Donizetti - Roberto Devereux / Gruberova, Ziegler, Bernardini, Kim, Haider

1. Roberto Devereux (Il Conte di Essex), opera
   Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
   Performed by Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
   with Don Bernardini, Delores Ziegler, Edita Gruberova, Benoit Boutet, Ettore Kim
   Conducted by Friedrich Haider
   
   

Donizetti - Roberto Devereux / Gruberova, Ziegler, Bernardini, Kim, Haider,Gaetano Donizetti,Friedrich Haider,Edita Gruberova,Delores Ziegler,Ettore Kim,Don Bernardini,Benoît Boutet,Nightingale Records,Classical,Classical Music,Italian Romantic Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio,Opera/Operetta

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Average customer rating: This is a re-issue An Alternative To Beverly Sills' Version A valuable performance of a neglected masterpiece

Donizetti - Roberto Devereux / Gruberova, Ziegler, Bernardini, Kim, Haider Gaetano Donizetti , Friedrich Haider , Edita Gruberova , Delores Ziegler , Ettore Kim , Don Bernardini , and Benoît Boutet Manufacturer: Nightingale Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | 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: B000005I4S Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

1. Sinfonia
2. 'Geme!...Pallor Funereo'
3. Romanza: 'All'afflitto E Dolce Il Pianto...'
4. 'Duchessa...Alle Fervide Preci'
5. Cavatina: 'L'amor Suo Mi Fe' Beata,'
6. 'Nunzio Son Del Parlamento'/Scene 4: 'Al Regio Piede'
7. Aria: 'Ah! Ritorna Qual Ti Spero,'
8. Gran Scena E Duetto: 'Donna Reale, A' Piedi Tuoi...'
9. 'Un Tenero Core - Mi Rese Felice, '
10. 'Un Lampo, Un Lampo Orribile...'
11. 'Roberto!...
12. Cavatina: 'Forse In Quel Cor Sensibile...'
13. 'Duca, Vieni: A Conferenza'
14. 'Qui Ribelle Ognun Ti Chiama,...'
15. 'Tutto E Silenzio!...'/Scene 9: 'Una Volta, O Crudel,...'
16. Duetto: 'Da Che Tornasti,...'
17. 'Questo Addio, Fatale, Estremo...'

Tracks:

1. Intro: 'L'ore Trascorrono,...'
2. 'Ebben?'/ 'Regina...'
3. Duettino: 'Non Venni Mai Si Mesto...'
4. 'Su Lui Non Piombi Il Fulmine...'
5. Terzetto: 'Ecco L'indegno!...'
6. 'Scellerato!...'/Scene 6: 'Tutti Udite...!'
7. Va, La Morte ...'
8. 'Ne Riede Ancora Il Mio Consorte!...'/Scene 2: 'Duchessa!...'/Scene 3: 'Il Duca...
9. 'Non Sai Che Un Nume Vindice...'
10. 'All'ambascia Ond'io Mi Struggo...'
11. 'Ed Anco La Tremenda Porta...'
12. 'A Te Diro,.../'Come Uno Spirto Angelico...'/Scene 5: 'Vieni, O Conte.'
13. 'Bagnato Il Sen Di Lagrime,...'
14. 'E Sara In Questi Orribili Momenti...'
15. Aria Finale: 'Vivi, Ingrato, A Lei D'accanto...'
16. 'Che M'apporti?'/Scene 8: 'Questa Gemma D'onde Avesti?'/Last Scene: 'Egli E...
17. 'Quel Sangue Versato...'

Customer Reviews:

This is a re-issue.......2007-03-06

this is a reissue of a 1994 pressing by Nightingale with the same singers-the original 1994 CD set is much cheaper to purchase.

An Alternative To Beverly Sills' Version.......2005-12-23

Sometimes the less said the better. This is a fantastic recording, though very pricy. Stars German coloratura soprano Edita Gruberova singing a sweet, youthful, bel canto style Queen Elisabetta, Don Bernandini as Devereux, Delores Ziegler as the Duchess Sara and Ettore Kim as Nottingham. The Stasbourg Philharmonic is conducted by Friedrich Haider. This is a fine performance but for this critic, it is Beverly Sill's version on Deutsche Grammophone that takes the crown. She is a far more dramatic and thrilling performer, with a combo of beauty, coloratura and dramatic integrity whereas Gruberova is more like Joan Sutherland. Sutherland and Sills have gained opposing fans, but to liken Gruberova to Sutherland may be a little off, though there are some similarities especially in the coloratura and ornamentation of lines. But Gruberova has a unique voice. She does have a tendency to slowly enunciate some parts and sounds mostly lyrical, and never gives much attention to the dramatic text, but then again she wants to stand out and sound different than Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe who sang the Queen, not to mention Leyla Gencer. Gencer is the single soprano with the right voice for the Queen, powerful and lyrical. This is a well made recording, despite my own preference for Sills.

