Montemezzi: L'amore dei tre re

1. L' amore dei tre re, opera
   Composed by Italo Montemezzi
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Pablo Elvira, Alan Byers, Ryland Davies, Cesare Siepi, Alison MacGregor, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Anna Moffo, Placido Domingo
   Conducted by Nello Santi
   
   

Montemezzi: L'amore dei tre re,Pablo Elvira,Cesare Siepi,Italo Montemezzi,Nello Santi,Elizabeth Bainbridge,London Symphony Orchestra,Alison MacGregor,Anna Moffo,Alan Byers,Plácido Domingo,Ryland Davies,RCA,20th/21st Century Opera,Classical,Classical Music,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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Average customer rating: A Minor Masterpiece Wild with passion Masterpiece of Wagnerian Verismo... As good as it gets Love and Honor

Montemezzi: L'amore dei tre re Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Bainbridge, Elisabeth | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Leoncavallo: La Bohème Mascagni: Iris / Patanè, Domingo Massenet: La Navarraise / Horne, Domingo, Milnes, Bacquier, Zaccaria, Davies, LSO, Lewis Massenet: Le Cid (Complete) [Germany] Leoncavallo: Zazà ASIN: B000009W7N Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. Act 1: Grazie Flaminio - Cesare Siepi/Rybald Davies
2. Act 1: Dorma, Dorma - Cesare Siepi/Rybald Davies
3. Act 1: Italia, Italia E Tutto Il Mio Ricordo! - Cesare Siepi
4. Act 1: Tu Taci... E Mi Guardi Forse Con Odio - Cesare Siepi/Rybald Davies
5. Act 1: E Ancora Notte Fonda - Pacido Domingo/Anna Moffo
6. Act 1: Dammi Le Labbra A Tanta Ti Doro - Pacido Domingo/Anna Moffo
7. Act 1: Fiora! Fiora! - Cesare Siepi/Anna Moffo
8. Act 1: Ho Per Te Come Il Terrore D'Un Bimbo - Cesare Siepi/Anna Moffo/Ryland Davies
9. Act 1: Padre! - Pablo Elvira/Cesare Siepi
10. Act 1: Oh, Padre Mio - Pablo Elvira/Cesare Siepi/Anna Moffo
11. Act 1: Fiora, Fiora! - Pablo Elvira/Cesare Siepi
12. Act 2: Dimmi, Fiora Perche Ti Veggo - Pablo Elvira/Anna Moffo
13. Act 2: Suonata E L'Ora Della Partenza - Pablo Elvira/Anna Moffo
14. Act 2: Oh! Fiora, Fiora! - Placido Domingo/Anna Moffo/Allison MacGregor

Tracks:

1. Act 2: Addio Fiora; Ho Voluto Rivederti - Placido Domingo/Anna Moffo
2. Act 2: Avito! Resta . . . Non Domandare - Anna Moffo/Pacido Domingo
3. Act 2: Come Tremi, Diletto! - Anna Moffo/Placido Domingo
4. Act 2: Ah, Ah, Ah - Eccoti, Fiora - Michael Sanderson/Placido Domingo
5. Act 2: Fiora! Fiora! - Cesare Siepi/Anna Moffo/Ryland Davies
6. Act 2: Quello Ch'Io Baciavo - Anna Moffo/Cesare Siepi
7. Act 2: Silenzio! Notte Fonda! - Cesare Siepi/Pablo Elvira
8. Act 2: Impura Ell' Era Si Come La Notte - Cesare Siepi/Pablo Elvira
9. Act 3: Intro - Morte In Gelido Stupore - Chor/Elaine Tomkinson/Alan Byers
10. Act 3: Alzate, Tutti, Gli Occhi In Volto A Lei - Elizabeth Bainbridge/Chor
11. Act 3: Fiora, Fiora . . . E Silenzio - Placido Domingo
12. Act 3: Eccot Al Fine - Pablo Elvira/Placido Domingo/Cesare Siepi

Customer Reviews:

