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A perfect Mozartian, as Despina and an ideal Susanna. Sciutti is comfortable with Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, and her Alcina conducted by Richard Bonynge is equally winning. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 5 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 17th May 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4829637
Label: Eloquence
Length: 58 minutes

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Handel: Alcina / Act 1

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-04-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

O s'apre al riso

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Handel: Alcina / Act 2

Work length4:00

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Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-04-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"Ama, sospira, ma non t'offende"

Track length4:00

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Handel: Alcina / Act 3

Work length3:27

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Luigi Alva (tenor), Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 1962-04-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"Credete al mio dolore"

Track length3:27

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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 1

Work length4:13

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Kurt Böhme (bass (vocal)), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel
Recorded: 1964-03-15
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"O wär ich schon mit dir vereint"

Track length4:13

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Act 1

Work length6:30

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Una voce poco fa"

Track length6:30

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Donizetti: La fille du régiment / Act 1

Work length4:40

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Gunther Lorenz (oboe)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Convien partir"

Track length4:40

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Donizetti: Don Pasquale - Act 1

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Quel guardo di cavaliere ... So anch'io la virtù magica

Track length5:20

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Act 1

Work length10:15

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Roland Berger (horn)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Eccomi...Oh! quante volte"

Track length10:15

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Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 - Act 1

Work length2:30

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"In uomini, in soldati"

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Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 - Act 2

Work length3:20

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Una donna a quindici anni"

Track length3:20

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - Act 4

Work length5:00

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni non tardar"

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Mozart: Chi sà, chi sà qual sia, K582

Work length3:10

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Mozart: Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner!, concert aria K383

Work length3:05

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Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Argeo Quadri
Recorded: 1960-10
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

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A cherishable Mozart soprano of the 1950s and 60s, celebrated with the complete reissue of a Decca recital album, newly remastered.

The quality that defined Graziella Sciutti as a singer was lightness - of voice, of bearing and presence on stage. Her vivacious intelligence was no less suited to the Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti roles which began what was remarkably her only operatic recital album, recorded by Decca in Vienna in 1961. There is Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), which marked her debut at Glyndebourne in 1953 and Norina (Don Pasquale), which in Milan saw her unofficially crowned as the ‘Queen of the Piccola Scala’.

As Maria in La figlia del reggimento, she had made her Wexford Festival debut in 1957, at a time when Donizetti’s opera was virtually unknown; the critic of the Musical Times was entirely won over by ‘both the personality and singing of Graziella Sciutti.

Her voice and her use of it were a sheer delight. Her acting combined the tomboyishness of Maria’s regimental upbringing with a sprightly, vivacious femininity’. Nonetheless, it is for Mozart that Sciutti is most affectionately remembered: the director John Copley recalled her as ‘the best Susanna I ever saw’. Her winning and deliciously witty portrayals of both Susanna and Despina were sampled on side B of the Decca recital which concluded with Chi sà, chi sà qual sia, an ‘insertion’ aria written by Mozart for a Figaro revival in Vienna, and the concert aria Nehmt meinen Dank.

Filling out this Eloquence reissue are Marzelline’s aria from the complete Fidelio conducted by Lorin Maazel, and three excerpts from the Alcina, led by Dame Joan Sutherland, in which Sciutti sang the role of the sorceress’s sister, Morgana, with a complete sense of Handelian style as if by second nature.

‘Rosina’s aria is sung with great affection ... it “goes along” beautifully with the conductor and it is shaded with pathos and mischief in the most engaging manner ... all in all, I like this appealing and idiomatic recital very much.’ - Gramophone, May 1961

‘There are sopranos around today with lusher voices and more dashing techniques than Miss Sciutti’s, but there are none with a better sense of how to treat this sort of music ... the accompaniments by the Vienna Philharmonic under Quadri are in general quite above average, both in terms of tone and of musical care taken.’ - High Fidelity, January 1962

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August 2019

A perfect Mozartian, as Despina and an ideal Susanna. Sciutti is comfortable with Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, and her Alcina conducted by Richard Bonynge is equally winning.

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