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Carlos en de Uilenspiegel
Giuseppe Verdi

Frank Groothof

Carlos en de Uilenspiegel

Price: € 12.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917200027
Catnr: CC 72000
Release date: 26 December 2012
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Challenge Classics
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0608917200027
Catalogue number
CC 72000
Release date
26 December 2012
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This time the dutch actor Frank Groothof makes Verdi's opera Don Carlos accessible for children. Sjoerd Kuyper wrote the text for Groothof's show.
Het is de vraag of geschiedenisleraren erg gelukkig zijn met dit moderne sprookje van Frank Groothof, dat wel heel losjes gebaseerd is op historische feiten. Hoe vaak zullen kinderen nog praten over keizer Philips II van Spanje bijgenaamd 'De schone' en zijn zoon Carlos 'Uilenspiegel'? Jammer voor de docenten, dat deze cd nu net een van de leukste is in de serie operabewerkingen door Frank Groothof. Er valt veel te lachen voor jong en oud en dan zijn er ook nog de mooie melodieën van Verdi die je voortdurend aan het neuriën zetten: de Triomfmars, het Zigeunerkoor, La Donna è Mobile enzovoort. De Nederlandse teksten kunnen alleen behoorlijk afwijken van de oorspronkelijke. "[...] hier is geen plaats voor jou, kind, want jij bent geen zoontje van mij", zingt Philips op een plaats waar de originele tekst luidt: "O geef mij mijn dochter terug, alles in de wereld is zij voor mij". Toch gaat het hier om uitstekende arrangementen voor het Quintetto Inquisitio (viool, altviool, cello, accordeon, klarinet en saxofoons). Naast Frank Groothof als Carlos, Philips en de Aartsbisschop, is Winnie Pollard te horen als Philips' echtgenote Eboli. (Bron: muziekweb.nl)

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Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as one of the most important, and most popular, opera composers of Italy. Few composers knew how to balance artistic ideals and commericial interersts like him. He was a composer of 'hits', like his 'La donna è mobile' from his opera Rigoletto and his 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' from his opera Nabucco, and he was careful not to have his audience feel bored at any moment. Especially his early works are characterised by strongly propelling, rhytmic power. A common example is his Il Trovatore.  Yet, Verdi was also a composer with ideals. If he would get intrigued by a character, it became his mission to portray to persona as best as he could in the music. This sometimes meant he was forced...
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Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as one of the most important, and most popular, opera composers of Italy. Few composers knew how to balance artistic ideals and commericial interersts like him. He was a composer of 'hits', like his "La donna è mobile" from his opera Rigoletto and his "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" from his opera Nabucco, and he was careful not to have his audience feel bored at any moment. Especially his early works are characterised by strongly propelling, rhytmic power. A common example is his Il Trovatore. Yet, Verdi was also a composer with ideals. If he would get intrigued by a character, it became his mission to portray to persona as best as he could in the music. This sometimes meant he was forced to alter or neglect traditional opera forms, like he did in Rigoletto. He was not afraid to touch on socially sensitive matters, which at times led to issues with the establishment. For instance, his opera La traviata turned out to be a controversial one, due to its courtesan heroine. Verdi never engaged in the intellectual discussions on music of his time. He pretended to be a simple man who felt most at home in the countryside. Nonetheless, with the masterful fugal ending of his last opera Falstaff he undoubtedly showed his intellectual level of composing.


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