Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci

Domingo is magnificent as both Turiddu and [Canio]. Rysanek is a brooding, dark-toned Santuzza, but Stratas's Nedda too much the waif and stray. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jul 2012
Catalogue No: C845122i
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Bayerische Staatsoper live
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

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Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Benito Di Bella (baritone), Ruth Falcon (soprano)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Nello Santi
Recorded: 25 December 1978
Recording Venue: Bavarian State Opera, Bavaria, Germany

Prelude

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O Lola ch'ai di latti fior di spino, "Siciliana" (Turiddu)

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Gli aranci olezzano (Villagers)

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Dite, Mamma Lucia (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia)

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Il cavallo scalpita (Alfio, Villagers, Mamma Lucia, Santuzza)

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Regina coeli (Chorus, Santuzza, Mamma Lucia)

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Perche m'hai fatto segno … Voi lo sapete (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia)

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Tu qui, Santuzza? (Turiddu, Santuzza)

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Fior di giaggiolo (Lola, Turiddu, Santuzza)

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Ah! lo vedi! … No, no Turiddu (Turiddu, Santuzza)

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Oh! il Signore vi manda (Santuzza, Alfio)

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Intermezzo

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A casa, a casa (Villagers, Turiddu, Lola)

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Viva il vino spumeggiante, "Brindisi" (Turiddu, Chorus, Lola)

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A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Chorus, Turiddu, Lola)

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Mamma, quel vino e generoso (Turiddu, Mamma Lucia, Santuzza, Chorus)

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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act I

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Plácido Domingo (tenor), Teresa Stratas (soprano), Benito Di Bella (baritone), Norbert Orth (tenor), Wolfgang Brendel (baritone), Hermann Sapell (bass), Gerhard Auer (bass)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Nello Santi
Recorded: 25 December 1978
Recording Venue: Bavarian State Opera, Bavaria, Germany

Act I: Orchestral Introduction

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Act I: Prologue: Si puo? Si puo? (Tonio)

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Act I Scene 1: Eh! … Son qua! Son qua! (Chorus, Ragazzi, Canio, Peppe)

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Act I Scene 1: Un grande spettacolo a ventitre ore (Canio, Chorus, Tonio, Villagers, Peppe, Contadini)

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Act I Scene 1: Un tal gioco, credetemi (Canio, Nedda, Chorus)

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Act I: Scene and Chorus of the Bells: I zampognari! (Ragazzi, Chorus, Canio)

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Act I Scene 2: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo (Nedda)

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Act I Scene 2: Stridono lassu, liberamente (Nedda)

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Act I Scene 2: Sei la! Credea che te ne fossi andato (Nedda, Tonio)

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Act I Scene 3: Nedda! … Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza! (Silvio, Nedda, Tonio)

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Act I Scene 3: E allor perche, di', tu m'hai stregato (Silvio, Nedda, Tonio)

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Act I Scene 3: Fuggi! (Nedda, Canio, Tonio, Peppe)

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Act I Scene 3: Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio - Scene 4: Vesti la giubba (Canio)

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Act I: Intermezzo

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Pagliacci, Act II

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Recorded: 25 December 1978
Recording Venue: Bavarian State Opera, Bavaria, Germany

Act II Scene 1: Ohe! Ohe! Presto (Chorus, Tonio, Peppe, Silvio, Nedda)

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Act II Scene 2: Pagliaccio, mio marito (Colombina, Arlecchio, Taddeo)

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Act II Scene 2: Arlecchin! … Colombina! (Colombina, Arlecchio, Taddeo)

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Act II Scene 2: A stanotte e per sempre tua saro (Colombina, Pagliaccio, Taddeo)

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Act II Scene 2: No, Pagliaccio non son (Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Peppe, Tonio)

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Even as recently as the 1970s it was by no means certain that the biggest German opera houses would perform the works in their repertory in their original language. When well-known singers made guest appearances in mainstream operas, it was in no way exceptional for the performance to be sung in more than one language. But this was not the case in the meticulously rehearsed first night of the two most famous one-act Italian operas, Mascagni’s 'Cavalleria rusticana' and Leoncavallo’s 'Pagliacci', which opened at the Munich National Theatre on Christmas Day 1978.

Under Nello Santi’s gripping and thrilling conducting, the Bavarian State Opera’s cast was made up of a veritable galaxy of star performers: great names, but also singers able to work together as a close-knit ensemble. Singing Santuzza for the first time, Leonie Rysanek discovered a new signature role admirably suited to her expressive abilities and to a voice whose upper register was as radiant as ever. Opposite her was Plácido Domingo, who in this production essayed the leading tenor roles in both these operas: with his bronze timbre, he was quite the impulsive predator and seducer as Turiddu, while as Canio he was alarmingly impulsive in his raging fury as the cuckolded husband. Teresa Stratas and Wolfgang Brendel were likewise ideal casting as Nedda and Silvio in Pagliacci, both of them excellent at stoking the fires of jealousy. Domingo was not the only singer to appear in both works. So, too, did Benito di Bella as the carrier Alfio and as an artful Tonio. With his sturdy baritone he brought both figures to vibrant life in finely etched performances. The same is true of two singers in smaller roles, both of them tried and tested in the refining fires of Bayreuth: the legendary Astrid Varnay as Mamma Lucia and Norbert Orth, later to make a name for himself as a heldentenor, as Beppe. Giancarlo del Monaco’s production remained in the Munich repertoire for decades, the spectacular success of its first night due in no small measure to the Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, which slipped effortlessly into the roles of members of a village community in both works, investing their characters with a vivid vocal and dramatic profile.

ORFEO’s live recording on CD not only documents this first night, it once again allows listeners to share in the excitement of the occasion.

Reviews

Christmas 2012

Domingo is magnificent as both Turiddu and [Canio]. Rysanek is a brooding, dark-toned Santuzza, but Stratas's Nedda too much the waif and stray.

January 2013

an exciting Cavalleria.This is surely Domingo's more convincing part of the two. Varnay's veteran Lucia is riveting...In Pag, Stratas, predictably, is sensational - she IS the drama. Domingo is never less than solidly there vocally but tends to over-sentimentalise.

November 2012

On the basis of this live recording, the evening clearly belonged to Domingo...As Turiddu his tone is consistently golden...Canio's big solos are beautifully sung...[Brendel] has precisely the warm tone, soaring top and effortless flow of legato that Silvio requires. Stratas's voice startles the ear with its pungency and immediacy in her role's initial phrases.

Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci

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