However, the book published by elisabetta romagnolo, mario del monaco, monumentum aere perennius. Theodore fagan, of jewishenglish background was born in buenos aires, argentina on feb. What a powerful voice and solid technique, definitely the best otello and canio. Mario del monaco was born on july 27, 1915, in florence, italy, in the same region that would later produce franco corelli. His contributions have been invaluable it his contributions have been invaluable it was he that drew me into the email correspondence with tony locantro of emi.
People would still purchase this if it was for 7 or 8 cds. Baritone robert merrill and tenor jussi bjoerling recorded a gorgeous batch of duets, including solenne in questora, for rca in 195051. May 6, 2020 explore karvinens board mario del monaco, followed by 544. Duettino, don alvarodon carlo, solenne in questoradon alvaro, wounded and unconscious, is brought in in on a stretcher by four grenadiers. He was an actor, known for the untouchables 1987, wall street 1987 and action jackson 1988. Audio recording, excerpts, verdi, giuseppe library of. Ettore bastianini mario del monaco solenne in quest. While thats enviable from our current perspective, two and a half is still not enough to mount, say, four simultaneous productions at that level somewhere in the world, which is. This is one of the three or four most satisfying recordings of this great, sprawling opera and two of th. Bastianini, mario del monaco, cesare siepi, fernando. Mario del monaco 27 july 1915 16 october 1982 was an italian operatic tenor. Act iii, scene 1, scene, don carlosurgeondon alvaro, piano, qui posi.
With tebaldi, del monaco, and capecchi making two appearances each, we have here about two and a half outstanding forza casts in the postwar 77. Scuoti quella fronda flower duet madama butterfly, act ii. Both are shouting the hell out of this subtle, lyrical piece, and verdi must have been rotating in his tomb ever since they committed this recording in 1955. Recommending to his dear colleague the student adolphe donadieu.
Solenne in questora is one of the great tenorbaritone duets, by no means inferior to the much better known friendship duet from don carlo, just as the tremendous scene between leonora and padre guardiano in the end of act 2 is the ultimate set piece for soprano and bass. Officially, however, he debuted in the 194041 season at the teatro puccini in milan, as pinkerton in madama butterfly it was only after world war ii that the full. Silvio,a quest orai pagliacci lucine amara,mario sereni silviomario del monaco, dimitri mitropoulos youtube leoncavallo i pagliacci del monacotucciprotti. It is a very hard work for me to compile it as a hobby, so if you take information from it, mention my website, please. Discover music on discogs, the largest online music database. Mario del monaco alvaro, zinka milanov leonora, leonard warren don carlo. Del monacowarren solenne in questora in 1957 tenor flaviano labo made an unheralded debut at the met in forza. The singing is superb, with the right level of dramatic expression and intense sentiment in what is a truly excellent performance. The partnership with freni is less of a success, mainly because the very translucence of domingos tone shows up the roughness in frenis.
His early education included five years at a boarding school in england. Solenne in questora neil kurtzman medicine and opera. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists. One inevitable intrusion is the everpresent prompter who should have had his name included in the cast list. Three titanic tenors del monaco, corelli, and tucker. Renata tebaldi, mario del monaco, ettore bastianini, giulietta. That career began in earnest with del monacos debut on 31. Bastianini is coresponsible for one of the worst duo recordings ever made, solenne in questora with mario del monaco. Act 3 swear in this hour catalog record only victrola. The notes are accessible, easy reading yet informative but appear solely in. The heroic tenor mario del monaco sounds fresh and virile in this 1955 recording, and in a grand rebuttal of the nonsensical remark of his being unable to sing soft, he rendered a solo aria in the second act so lyrical and sweet as to rebut the most diehard of his critics.
It would appear from the letters content that the intended addressee is auber, d. On a good point, the mario del monaco set from documents is a lot better as you get well over 10 hours of music. Buy and sell music with collectors in the marketplace. Guide to the ted fagan collection california digital library. Both tucker and domingo outshine mario del monaco, a fine alvaro, who is, sadly, mostly too loud, and by molinaripradelli whose tempos seem less unerringly right when del monaco is centre stage. Each features the incomparable mario del monaco as alvaro and the distinguished ettore bastianini as carlo.
Lucilla udovick nino del sole plinio clabassi franco corelli renata mattioli mario borriello mario carlin renato ercolani teodoro rovetta fernando previtali giulio bertola melodram gm 5. Giuseppe verdi, dimitri mitropoulos, fedora barbieri. I have been purchasing these 10cd box sets for several years and i can only see the situation getting worse. He made his initial appearance, in 1939, in pesaro as turiddu in mascagnis cavalleria rusticana. Giacomo aragall listen to giacomo aragall on deezer. Mario del monaco as verdis otello, 1955 mario, book writer, opera singers. Mario del monaco e ettore bastianini solenne in quest. Orchestra of the accademia di santa cecilia, francesco molinaripradelli, cond. The main difference is that renata tebaldi leonora and mario del monaco alvaro seem as if electrified by the live event. When the opera was broadcast in january of 1958 mario sereni assumed the role of don carlo. Solenne in questoramario del monaco, ettore bastianini, orchestra dellaccademia nazionale di santa cecilia, francesco molinaripradelli 04. Listen to solenne in questora, he and ettore bastianini were unbelievable.