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tonight, tonight

by | 8:19 am | Jan 8, 2009

UPDATE: A quick preview of tonight’s (this afternoon’s, actually) spectacular radio broadcast of I puritani from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

First, a hint of some of the “new” musical ideas in this edition of Puritani. This is the final cabaletta of the opera, performed (as it was apparently originally intended) as a duet for tenor and soprano.

“Senti, o mio bel angelo”

And here a snippet on YouTube of a moment slightly earlier in the opera. (Mon ami Pedro tells me that the production is to be telecast and released on DVD, which would explain the onstage presence of cameras during the prova generale.)

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/7HQ02zDrjOs" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Elvira: Nino Machaidze
Lord Arturo Talbo: Juan Diego Florez
Sir Riccardo Forth: Gabriele Viviani
Sir Giorgio: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Direttore: Michele Mariotti
Regia, scene, costumi e luci: Pier’Alli

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106 Comments

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  • armerjacquino says:

    Wasn’t it always her plan to move into acting?

    on January 13, 2009 at 2:24 PM
  • Bitter and By Gay says:

    She should go already…But that won’t happen because she will instantly be forgotten as a mere “actress”…

    on January 13, 2009 at 3:25 PM
  • Hal says:

    1. I don’t see Florez scheduled to do this opera at the Met anytime soon.
    2. Yes, Celso Albelo sounds fine in the You Tube clip I heard. Needs a bit more polish but his voice is better for the role than Florez’s.
    3. If you compare Florez here with clips of him doing Puritani in 2004 in the Canary Islands, I think the 2004 singing was better. This might be simply due to a better recording then, however. His voice is too “one dimensional” for this role. Lacks nuance and changes of color.

    on February 3, 2009 at 2:21 AM
  • Thackeray Gnomey says:

    manou — I know just what you mean about JDF, but I have to say that I have been very impressed recently by young Korean singers’ sense of language and style in European opera … often better than that of Americans — or Europeans themselves!

    on February 3, 2009 at 4:06 AM
  • manou says:

    TG (104) Yes, of course – I was just being flippant (and did apologize for the slur…). I was referring to Korean instrumentalists who sometimes sound like the mechanical piano in Harrods. It is highly unusual that so many Koreans (and Japanese) are so devoted to European classical music – they are often seen at concerts reading the score – and yet the reverse does not seem to be true: are you a fan of Far-Eastern music?

    on February 3, 2009 at 5:01 AM
  • Amanda S says:

    Great quality stuff.

    on April 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM
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