Donizetti - Anna Bolena
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4828779
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 8th June 2018
Contents
Artists
Elena SouliotisMarilyn Horne
Nicolai Ghiaurov
John Alexander
Janet Coster
Stafford Dean
Piero de Palma
Wiener Staasopernchor
Wiener Opernorchester
Conductor
Silvio VarvisoWorks
Anna BolenaArtists
Elena SouliotisMarilyn Horne
Nicolai Ghiaurov
John Alexander
Janet Coster
Stafford Dean
Piero de Palma
Wiener Staasopernchor
Wiener Opernorchester
Conductor
Silvio VarvisoAbout
It had been Maria Callas who gave the piece a triumphant revival at La Scala in 1957, but in a truncated edition which did not do full justice to the full originality of Donizetti’s voice as he emerged from the imposing example of Bellini. This was the first recording anywhere near complete, doing full justice to the noble scale and scope of the drama and the force and richness of Donizetti’s imagination.
The heroine for this Vienna-made Decca recording from 1970 was the Greek soprano Elena Souliotis. ‘Everything I cherish in song and singing are embodied in her voice and her musical instincts,’ remarked the influential editor of Opera magazine, Harold Rosenthal. Her recording career was like a firework, as spectacular as it was brief, and catalogued on ‘The Voice of Elena Souliotis’ (Decca Eloquence 4805369). Anna Bolena was recorded near the end of her career, and critical praise was lavished upon her colleagues such as the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov as Henry VIII and Marilyn Horne as ‘Giovanna Seymour’, Anna’s maid of honour.
‘An international cast of high renown, engineered with the customary subtlety and skill of [Decca’s] engineers, backed by an excellent orchestra in the knowing control of Silvio Varviso, as effecting a conductor for this work as I can think of. Marilyn Horne offers singing of the utmost succulence and plangency. Nicolai Ghiaurov could not possibly be bettered ... his tone is a constant salve to the ear, a rich, resonant timbre guided by high intelligence.’ - High Fidelity, December 1970
Cast:
- Enrico VIII: Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Anna Bolena: Elena Souliotis
- Giovanna Seymour: Marilyn Horne
- Lord Riccardo Percy: John Alexander
- Smeton: Janet Coster
- Rochefort: Stafford Dean
- Hervey: Piero de Palma
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