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Donizetti: Belisario

Nicola Alaimo (Belisario), Joyce El-Khoury (Antonina), Camilla Roberts (Irene), Russell Thomas (Alamiro), Alastair Miles (Giustiniano), Julia Sporsen (Eudora), Peter Hoare (Eutropio), Edward Price (Eusebio), MIchael Bundy (Ottario), Darren Jeffery (Centurione)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark...

this Opera Rara recording makes amends for [Belisario's] long neglect. That is above all thanks to the conducting of Mark Elder...He injects it with such energy and pathos that you are reminded... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, More…

Release Date: 4th Nov 2013
Catalogue No: ORC49
Label: Opera Rara
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

January 2014

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Donizetti: Belisario: Sinfonia

6:44

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BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mark Elder

Donizetti: Belisario, Act 1

53:21

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Russell Thomas (tenor), Camilla Roberts (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Julia Sporsen (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Mark Elder

"Plauso di eterna gloria" (Chorus)

1:58

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"Corri amica, voliam sulla sponda" (Irene, Chorus)

5:26

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"Plauso! Voci di gioia!" (Antonina, Eutropio)

2:20

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"Sin la tomba è a me negata!" (Antonina)

2:53

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"Ti conforta dell'eccesso" (Eutropio, Antonina)

0:56

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"O desio della vendetta" (Antonina, Eutropio)

3:57

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"O nume degli exerciti" (Giustiniano, Chorus)

3:24

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"Cesare, hai vinto e l'itala contrada" (Belisario, Giustiniano, Alamiro)

2:28

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"Liberi siete...Quando di sangue tinto" (Belisario, Alamiro)

4:28

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"Sul campo della gloria" (Belisario, Alamiro)

3:28

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"Padre!..." (Irene, Belisario, Antonina, Eutropio, Alamiro, Eudora, Chorus)

2:37

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"Che mai sarà" (Chorus)

3:38

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"Sostegni del mio trono, un fero evento" (Giustiniano, Chorus, Eutropio, Belisario, Antonina, Irene)

3:23

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"Figlia, consorte..." (Giustiniano, Chorus, Eutropio, Belisario, Antonina, Irene)

1:58

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"Ah, da chi son io tradito!" (Belisario, Irene, Alamiro, Antonina, Eutropio, Giustiniano, Chorus)

3:33

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"Madre tu fosti, e moglie" (Belisario, Antonina, Irene, Alamiro, Giustiniano, Chorus)

1:43

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"Sognai... fra genti... Barbare..." (Belisario, Antonina, Irene, Alamiro, Giustiniano, Chorus)

2:23

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"Ah! Pera l'empio che offese natura" (Antonina, Irene, Belisario, Alamiro, Giustiniano, Chorus)

2:48

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Donizetti: Belisario, Act 2

28:42

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Russell Thomas (tenor), Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Camilla Roberts (soprano), Edward Price (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Mark Elder

"Oh, duce! Oh eccesso orribile!..." (Chorus, Alamiro)

2:25

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"Comando fu di Cesare" (Chorus, Alamiro)

2:30

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"A sì tremendo annunzio" (Alamiro)

2:43

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"Vien la figlia!" (Chorus, Alamiro, Irene)

1:38

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"Misera figlia... Irene addio...Trema Bisanzio!" (Alamiro)

3:50

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"Amici, è forza separarci" (Irene, Belisario, Eusebio)

4:46

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"Se vederla a me non lice" (Belisario, Irene)

2:00

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"Ah, se potessi piangere" (Belisario, Irene)

4:52

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"Dunque andiam de' giorni miei" (Belisario, Irene)

3:58

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Donizetti: Belisario, Act 3

9:33

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Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Russell Thomas (tenor), Camilla Roberts (soprano), Michael Bundy (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Mark Elder

Introduzione

2:29

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"Qui siedi, o padre, e le tue stanche membra" (Irene, Belisario)

2:24

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"Diffondasi terrible" (Chorus)

1:22

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"Impavidi guerrieri" (Alamiro, Belisario, Irene, Chorus, Ottario)

0:56

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"Fermate! Belisario" (Alamiro, Belisario, Irene, Chorus, Ottario)

2:22

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Donizetti: Belisario, Actt 3: "Mi mancano gli accenti" (Belisario, Alamiro, Irene, Ottario, Chorus)

1:35

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Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Russell Thomas (tenor), Michael Bundy (bass-baritone), Camilla Roberts (soprano)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mark Elder

Donizetti: Belisario, Act 3

24:28

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Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Michael Bundy (bass-baritone), Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone), Camilla Roberts (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Mark Elder

"Se il iglio / fratel / padre stringere" (Irene, Belisario)

2:44

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"Figli, partiam qui l'aura" (Belisario, Ottario, Chorus, Irene)

3:56

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"Itene al campo, e sia palese al duce" (Giustiniano, Antonina)

2:52

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"Da quel dì che l'innocente" (Antonina)

3:28

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"Vittoria! Vittoria!" (Chorus, Giustiniano, Antonina, Irene)

1:25

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"Di pianto, di gemiti" (Antonina, Irene, Giustiniano, A Centurion)

6:05

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"Egli è spento, e del perdono" (Antonina)

3:58

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Belisario is, quite simply, one of Donizetti’s finest achievements. It proved a triumph on stages throughout the 19th century, yet, incredibly, it is little known today. The libretto, by Salvadore Cammarano (who collaborated with Donizetti on Lucia di Lammermoor), tells the moving and typically complicated story of the 6th century Byzantine general.

Falsely accused by his wife, Antonina (Joyce El-Khoury), of killing their son, he was blinded and exiled as his punishment. Only the recognition by his daughter, Irene (Camilla Roberts), that her father’s former captive, Alamiro (Russell Thomas), was her long-lost brother restores Belisario’s (Nicola Alaimo) reputation; tragically, too late to save his life.

Recorded in the studio, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Sir Mark Elder, this two disc set is accompanied by a complete libretto with an English translation alongside an article and synopsis by the eminent 19th-century musical scholar, Jeremy Commons.

Reviews

January 2014

this Opera Rara recording makes amends for [Belisario's] long neglect. That is above all thanks to the conducting of Mark Elder...He injects it with such energy and pathos that you are reminded of how the conductor can be the most important person when it comes to performing opera...Alaimo does the [title] part justice...[Thomas] lifts it all onto a higher plane.

7th January 2014

The singing of Sicilian Nicola Alaimo is tower of strength in the eponymous title role...[El-Khoury] is a formidable talent whose open-toned voice allied to vocal sensitivity and characterisation is too rare these days...The BBC chorus are tremendous and Sir Mark Elder provides an ideal catalyst.

20th October 2013

Nicola Alaimo leads one of the finest casts Opera Rara has assembled for Donizetti. Joyce El-Khoury (Antonina) and Russell Thomas (Alamiro) are outstanding.

Opera Now

Elder’s conducting displays great belief in the opera and he leads a passionate performance. As Antonina, Joyce El-Khoury’s naturally fast and highly distinctive soprano is hugely welcome in an age of increasing vocal homogeneity; she attacks the role’s considerable demands head-on and delivers a thrilling performance.

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