Giuseppe di Stefano: The Opera Singer (3CD)

12,00 €
 
Formát:
CD
 
 
Dostupnosť:
na sklade / dostupné okamžite
 
 
Katalógové číslo:
5099920607
 
 
EAN kód:
5099920607524
 
 
Autori:
Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Paolo Tosti, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Salvatore Cardillo, Vincenzo Bellini
 
 
Interpreti:
Giuseppe di Stefano
 
 
Vydavateľ:
EMI Classics, WARNER CLASSICS
 
 
Zoznam skladieb
Disc: 1
1 Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Addio, Mignon!
2 Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Ah! non credevi tu
3 Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Io son' solo... Ah! dispar, vision
4 L'Arlesiana, opera: Act 2. E la solita storia
5 La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Lunge da lei... De' miei bollenti spiriti
6 Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 3. Fra poco a me ricovero darà negletto avello
7 Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 3. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
8 I Puritani, opera: Act 3. Son già lontani!... Corre a valle
9 Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intanto amici qua... Viva il vino spumeggiante
10 Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
11 Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia
12 Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
13 Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Dovunque al mondo
14 Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2. Addio, fiorito asil
15 Pagliacci, opera: Act 1. Recitar!... Vesti la giubba
16 La forza del destino, opera: Act 3. La vita Ã.. inferno... O tu che in seno agli angeli
17 La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera: Act 2. Una parola sola... Or son sei mesi
18 La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera: Act 3. Ch'ella mi creda libero
19 Gianni Schicchi, opera: Avete torto!... Firenze Ã.. come un albero
20 Turandot, opera: Act 1. Non piangere, Liù
21 Turandot, opera: Act 2. Nessun dorma!
Disc: 2
1 Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Questa o quella
2 Rigoletto, opera: Act 2. Ella mi fu rapita!... Parmi veder le lagrime
3 Rigoletto, opera: Act 3. La donna è mobile
4 Il Trovatore, opera: Act 3. Ah sì, ben mio
5 Il Trovatore, opera: Act 3. Di quella pira
6 Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 1. Di' tu se fedele
7 Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 2. Teco io sto... Non sai tu che se l'anima mia... Oh, qual soave brivido
8 Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 3. Forse la soglia attinse... Ma se m'e forza perdita
9 La bohÃ..me, opera: Act 1. Che gelida manina!
10 La bohème, opera: Act 4. In un coupé?... O Mimì, tu più non torni
11 Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Donna non vidi mai
12 Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 2. Oh, sarò, la più bella!
13 Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. No! Pazzo son! Gaurdate!
14 A la Barcillunisia
15 Cantu a Timuni
16 O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
17 Marechiare, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
18 Core 'ngrato (Catari), for voice & orchestra
19 Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Disc: 3
1 I Puritani, opera: Act 3. Nel mirarti un solo istante
2 I Puritani, opera: Act 3. Vieni fra queste braccia
3 Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Giovana, ho dei rimorsi
4 Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. E il sol dell'anima
5 Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Addio, addio... Speranza
6 Il Trovatore, opera: Act 4. Miserere... Ah! che la morte ognora
7 Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Leila mia! Leila mia!
8 Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Non hai compreso
9 Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Bimba dagli occhi
10 Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2. Vogliatemi bene
11 Otello, opera: Act 1. Già nella notte densa
12 Iris, opera (melodramma) in 3 acts: Act 2. Oh, come al tuo sottile
13 Carmen, opera: Act 1. Ah! mi parla di lei!
14 Faust, opera: Act 3. Tardi ni fa, addio!
Popis
The Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, who died on 3 March 2008 aged 86, was one of the finest opera singers of his day. He was blessed with a lyric tenor voice of great beauty, as well as a bright, open tone, and possessed the ability to bring vividly to life the characters he played, both on stage and in the recording studio. He began his career in lighter roles like Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, but later graduated to heavier parts such as Alvaro in La forza del destino and Canio in Pagliacci. He first appeared at La Scala in March 1947 as Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon, and in February 1948 he made his New York debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. In the same year he was also heard for the first time in Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, and he went on throughout the 1950s to enjoy a career of uninterrupted success, centred mainly on La Scala and the Met. He recorded extensively for EMI for the first decade or so of his career, and after making several recordings of popular songs in 1944 in Lausanne, he consolidated his position as a recording artist in the years that followed with a series of operatic arias and Italian folksongs in London and Milan, as well as some titles for RCA Victor in New York. In 1953, the EMI producer Walter Legge teamed Di Stefano with Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi in a recording of Lucia di Lammermoor in Florence and then went on during the next five years to make a series of unrivalled recordings of Italian operas with the same artists at La Scala. They remain to this day the benchmark against which all subsequent recordings of the same works are judged, and the 1953 Tosca conducted by Victor de Sabata is now generally acknowledged to be one of the finest recordings ever made. Di Stefano also appeared in several of Callas’s greatest stage successes at La Scala, including the 1954 Lucia di Lammermoor under Herbert von Karajan and the 1955 Traviata under Carlo Maria Giulini: live recordings of both are also available on EMI. In the early 1950s, when the operatic catalogue of EMI was led by three of the greatest sopranos of the time – Maria Callas, Victoria de los Angeles and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – it was Giuseppe di Stefano who carried the banner for tenors, and he did it with great style. All his recorded performances capture not only his glorious voice, but also his outgoing and exuberant personality, which made him so popular both on stage and off. Like Callas, his glory days were relatively short, but his talent burned brightly and he is remembered with great affection by all lovers of Italian opera.