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FROMENTAL HALÉVY
Clari
Featuring:
Cecilia Bartoli
Orchestra La Scintilla
Conducted by Adam Fischer
Stage production by Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian/German/English/French/Spanish
2 DVD-Videos
Cecilia Bartoli recreates the 1828 triumph of the legendary Maria Malibran - original star and dedicatee of Halévy's "tragi-comedy", Clari. Tracing the love of a callow country-girl for a duplicitous Duke, this hugely entertaining and first-ever modern production of Clari proved the overwhelming hit of the Zurich Opera season. Zurich Opera's own period-instrument orchestra, La
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Scintilla, under Adam Fischer, contribute a thoroughly researched, stylistically and historically well-informed accompaniment, yet without neglecting the liveliness and spirit of Italian opera.
This world premiere recording on DVD will undoubtedly help Clari reclaim a position on the world's operatic stages. Thus, orchestra, conductor and cast continue their collaboration on the "Romantic Revolution", in which Cecilia Bartoli sheds a new light on the performance practice and interpretative style of bel canto opera. The opera features many spectacular arias (created for Maria Malibran), in addition to which Cecilia Bartoli adds Rossini's "Willow Song" from Otello and a previously unknown showpiece from Halévy's other Italian opera The Tempest.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Clari by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Stefania Kaluzá (Mezzo Soprano),
Eva Liebau (Soprano),
John Osborn (Tenor),
Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano),
Giuseppe Scorsin (Bass),
Oliver Widmer (Baritone),
Carlos Chausson (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Adám Fischer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Zurich Opera House Chorus,
Zurich La Scintilla Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Paris, France
Date of Recording: Live 10/2008
2.
Otello: Assisa a piè d'un salice by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Adám Fischer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Zurich La Scintilla Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Date of Recording: Live 10/2008
3.
La Tempesta: Parmi una voce il murmure dell'aure e de'ruscelli by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Adám Fischer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Zurich La Scintilla Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: Live 10/2008
4.
La Tempesta: Rapita allor in estasi d'un puro e vivo amore by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Adám Fischer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Zurich La Scintilla Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 10/2008
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