Roberto Devereux / Donizetti.

Author/creator Donizetti, Gaetano composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationNew York : Deutsche Grammophon, [2000]
Copyright Date℗2000
Description2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program notes (83 pages ; illustrations)
Subjects

Other author/creatorCammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852, librettist.
Other author/creatorSills, Beverly, performer.
Other author/creatorWolff, Beverly, performer.
Other author/creatorIlosfalvy, Róbert, 1927-2009, performer.
Other author/creatorGlossop, Peter, 1928-2008, performer.
Other author/creatorMacDonald, Kenneth, performer.
Other author/creatorGarrard, Don, 1929-2011, performer.
Other author/creatorHowell, Gwynne, performer.
Other author/creatorVan Allan, Richard, performer.
Other author/creatorMackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.
Other author/creatorAncelot, Jacques-Arsène-François-Polycarpe, 1794-1854. Opera adaptation of (work): Élisabeth d'Angleterre.
Included WorkDonizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Roberto Devereux.
Included WorkCammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Roberto Devereux.
Included WorkCammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Roberto Devereux. English.
Other author/creatorAmbrosian Opera Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
Contents Disc 1 (65:54). Overture (6:52) -- Act 1. Geme!...pallor funereo (3:33) -- All' afflito è dolce il pianto (3:21) -- Duchessa...Alle fervide preci (3:33) -- L'amor suo mi fè beata (3:56) -- Nunzio son del Parlamento (5:47) -- Donna reale, a' piedi tuoi... (5:16) -- Un tenero core (6:59) -- Roberto?...Che?...fra le tue braccia! (3:08) -- Forse in quel cor sensible (2:36) -- Duca, vieni... (1:18) -- Qui ribelle ognum ti chiama (4:28) -- Tutto è silenzio (5:47) -- Dacchè tornasti, ahi misera! (9:04).
Contents Disc 2 (69:50). Act 2. L'ore trascorrono (4:48) -- Ebben? (1:47) -- Segui!... (1:33) -- Non venni mai si mesto (6:13) -- Ecco l'indegno!... (6:27) -- Scellerato!...Malvagio!... (3:50) -- Va, la morte sul capo ti pende (3:00) -- Act 3. Nè riede ancora il mio consorte! (4:05) -- Non sai che un nume vindice (7:55) -- Ed ancor la tremenda porta (3:58) -- A te diro' negli ultimi singhiozzi (4:35) -- Bagnato il sen di lagrime (3:56) -- E sara in questi orribili momenti (4:03) -- Vivi, ingrato, a lei d'accanto (4:20) -- Che m'apporti? (3:28) -- Quel sangue versato al ciel (5:30).
General noteOpera in 3 acts.
General noteLibretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Ancelot's tragedy Elisabeth d'Angleterre.
General noteOriginal LP program notes, biographical notes, and libretto with English translation (83 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Performer Beverly Sills (Elizabeth, Queen of England), soprano ; Beverly Wolff (Duchess of Nottingham), mezzo-soprano ; Robert Ilosfalvy (Earl of Essex), tenor ; Peter Glossop (Duke of Nottingham), baritone ; Kenneth Macdonald (Lord Cecil), tenor ; Don Garrard (Sir Walter Raleigh), bass ; Gwynne Howell (A page), bass ; Richard Van Allan (A servant of Nottingham), bass ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at the EMI Studio, London, 1969 June.
LanguageSung in Italian.
UPC 028946596425
Publisher number289 465 964-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number289 465 965-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number289 465 966-2 Deutsche Grammophon

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