Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth

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Jessica Pratt’s Elizabeth takes a while to hit form, while as her rival Amelia Carmela Remigio is both physically and vocally expressive, offering liquid tone. As the two-timing Earl of Leicester,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 21st Jun 2019
Catalogue No: CDS7834
Label: Dynamic
Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

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Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth

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Dario Russo (bass), Xabier Anduaga (tenor), Federica Vitali (mezzo-soprano), Stefan Pop (baritone), Carmela Remigio (soprano), Jessica Pratt (soprano)
Donizetti Opera Orchestra , Donizetti Opera Chorus
Riccardo Frizza

Prelude (Live)

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Act 1: Amici a che solleciti? (Live)

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Act 1: Veggo ahimè (Live)

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Act 1: Oh affetti tiranni (Live)

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Act 1: Ah de’ miei voti al colmo (Live)

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Act 1: M’odi Lambourne? (Live)

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Act 1: Vieni - Dove mi traggi (Live)

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Act 1: Non mentir su quella fronte (Live)

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Act 1: Amami, o cara (Live)

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Act 1: Immaginar chi mai potea (Live)

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Act 1: Eccola... Ah vedi... (Live)

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Act 1: Sì, miei figli (Live)

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Act 1: In estasi soave è l’alma (Live)

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Act 2: Warney, m’arresti invan (Live)

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Act 2: Ah Leicester, tu qui? (Live)

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Act 2: Del genitor che fea (Live)

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Act 2: Conoscer mi basti, ingrata (Live)

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Act 2: Cauti, guardinghi e taciti (Live)

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Act 2: Eccomi a voi (Live)

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Act 2: Taci, amor! (Live)

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Act 2: Amici m’udite (Live)

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Act 2: Dal suo rapace artiglio (Live)

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Act 2: Son sola, oh miei sospiri (Live)

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Act 2: Perché t’affanni e piangi (Live)

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Act 2: Della caccia il lieto segno (Live)

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Act 2: Che da te la sua sorte dipenda (Live)

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Act 3: E Amelia? - Ivi è rinchiusa (Live)

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Act 3: Tutto è svanito (Live)

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Act 3: Ti riveggo, Fanny (Live)

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Act 3: Par che mi dica ancora (Live)

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Act 3: Fuggì l’immagine tanto gradita (Live)

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Act 3: Ti calma: Il ciel saprà (Live)

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Act 3: Tu potesti un solo istante (Live)

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Act 3: È paga alfin quest’alma (Live)

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Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il Castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples’ San Carlo in 1829. Drawn from a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera was unjustly long neglected. This recording features the original version, with the role of Warney entrusted to a tenor (which the composer changed into a baritone in the 1836 revision of the score).Il Castello di Kenilworth is the first of the several successful works to follow that Donizetti based on British history, introducing the character of Queen Elizabeth I, torn by the inner struggle between a monarch’s duty and a woman’s feelings. The fundamental pivot of the drama is the antagonism between the two female characters who both dwell and suffer in their loneliness, in a male-dominated world. The performance received excellent reviews, praising the richness of the costumes, the sobriety of the stage setting, and, mostly, the vocal and acting skills of the whole cast, which features first-rate singers like opera stars Jessica Pratt and Carmela Remigio, who share the stage with talented tenors Stefan Pop and emerging talent Xabier Anduaga “A first-class cast, with an imaginative production team, under the musical direction of Riccardo Frizza, have been assembled, and it is not an exaggeration to say that together they have produced a compelling case for “Il Castello di Kenilworth” to be given further consideration. […] It was musically engaging, full of bel canto charm, with some wonderful melodies, and notwithstanding its formulaic format, was dramatically convincingly. (Alan Neilson – Operawire)

Sung in: Italian

Audio Format: DDD

Recording date & place: November 2018 –Teatro Sociale – Bergamo, Italy

Duration: 131 min.

Reviews

September 2019

Jessica Pratt’s Elizabeth takes a while to hit form, while as her rival Amelia Carmela Remigio is both physically and vocally expressive, offering liquid tone. As the two-timing Earl of Leicester, tenor Xabier Anduaga exhibits expert singing, though he’s a rather basic actor…Frizza knows exactly how such pieces go and holds the performance together with skill.

September 2019

The Donizetti Festival gathered a respectable cast under the lively Italian conductor Riccardo Frizza and the results are enjoyable. Jessica Pratt is a spirited soprano in bel canto repertoire and gives Elisabetta plenty of coloratura fire. Carmela Remigio has a warmer soprano and presents a sympathetic Amelia.

August 2019

Admirers of Donizetti – and we are many – should definitively give it a listen.

December 2019

The Bergamo performance’s great strength is the conducting of Riccardo Frizza. With his vast experience in bel canto, he knows exactly how to maintain the dramatic momentum throughout, his tempos are ideally judged, he supports the cavatinas with consistent sensitivity, and he enlivens the many cabalettas with all the necessary buoyant energy.

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Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth

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