A Minor Masterpiece.......2007-05-07

I've never understood why some excellent operas seem to fall out of favor with the public and opera houses. This opera was so highly regarded at its premier in 1913 that Toscanini arranged for it to be presented at the Met the following year. In the first half of the 20th century it was regularly performed by such sopranos as Mary Garden, Grace Moore and Anna Moffo, and the tenor role was greatly admired by legends such as Caruso, Martinelli and Gigli.
Musically the opera is a bit of a hybrid. The characterization is pure Verdi, with a corrupted father-figure and a tortured love triangle, and musically it kind of falls somewhere between Verdi and early Puccini with strong helpings of Richard Strauss and Wagner. (It's been called an "Italian 'Tristan'" and one can se why.) The score is very busy, with dense and animated orchestrations and luscious harmonies.
The cast is almost entirely excellent. The soprano role calls for a singer with perhaps a little more spinto heft to her voice than Moffo had with her lyric soprano, in order to get past the heavy orchestrations. And by 1978 her voice was showing a bit of strain. But she was the RCA "house soprano", being married to the boss, David Sarnoff, and did in her career sing many roles to which her voice was not entirely suited, probably shortening her singing career as a result. (At her best, in the '50s and '60s, she was simply incandescent.) Despite this, she gives an excellent performance.
Domingo gives an excellent performance, his voice having a polished quality to it that some of his earlier recordings lacked. Cesare Siepi, who came out of retirement to make this recording, brings his usual patrician portrayal to the role. The smaller parts are excellently handled. For me, the star of the recording is the baritone, Pablo Elvira. His voice is rich, with a wonderful tone, easily placed, and with a tremendous range of expression and color. His final aria is absolutely heart-rending. (Both he and Domingo have excellent music to sing--Act III is simply glorious.) It's an absolute shame Pablo Elvira wasn't recorded more--I think he's on a recording of Cavalleria Rusticana conducted by James Levine, but that's it.
Nello Santi leads an energetic and well-balanced performance, and the London Symphony Orchestra makes full use of the stunning orchestration. The sound quality is fine, and the booklet has a complete libretto. This is most definitely an opera that deserves to be performed far more often.

Wild with passion.......2004-12-31

From the opening bars of this opera you get the feeling that something very dramatic is about to unfold before you. Then, you get swept away by the prelude. I've rarely heard music THIS passionate and convincing. I felt like a falcon soaring above the castle before finally coming to land on the wind-swept terrace where Flaminio has just led Archibaldo; just in time to hear Archibaldo say "Grazie Flaminio."

The music is very compelling. Imagine the most tuneful Strauss (say `Beim Schlafangen' or that beautiful cello interlude in `Die Frau Ohnne Schatten')...well infuse that with some Italian `verissimism' and you begin to understand what I'm getting at...or you could just listen to this gorgeously harmonic opera. Of ALL the Italian operas I've ever listened to, this is the most amorous.

Domingo as Avito is superb....not the `spring chicken' clarion bell he formerly was but I like the slightly `smokey' flavour to his voice. Don't take this as merely fanaticism....his performance is truly excellent and his voice is in very good condition. Anna Moffo, particularly for those of us who were familiar with her before, had started to show her vocal decline. Like Simionato, she sang with a passion, beauty and drama that took a heavy toll on her voice. It meant a shorter career but such performances!! So there is a slight grate....VERY slight....in the voice towards the beginning. Whether it's the addictive performance or her `warmed up' vocals, however, all trace of `wear and tear' disappear towards the end. In fact, it all works rather well when you think about it: if you've just woken up from an amazing amorous encounter, wouldn't you be slightly `winded' and a little `sandy'? Well this brings me to my final remark about these to wonderful singers: everything about their performance oozes sex! And wait until you get to Act II!!!!! Phenomenal!

