Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - I Vespri Siciliani (1999)
Cover Front Album
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Conductor James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble I New Philharmonia Orchestra
Length 186:42
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I John Alldis Choir
Chorus Master John Alldis
Index 579
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Arroyo; Domingo; Milnes; Raimondi; Morris; Ewing; Goeke; Van Allan; Sharpe; Collins; Byers
Credits
Producer Richard Mohr
Label BMG/RCA
Catalog Line Opera Treasury
Track List
66:16
01 Overture 08:46
02 Act I: "A te, ciel natio" 03:56
03 Act I: "Qual s'offre al mio sguardo" 01:31
04 Act I: "O mio fratel, Fererigo!" 00:49
05 Act I: "Assai nappi vuotammo" 01:09
06 Act I: "In alto mare" "Deh! tu calma, O Dio possente" 06:19
07 Act I: "Egli! Oh, ciel!" 00:37
08 Act I: "D'ira fremo all'aspetto tremendo" 02:24
09 Act I: "O donna!" 02:01
10 Act I: "Qual e il tuo nome?" 04:59
11 Act I: "Temerario! Qual ardire!" 02:29
12 Act II: Prelude 01:39
13 Act II: "O patria... O tu, Palermo" 05:19
14 Act II: "Ai nostri fidi nunzio" 00:59
15 Act II: "Santo amor che in me favelli" 03:02
16 Act II: "Miei fidi amici" 01:04
17 Act II: "Ah! nulla! sommesso il core" 01:49
18 Act II: "Quale, o prode, al tuo coraggio" 01:49
19 Act II: "Presso alla tomba ch'apressi" 04:19
20 Act II: "Cavalier, questo foglio" 01:35
21 Act II: Tarantella 01:38
22 Act II: "La vaghe spose" 00:45
23 Act II: "Viva la guerra!" 01:49
24 Act II: "Il rossor mi corpi" 00:59
25 Act II: "Per lui non ebbi oltraggio!" 01:14
26 Act II: "Del piacer s'avanza l'ora!" 03:16
59:00
01 Act III: Scene 1: Prelude 00:51
02 Act III: Scene 1: "Si, m'abboriva ed a ragion!" 01:41
03 Act III: Scene 1: "Il cavaliero ricusava" 00:44
04 Act III: Scene 1: "In braccio alle dovizie" 06:29
05 Act III: Scene 1: "Sogno, o son desto?" 01:43
06 Act III: Scene 1: "Quando al mio sen per te parlava" 01:42
07 Act III: Scene 1: "Mentre contemplo quel volto amato" 02:48
08 Act III: Scene 1: "Parola fatale!" 00:37
09 Act III: Scene 1: "Ah! figlio, invano crudo mi chiami" 02:11
10 Act III: Scene 1: "Ombra diletta, che in ciel riposi" 01:33
11 Act III: Scene 2: Ballet: Winter 06:16
12 Act III: Scene 2: Ballet: Spring 07:41
13 Act III: Scene 2: Ballet: Summer 04:56
14 Act III: Scene 2: Ballet: Autumn 08:56
15 Act III: Scene 2: "O splendide feste!" 00:42
16 Act III: Scene 2: "Arrigo, su te veglia l'amistade" 02:42
17 Act III: Scene 2: "Di tai piacer, per te novelli" 01:27
18 Act III: Scene 2: "Fra ceppe, ola s'adduca ognum" 03:38
19 Act III: Scene 2: "Ah, donna! pietade, amici!" 02:23
61:26
01 Act IV: Prelude 02:08
02 Act IV: "E di Monforte il cenno!" 02:46
03 Act IV: "Giorno di pianto" 04:28
04 Act IV: "O sdegno miei... Ah! volgi il guardo" 01:44
05 Act IV: "Non fu tua mano, o indgno" 01:30
06 Act IV: "Se dincero e quell'accento" 01:27
07 Act IV: "Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core" 03:41
08 Act IV: "Pensando a me" 03:33
09 Act IV: "Amica man" 01:13
10 Act IV: "I cenni tuoi, signor?" 02:52
11 Act IV: "Addio, mia patria, invendicato" 01:34
12 Act IV: "Addio, mia patria amata" 02:25
13 Act IV: "De profundis slamavi ad te" 02:08
14 Act IV: "Mi reggi tu, gran Dio!" 01:59
15 Act IV: "Ministro di morte, arresta!" 00:51
16 Act IV: "Oh, mia sorpresa, oh giubilo" 01:59
17 Act IV: "Omai rapito in estasi" 01:57
18 Act V: "Si celebri alfine" 02:43
19 Act V: "Merce, dilette amiche" 03:56
20 Act V: "La brezza aleggio intorno" 03:12
21 Act V: "Al tuo cor generoso, oh donna" 02:26
22 Act V: "Ecco per l'aura spiegasi" 01:33
23 Act V: "Sorte fatal! Oh, fier cimento!" 02:51
24 Act V: "In fra noi due s'oppone" 01:02
25 Act V: "M'ingannasti, o traditrice" 03:25
26 Act V: "Ah, vieni, il mio mortal dolore" 02:03
Personal
Purchase Date 2/16/2000
Value $35.50
Store Best Buy, Clearwater
Condition 100%
Librettist Eugene Scribe; Charles Duveyrier
Nationality Italian
Premiere Opera, Paris, June 13, 1855
"Form" Opera in Five Acts
Language Italian
Period Romantic
Details
Studio N/A
Catalog Number 09026-63492-2
Live No
Recording Date 12/5/2002
Spars ADD
Reissue Yes
Sound Stereo
Notes
Elena: Martina Arroyo
Arrigo: Placido Domingo
Guido di Monforte: Sherrill Milnes
Giovanni da Procida: Ruggero Raimondi
Danieli: Leo Goeke
Ninetta: Maria Ewing
Roberto: James Morris
Tebaldo: Kenneth Collins
Bethune: Terrance Sharpe
Vaudemont: Richard Van Allan
Manfredo: Byers

Notes, illustrations, text and translaion

Essay: "I vespri siciliani: How it Came to Be - What it Came to Be" by Irving Kolodin