A valuable performance of a neglected masterpiece.......2001-06-28

Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux is one of the most beautiful operas in the bel canto repertoire. It has a dramatic forward movement, an interesting libretto and richness of melodic invention and characterization. Although there is an interesting performance with Charles Mackerras, with Beverly Sills, the newer performance has two qualities that outclass the previous recording. The first is Edita Gruberova in the leading role. To speak the truth, neither Sills nor Gruberova are exactly the kind of voice Donizetti meant to the role, which was supposed to be a soprano drammatico d’agilità. However, Gruberova’s voice is far more substantial than Sills and she displays less a sophisticated and stylist piece of singing rather than prima donna show off. Gruberova will always remain a controversial singing - she has her Viennese vocal production and some mannerisms. Objectively, one could say she sounds too young for Elisabetta and I think this increases dramatic interest. If Elisabetta is so obviously repelent, Devereux would be simply a gigolo and I think that was not Donizetti’s and his libretist’s idea. Observations apart, she is in excellent voice and displays some weight and dramatic thrust unknown to those who are used to her older recordings. Her skill with recitatives and command of dramatic situations in also impressive and her closing scene is simply a tour de force - her display of declamation, coloratura and dynamic variety is simply something that must be heard to be believed. The second source of interest here is Haider’s excellent conducting with nice response from the orchestra, expertly recorded by Nightingale’s engineers. The tenor here is also very interesting. I have never heard Don Bernardini before and he has a most pleasing tenor and, most of the time, avoids ...tricks. He is not an outstandingly creative artist, but it is a relieve to find a naturally produced voice in the tenor Fach in this repertoire. Now we come to the problematic points. Delores Ziegler is an artist I have always admired because of her good taste and technical skill, but here she sounds overparted as Sara. The voice lacks focus, the high notes sound difficult and she can be awkward with her divisions. In my opinion, if this part is not cast with a nicest mezzo, the opera simply doesn’t make much sense. Ettore Kim, playing her husband, is another drawback. The voice also lacks focus and is not exactly pleasing. Those liabilities make it difficult to give this recording 5 starts, but it definitely deserves solid 4 stars, for the outstanding performance of Gruberova, the pleasing tenor of Bernardini, the beautiful conducting of Haider and excellent recorded sound by Nightingale - a most interesting recording label, which has been dedicating to some operas major labels reject and promoting nicest new singers too. I take profit of the occasion to recommend the video of Teatro San Carlo, Naples, which, beyond being a most beautiful production, has an interesting dramatic coloratura for Elisabetta, a most appealing (including visually) mezzo and also a pleasing tenor in Giuseppe Sabbatini.

Average customer rating:

Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux Manufacturer: Nightingale Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | 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: B0000260BD Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. Sinfonia
2. 'Geme!...Pallor Funereo'
3. Romanza: 'All'afflitto E Dolce Il Pianto...'
4. 'Duchessa...Alle Fervide Preci'
5. Cavatina: 'L'amor Suo Mi Fe' Beata,'
6. 'Nunzio Son Del Parlamento'/Scene 4: 'Al Regio Piede'
7. Aria: 'Ah! Ritorna Qual Ti Spero,'
8. Gran Scena E Duetto: 'Donna Reale, A' Piedi Tuoi...'
9. 'Un Tenero Core - Mi Rese Felice, '
10. 'Un Lampo, Un Lampo Orribile...'
11. 'Roberto!...
12. Cavatina: 'Forse In Quel Cor Sensibile...'
13. 'Duca, Vieni: A Conferenza'
14. 'Qui Ribelle Ognun Ti Chiama,...'
15. 'Tutto E Silenzio!...'/Scene 9: 'Una Volta, O Crudel,...'
16. Duetto: 'Da Che Tornasti,...'
17. 'Questo Addio, Fatale, Estremo...'

Tracks:

1. Intro: 'L'ore Trascorrono,...'
2. 'Ebben?'/ 'Regina...'
3. Duettino: 'Non Venni Mai Si Mesto...'
4. 'Su Lui Non Piombi Il Fulmine...'
5. Terzetto: 'Ecco L'indegno!...'
6. 'Scellerato!...'/Scene 6: 'Tutti Udite...!'
7. Va, La Morte ...'
8. 'Ne Riede Ancora Il Mio Consorte!...'/Scene 2: 'Duchessa!...'/Scene 3: 'Il Duca...
9. 'Non Sai Che Un Nume Vindice...'
10. 'All'ambascia Ond'io Mi Struggo...'
11. 'Ed Anco La Tremenda Porta...'
12. 'A Te Diro,.../'Come Uno Spirto Angelico...'/Scene 5: 'Vieni, O Conte.'
13. 'Bagnato Il Sen Di Lagrime,...'
14. 'E Sara In Questi Orribili Momenti...'
15. Aria Finale: 'Vivi, Ingrato, A Lei D'accanto...'
16. 'Che M'apporti?'/Scene 8: 'Questa Gemma D'onde Avesti?'/Last Scene: 'Egli E...
17. 'Quel Sangue Versato...'

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