Good faithful Flaminio is superbly sung by Alan Byers. He brings beauty and drama to his minor role, making it truly memorable. Cesare Siepi casts a spell of darkness about you with his seemingly depthless, sonorous bass. You therefore have no trouble appreciating the emotions of the blind, suspicious and vengeful old monarch. He characterises his moods very well. "O ricorda!"..."Italia! Italia!" sees the old dragon rise again on the winds of past memories, pulsing with virility. Then the apparition fades as he resigns himself to the blind, old man again: "Tu taci," he says to a silent Flaminio who understandably doesn't share his enthusiasm for conquest. "Io son servo," Flaminio explains. He seems to brush aside the old man's folly as lack of vision rather than lack of sight. Then the music changes and we're off again on more of Motemezzi's swirling symphonic tide!

While all (and I do mean ALL) the other (minor) roles are very good -including a stunning chorus that rises and ebbs as one body- final mention goes to Ryland Davies' heart-wrenching Manfredo. Talk about smouldering baritone....actually, it's more the upper baritone range but it gains all the more depth for his sonorous voice. He also sings with a most affecting `sob' in the voice without actually sobbing. To hear it is to understand.

One of my all-time favourites; enjoy!

Masterpiece of Wagnerian Verismo..........2004-06-27

Montemezzi's "L'amore dei tre re" was once considered one of the most important Italian operas of the twentieth century, and a listen through with the libretto will quickly tell you why.

Montemezzi is a technical master, with an orchestral language, influenced by Wagner, that is charged with dynamism and electricity. Yet the lyricism and pacing are wholly Italian. It's a shame that this opera is so little staged these days.

The story tells of Fiora, torn between her old love--Avito, son of the deposed king of Altura, and Manfredo, the son of the now aged Germanic conquerer Archibaldo, to whom she was forcibly married. Both princes gain our sympathy, and we can even identify with the rage of the old blind king, who can sense that his daughter-in-law is being unfaithful to his son, but cannot prove it. Fiora is torn, but her heart is given to Avito, and when the old king finally has evidence of her sin, he strangles her to death. Hoping to also kill her unknown partner in crime, he smears the dead woman's lips with poison. But he becomes the unwitting murderer of his own son as it is Manfredo who first kisses her dead lips, though Avito, knowing the consequences follows suit.

The librettist, Sem Benelli, was a follower of Gabrielle d'Annunzio, and the story he tells is not so far from similar tales of d'Annunzio's, such as "Francesca da Rimini". But Benelli is a little shallower--his characters not quite as deeply defined or realistic. Yet the drama is still gripping, and Montemezzi's love music in Act II soars. Elsewhere the whole score is suffused with a sense of horror and unquiet well in keeping with it's dreadful tale.

For those who like this opera, I would recommend two other recordings. The first being Montemezzi's own account of the score from the Metropolitan opera in 1941 with Ezio Pinza in the role of Archibaldo. This has long been available on pirate tapes, but has now also been released commercially on the Guild label. Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, it can only be obtained from overseas sources, or on Ebay (where I got mine). Montemezzi's read is far more electric than Santi's more prosaic efforts. Of course, the sound is poorer. Also, the commentary by the host gives one the feeling that one is truly experiencing history.

The second recommendation would be the album "Souvenirs from Verismo Operas Vol. 4", which contains a complete recording of Montemezzi's brief final opera "L'incantesimo", also led by the composer. I consider this 44 minute jewel an even finer work than the much more famous "L'amore dei tre re". Both are worth a listen!

Needless to say they are also both very much worth staging. I'd also kill to see or listen two other Montemezzi operas that still lie shamefully unrecorded, such as the opera he considered his masterpiece, "La nave" from 1918, and "L'notte di Zoraima" which premiered at the Met with Rosa Ponselle in the lead.

As good as it gets.......2002-03-02

This is a (mostly) terrific recording of a (mostly) terrific opera. Yes, the ending is anti-climactic but there is some absolutely dynamite material through the first two acts. I agree with the first review -- despite Moffo's vocal shortcomings, the exchange with Domingo's Prince Avito reeks of what has gone on offstage. Siepi is everything that Rydl is not in the Koch/Schwann recording (avoid this one at all costs!)-- dignified, powerful, frightening, and vocally solid as can be. If this is his last recording, it is a magnificent exit.

