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TBA

Tba

TBA

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525512702
Catnr: GLO 5127
Release date: 19 August 2002
1 CD
 
Label
Globe
UPC
8711525512702
Catalogue number
GLO 5127
Release date
19 August 2002
Album
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
NL

About the album

Aangrijpende interpretaties van werken uit opera Tosca
Na de release van de live opname van Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera in oktober 1993 kwam er een andere live opname met de grote en geliefde sopraan Gré Brouwenstijn. Dit was het antwoord op de vele, vele verzoeken die we kregen voor meer albums van deze superieure zangeres.

De titelrol in Tosca was één van Brouwenstijns grootste partijen die ze in grote operatheaters van over de hele wereld zong, waaronder het Bolshoj in Moskou en de Vienna State Opera met Herbert von Karajan als dirigent. Hoewel Tosca één van de meest opgenomen werken uit het operarepertoire is is dit een aangrijpende interpretatie dat weer het hoge uitvoeringsniveau laat zien waar Brouwenstijn zo beroemd om was.

Een andere belangrijke partij in dit werk, dat van Scarpia, werd in deze editie door bariton Jan Derksen op zich genomen. Zijn vertolking van de kwaadaardige baron evenaart die van grote baritons zoals Leonard Warren en Tito Gobbi.

De opname werd in 1969 gemaakt en heeft een goede balans tussen podium en orkest en heeft een duidelijke theatersfeer.

Composer(s)

Giacomo Puccini

The Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini is viewed as the most important succesor of Giuseppe Verdi. Puccini was a true theatre man, who knew how to combine words, gesture and music seamlessly to emotionally touch the audience. Puccini's creative process was a tormented him. Often, librettists had to swallow a lot before he was satisfied with the text. Because of this, he only composed relatively few operas, but among those are some real masterworks. In his opera Tosca, Puccini knows how to keep the audience on the edge of their seats, and in his operas La Bohème and Madame Butterfly, it is hard not to weep in the end. Moreover, Puccini was able to compose arias which Verdi would have called 'something for the organ...
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The Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini is viewed as the most important succesor of Giuseppe Verdi. Puccini was a true theatre man, who knew how to combine words, gesture and music seamlessly to emotionally touch the audience. Puccini's creative process was a tormented him. Often, librettists had to swallow a lot before he was satisfied with the text. Because of this, he only composed relatively few operas, but among those are some real masterworks. In his opera Tosca, Puccini knows how to keep the audience on the edge of their seats, and in his operas La Bohème and Madame Butterfly, it is hard not to weep in the end.
Moreover, Puccini was able to compose arias which Verdi would have called "something for the organ grinder": melodies which linger in your head and people sing in the streets. This was proven once again by his famous "Nessun Dorma", which was used for the world championship football, and his "O Mio Babbino Caro" which was used in a well-known commercial. Due to his popularity and commercial success, critics did not acknowledge his talents for a long time. They accused him of a sensationalist approach. His reputation as a lover of women and fast cars certainly didn't help with his image either!
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