Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C931182I

Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C931182I

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 10th August 2018

Contents

Artists

Edita Gruberova
Peter Dvorsky
Matteo Manuguerra
Siegfried Vogel
Thomas Moser
Czeslawa Slania
Christopher Doig
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Conductor

Giuseppe Patane

Works

Donizetti, Gaetano

Lucia di Lammermoor

Artists

Edita Gruberova
Peter Dvorsky
Matteo Manuguerra
Siegfried Vogel
Thomas Moser
Czeslawa Slania
Christopher Doig
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Conductor

Giuseppe Patane

About

The global careers of not one but two Slovakian singers were launched on 23 March 1978 in Vienna’s State Opera: that of then-27-year-old tenor Peter Dvorský, and above all that of 31-year-old Edita Gruberova, hers a career which has endured to this day. Despite her success there in the role of Zerbinetta just eighteen months earlier, she was then still an insider tip for such a large bel canto role. Although studio recordings from subsequent years (1984, 1992 and 2003) exist of this role which would later become Gruberova’s hallmark – one she sang eighty-eight times in Vienna alone – this early live recording has a quality that is missing from later recordings: the maidenly determination and yet stupendous vocal perfection (including her flawless high E flat) that Gruberova delivers in her portrayal, her inimitable sonorous timbre – which she retains to this day – alongside the wonderfully intimate and yet tense partnership with Dvorský, whose passionate, burning tenor provides a unique highlight in his first duet with Gruberova’s Lucia and supplies a further high point in the tricky final scene on a recording not short of such brilliant climaxes. Matteo Manuguerra’s reading of Lucia’s brother Enrico is a perilously relentless, masculine tour de force. Last but not least, the quickening touch of Giuseppe Patanč’s baton makes this a gem among the treasures of Edita Gruberova’s discography, one never short of outstanding testimony to her consummate vocal skill and is a wonderful addition to that of Peter Dvorský, whose discography is sadly not so bountiful. The Neapolitan conductor, who was highly regarded in Munich for his performances of Italian repertoire, transforms a singing festival into an exciting music drama in the way that he leads the Vienna Philharmonic in a highly flexible and dynamic manner through the musical narrative.

Cast:
- Enrico, Lord Henry Ashton: Matteo Manuguerra
- Lucia: Edita Gruberova
- Edgardo, Sir Edgar Ravenswood: Peter Dvorský
- Arturo, Lord Arthur Bucklaw: Thomas Moser
- Raimondo Bidebent: Siegfried Vogel
- Alisa: Czeslawa Slania
- Normanno: Christopher Doig

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