The opera is a fascinating document of the time of its composition, and of the attempts of the generation that included Montemezzi, Martucci, and others to marry Italian lyricism with Germanic orchestral writing. One wishes that there were other recorded works of Montemezzi to see what other solutions he devised to these problems. This was, to me, clearly a very talented composer with a distinctive voice that is not available to be heard except in this one work. Too bad!

Love and Honor.......2000-03-10

I would agree with most of the review below with the following exception: Anna Moffo is well past her prime. Her voice sounds worn and her high notes are thin; still, she's idiomatic and dramatically effective in the generic way common to opera singers. The role of Fiora calls for the vocal plushness of Caballe and the imagination of Callas. Moffo commands neither. Otherwise, the men are uniformly strong, particularly Domingo and Siepi. Elvira is somewhat handicapped by the dramatic limitations inherent in the role of Manfredo. Still, with all its shortcomings, including the dissatisfyingly truncated third act, this is a compelling twentieth-century work, ripe with decadence, fragrant with eros, and with a sophisticated, rich score rife with haunting leitmotifs and subtle orchestral coloring. It's a shame it's not a frequently encountered work in opera house's today.

In answer to the previous reviewer's query, the love of three kings is eros and honor. Manfredo and Avito represent eros; Archibaldo is obviously acting out of a sense of familial honor, a heavy influence in Latin culture.

Average customer rating: First rate Dramatic Tenor of the old school Painful to listen to... Sweet Sounds Sweet Sounds

Sounds and Sweet Airs Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hoiby, Lee | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000050HZA Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

1. Be Not Afeard
2. Morgenlich Leuchtend Im Rosigen Schein'
3. Wintersturme
4. Siegmund Heiss' Ich Und Siegmund Bin Ich!
5. La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee
6. Fiora, Fiora
7. Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar
8. Nein! Langer Trag' Ich Nicht Die Qualen... Durch Die Walder
9. Gott! Welch' Dunkel Hier!...In Des Lebens Fruhlingstagen
10. Falke, Falke, Du Wiedergefundener
11. The Breaking Of So Great A Thing
12. Horsehoofs, Horsehoofs

Customer Reviews:

First rate Dramatic Tenor of the old school.......2006-10-05

This wonderful singer is from "the old school" of singing. A very exciting heroic voice. There a few dramatic tenors in the world today and too few recordings of these great opera arias sung by large voices. Jacque Trussel, is indeed a great tenor, I will tell all my friends and students to buy the wonderful recording. Bravo Divo!

Painful to listen to..........2006-10-03

Someone gave me this CD as a gift, and it's amazing I still talk to the person. This CD is full of bland, flat performances from a strained, undertalented, overblown tenor who should have retired, or better yet, never have started his career.

The only reason this CD is worth owning is to have a recording of Hoiby's "Be Not Afeard" which is a beautiful piece totally murdered by the performer.

On the bright side, this is a perfect gift for someone you hate!

Sweet Sounds.......2000-10-12

Mr. Trussel is a consumate, dynamic performer whom I've had the pleasure of seeing & hearing perform at Covent Garden in London. This Cd is an exquisite experience. Here, his voice is as glorious as it is live. This cd will make you want to see and hear him live. The repertoire is a vast spectrum, ranging from the tormented music of Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen to the triumphant music of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walkure. There is music from Montemezzi, Verdi, Strauss, Weber, Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Lee Hoiby "Tempest" (a role that was written for Mr. Trussel and premiered by him). This Cd is an exciting combination of music that isn't recorded very often. And it is all sung with great passion and a full, beautiful tenor voice. The Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra is both robust and delicate, when need be.

Thank god, A REAL TENOR!!!

This is a rare find and something worth checking out.

Sweet Sounds.......2000-10-12

Mr. Trussel is a consumate, dynamic performer whom I've had the pleasure of seeing & hearing perform at Covent Garden in London. This Cd is an exquisite experience. Here, his voice is as glorious as it is live. This cd will make you want to see and hear him live. The repertoire is a vast spectrum, ranging from the tormented music of Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen to the triumphant music of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walkure. There is music from Montemezzi, Verdi, Strauss, Weber, Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Lee Hoiby "Tempest" (a role that was written for Mr. Trussel and premiered by him). This Cd is an exciting combination of music that isn't recorded very often. And it is all sung with great passion and a full, beautiful tenor voice. The Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra is both robust and delicate, when need be.

