Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, Composer.

Contributor:

Arroyo, Martina, Performer.

Tagliavini, Franco, Performer.

Milnes, Sherrill, Performer.

Raimondi, Ruggero, Performer.

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco, Conductor.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Performer.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.

Live sound recordings.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] [Metropolitan Opera] [1973]

Language Note:

Sung in Italian

System Details:

digital

Summary:

The ingenious works of William Shakespeare have long inspired--and continue to inspire--composers to create theatrical masterpieces of their own. Verdi turned to the Bard throughout his career, adapting three of his plays for the operatic stage and long hoping to set a fourth, King Lear, to music. His first Shakespearean drama, a chilling take on Macbeth, matches the eerie tone of the source material with a score equally as dark and unsettling--not to mention one of opera's most hair-raising villainesses. In this 1973 radio broadcast, baritone Sherrill Milnes gives a commanding performance as the tortured title character, alongside soprano Martina Arroyo as his bloodthirsty conssort, Lady Macbeth. A veteran of more than 300 Met performances, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli takes the podium to conduct the gripping performance, which also stars tenor Franco Tagliavini as Macduff and bass-baritone Ruggero Raimondi as Banquo

Contents:

Prelude Che faceste? Dite su! Giorno non vidi mai sì fiero e bello! Due vaticini compiuti or sono S' allontanarono! Nel dì della vittoria io le incontrai... Vieni! t'affretta! Al cader della sera il Re qui giunge Oh donna mia! Sappia la sposa mia Fatal mia donna! Di destarlo per tempo il re m'impose Schiudi, inferno, la bocca ed inghiotti Perchè mi sfuggi La luce langue Chi v'impose unirvi a noi? Studia il passo

Come dal ciel precipita Salve, o Re! Si colmi il calice di vibo eletto Voi siete demente! Sangue a me quell'ombra chiede Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola Che fate voi, misteriose donne Qual concento! Parlate! Vivran costor? Oh, sia ne secoli Patria oppressa! O figli

Ah, la paterna mano Dove siam? che bosco è quello? Vegliammo invan due notti Una macchia è qui tuttora Perfidi! All'Anglo contro me v'unite Pietà, rispetto, amore Ella è morta! Mal per me che m'affidai

Participant:

Martina Arroyo, Franco Tagliavini, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor

Notes:

Recorded live 1973 the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York

Duration: 2 hours, 12 minutes, 16 sec

Vendor-supplied metadata

OCLC:

1365390236

Publisher Number:

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