' (1:41) -- 'Ah! non turbarti a questi accenti' (3:01) -- 'O Re! Strozzi?' (2:33) -- 'Da quel dì che lacerato' (3:52) -- 'De me fosti ognor compianto, fratel mio' (3:57) -- 'Parti' (1:39) -- 'Indietro! Io, vil carnefice' (2:49) -- 'Olà! Gran re, la collera vendicatrice è tarda' (0:58) -- 'Va, fellon, di questa terra' (2:23) -- Act two. 'Misera patria!' (1:54) -- 'Io trar non voglio campi ed onori' (2:26) -- 'Guerra! Guerra!' (0:59) -- 'Morte, morte! Fur troppi gl'insulti' (3:04) -- 'Oh ciel! che tumulto!' (1:30) -- 'Dolorosa incertezza!' (1:18) -- 'Pietà, Signor' (3:08) -- 'Vittoria! Vittoria!' (1:29) -- 'Orsù... della vittoria' (2:32) -- 'Non più affanni' (3:32) -- 'Vittoria! Vittoria!' (2:34) -- 'Piangi, sì piangi, o misera' (2:51).
General noteTragedia lirica in a prologue and 2 acts.
General notePeter Moores Foundation.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes in English by Jeremy Commons; synopses in English, with French, German, and Italian translations; and libretto in Italian with English translation (140 pages : portraits (some color)) included.
Performer Carmen Giannattasio (Caterina Cornaro) ; Graeme Broadbent (Andrea Cornaro) ; Colin Lee (Gerardo) ; Troy Cook (Lusignano) ; Vuyani Mlinde (Mocenigo) ; Loïc Félix (Strozzi/A Knight of the King) ; Sophie Bevan (Matilde) ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; David Parry, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 2011 November-December, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England.
LanguageSung in Italian.
UPC 792938004822
Publisher numberORC48 Opera Rara

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