Thank god, A REAL TENOR!!!

This is a rare find and something worth checking out.

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Montemezzi: L'amore dei tre re Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005B1RK Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act One: Grazie, Flamino - Sesto Bruscantini
2. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act One: Italia! Italia E Tutto Il Mio Ricordo! - Sesto Bruscantini
3. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act One: E Ancora Notte Fonda - Amedeo Berdini
4. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act One: Fiora! Fiora! Tu Sei Costa - Sesto Bruscantini
5. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act One: Padre - Renato Capecchi
6. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Two: Dimmi, Fiora - Renato Capecchi
7. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Two: Oh! Fiora! Fiora! - Amedeo Berdini
8. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Two: Fiora! Fiora!/Fiora! Mia Fiora! Sei Caduta, Sei? - Sesto Bruscantini/Renato Capecchi

Tracks:

1. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Three: Intro - Orch Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Fernando Previtali
2. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Three: Morte In Gelido Stupore - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
3. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Three: Fiora, Fiora... E Silenzio - Amedeo Berdini
4. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Three: Eccoti Alfine, Si: T'abbiamo Colto! - Renato Capecchi
5. L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Act Three: Un Gemito! T'ho Colto, Predatore! - Sesto Bruscantini
6. Suor Angelica: Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
7. Suor Angelica: Sorelle In Umilta - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
8. Suor Angelica: Ed Or, Sorelle In Gioia - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
9. Suor Angelica: I Desideri Sono I Fiori Dei Vivi - Rosanna Carteri
10. Suor Angelica: Laudata Maria - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
11. Suor Angelica: Il Principe Gualtiero Vostro Padre - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
12. Suor Angelica: Senza Mamma, Bimbo, Tu Sei Morto! - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio
13. Suor Angelica: Suor Angelica Ha Sempre Una Ricetta Buona - Rosanna Carteri
14. Suor Angelica: Ah! Son Dannata! - Chor Of Radio Italiana, Milano/Roberto Benaglio

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Montemezzi: L'Amore Dei Tre Re [New York -- February 15, 1941; Moore, Pinza, Kullman, Bonelli; Montemezzi] Manufacturer: Archipel ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000ETUMPK

Product Description

On Archipel 0032; 2 CD's; The composer himself conducts this famous performance from New York. Grace Moore is a stunning Fiora, while the Ezio Pinza is powerful yet moving as the blind king Archibaldo. Charles Kullman and Richard Bonelli are excellent as Avito and Manfredo. This is a magnificent historical document!!

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Montemezzi: L'amore dei tre re Manufacturer: Fonit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000062UVI Release Date: 2002-02-26

Average customer rating: This is a real stinker! Montemezzi, "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" Stirs Many Feelings

Montemezzi - L'Amore di tre re / Mazzola-Gavazzeni · Rydl · Pyatnychko · Haddock · Fedoseyev Italo Montemezzi , Vladimir Fedoseyev , Denia Mazzola-Gavazzeni , Kurt Rydl , Stephan Pyatnychko , Marcus Haddock , Douglas Nasrawi , Sondra Kelly , and Wiener Symphoniker Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000026CV7 Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

1. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Ouverture - Grazie, Flaminio
2. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Dorma, dorma
3. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Italia, Italia e tutto il mio ricordo
4. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Tu taci... e mi guardi forse con odio
5. L'amore Dei Tre Re: E Ancora notte fonda
6. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Dammi le labbra a tanta to daro
7. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Fiora! Fiora!
8. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Ho per te come il terrore d`un bimbo
9. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Padre!
10. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Oh, padre mio
11. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Fiora, Fiora!
12. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Dimmi, Fiora, perche ti veggo
13. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Suonata e l`ora della partenza
14. L'amore Dei Tre Re: Oh! Fiora! Fiora!

