IL Castello di Kenilworth

Jessica Pratt, Orchestra Donizetti Opera & Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza - Donizetti: Il castello di Kenilworth (2019)

Jessica Pratt, Orchestra Donizetti Opera & Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza - Donizetti: Il castello di Kenilworth (2019)
FLAC (tracks) | 02:10:35 | 588 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Dynamic

Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il Castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples’ San Carlo in 1829. Drawn from a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera was unjustly long neglected. This recording features the original version, with the role of Warney entrusted to a tenor (which the composer changed into a baritone in the 1836 revision of the score).Il Castello di Kenilworth is the first of the several successful works to follow that Donizetti based on British history, introducing the character of Queen Elizabeth I, torn by the inner struggle between a monarch’s duty and a woman’s feelings. The fundamental pivot of the drama is the antagonism between the two female characters who both dwell and suffer in their loneliness, in a male-dominated world.
Riccardo Frizza, Orchestra Donizetti Opera - Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth (2019)

Riccardo Frizza, Orchestra Donizetti Opera - Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth (2019)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 139 min | 7,11 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Dynamic | Sub: Italiano, English, Francais, Deutsch, Japanese, Korean | Recorded: 2018

Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il Castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples’ San Carlo in 1829. Drawn from a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera was unjustly long neglected. This recording features the original version, with the role of Warney entrusted to a tenor (which the composer changed into a baritone in the 1836 revision of the score). Il Castello di Kenilworth is the first of the several successful works to follow that Donizetti based on British history, introducing the character of Queen Elizabeth I, torn by the inner struggle between a monarch’s duty and a woman’s feelings.
Riccardo Frizza, Orchestra Donizetti Opera - Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth (2019) [BDRip]

Riccardo Frizza, Orchestra Donizetti Opera - Donizetti: Il Castello di Kenilworth (2019) [BDRip]
BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,970 fps | 138 min | 6,65 Gb
Audio: Italiano / AC3 / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 640 Kbps
Classical | Dynamic | Sub: Italian, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean

Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il Castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples’ San Carlo in 1829. Drawn from a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera was unjustly long neglected. This recording features the original version, with the role of Warney entrusted to a tenor (which the composer changed into a baritone in the 1836 revision of the score).Il Castello di Kenilworth is the first of the several successful works to follow that Donizetti based on British history, introducing the character of Queen Elizabeth I, torn by the inner struggle between a monarch’s duty and a woman’s feelings. The fundamental pivot of the drama is the antagonism between the two female characters who both dwell and suffer in their loneliness, in a male-dominated world.

Joyce Didonato - Stella di Napoli (2014)  Music

Posted by SERTiL at March 22, 2017
Joyce Didonato - Stella di Napoli (2014)

Joyce Didonato - Stella di Napoli
Classical | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 72:07 min | 292 MB
Label: Erato - Warner Classics | Tracks: 10 | Rls.date: 2014

An Official Specialist Classical Chart No.1 best-seller, Stella di Napoili boasts world premiere recordings and Italianate rarities from the queen of Bel Canto and coloratura. Following the success of her crowd-sourced ‘Best Of’ collection reJoyce and her electrifying Drama Queens album of Baroque arias, Joyce DiDonato returns to her heartland repertoire to celebrate the birth of Bel Canto opera in 19th-century Naples.
Joyce DiDonato - Stella di Napoli (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Joyce DiDonato, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon & Riccardo Minasi - Stella di Napoli (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 72:07 minutes | 1.25 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

On Stella di Napoli (Star of Naples), the American mezzo-soprano’s creamy tone and dramatic prowess breathe new life into little-known arias by Mercadante, Michele Carafa (a student of Cherubini and close friend of Rossini), Carlo Valentini and the prolific opera composer Giovanni Pacini, whose Stella di Napoli (1845) gives the album its title. Joyce worked closely with Italian conductor Riccardo Minasi (whose previous projects include Bellini’s Norma with Cecilia Bartoli) to bring three unjustly neglected arias to light in new editions and world premiere recordings.