Tracks:

1. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Addio Fiora; ho veduto rivederti
2. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Avito! Resta... No domandare
3. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Come tremi, diletto!
4. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Ah, Ah, Ah - Accoti, Fiora
5. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Fiora! Fiora!
6. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Quello ch`io baciavo
7. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Silenzio! Notte fonda!
8. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Impura ell'era si come la notte
9. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Introduction - Morte In gelido stupore
10. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Alzate tutti, gli occhi in volto a lei
11. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Fiora, Fiora... E silenzio
12. L`amore Dei Tre Re: Eccoti al fine

Customer Reviews:

This is a real stinker!.......2001-10-05

This is a fascinating opera, but give this recording a wide berth or it will give you a very bad impression of the score. The old LP has Siepi and Domingo, along with Pablo Elvira -- all in terrific voice. Even Anna Moffo sounds good compared to the soprano here. Ms. Mazzola-Gavazzeni and the tenor, Marcus Haddock, manage to make some incredibly erotic music sound very matter of fact. Worst of all is the Archibaldo, Kurt Rydl, who barks and woofs his way through the part, only occasionally approximating the pitches or line and robbing the character of the dignity and power that Siepi brought so movingly.

I bought this CD hoping to have an alternative to the Siepi/Domingo disc (not available on CD it seems). Unfortunately, this was a waste of $40.

Kevin Hagen

Montemezzi, "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" Stirs Many Feelings.......2000-10-23

Italo Montemezzi was one of the fortunate composers to be influenced by turn of the century variety and experimentation in music, particularly opera. The Italian born Montemezzi delivers to us a powerfully morbid, yet sensual work in "L'Amore Dei Tre Re". His music, although very Italian in nature and influenced by his peers of the time, Puccini and Mascagni, brings still another element into his work. One cannot fail to recognize some similarity to the lyric music of the French composer Jules Massenet or the intense, almost obsessive music of German composer Richard Strauss, as was felt in "Salome". In any case, this newest recording done at the Bregenzer Festspiele with a mixed cast of singers brings to us the intensity and drama of Montemezzi's work. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra delivers the electric at times, subtle at times score with exactness. Kurt Rydl portrays well vocally the old desperate aging King Archibaldo. His voice lends the aging raspiness needed to convey the part, particularly his hidden lust for his son's wife, Fiora, sung well by Denia Mazzola-Gavazzeni, who uses quiet reserve most of the way through, excepting when she wishes to admit that she has a secret lover, which heightens her resolve to spell it out at any cost, albeit it costs her life. Although she sings the role well, she falls somewhat short of delivering the same as did Anna Moffo in a recording done years earlier. Moffo truly believed she was Fiora and she used every last scream and breath when choked by Archibaldo. She was not to go down easy, and we'll never fail to hear that in her recording. Marcus Haddock sings a dutiful, almost brotherly husband to Fiora. He depicts vocally his underlying resolve of the situation at hand and knows that how ever much he loves Fiora, she can never give the same in return. This recording is well worth the puchase. Montemezzi was one of the lesser known Italian composers and this work should show opera lovers that he readily competes with the best of his time period. This recording was a live recording and handled well, as one rarely notices the occasional noises and applause of the audience. Recommended for any opera or classical collection!

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L'Amore Dei Tre Re Montemezzi , Bruscantini , Petrella , and Basile Manufacturer: Fonit Cetra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000069IU Release Date: 1998-02-17

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9. Pacini - Saffo / Pedaci, Pencheva, Bertagnolli, Ventre, A. Hall, De Candia, Baronchelli, Benini [Wexford Festival Live]
10. Pangaea

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Night on My Side [Enhanced] [Import]

Lotte Lehmann: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, 1947-49

Mahler: Rückert Lieder; Berlioz: Nuits d'été Op7

Music: Gospel Parade

Rat Race Vacation

Le Souk Sunday Sessions

International Music: A Place I Call Home

Mr. A-Z

Just for a Thrill [Import]

Moondance [Import]

Let Me Tell You 'Bout It [Extra tracks] [Import] [Limited Edition]

Highlights 1979-2004 [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Music [Clean]

Wynton Marsalis: Reeltime (Swinging into the 21st)

Doin' It Right Now