Monday, 19 November 2012

Bel Canto Festival in December in Marseille Opera house, Mariella is back!

Last season, almost at the same time of the year we enjoyed Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, so rarely performed. The cast,with Mariella Devia, was fantastic. It is also another mini Bel Canto festival which will take place at the very start of December, starring Mariella Devia in a demanding and wonderful programme
SAMEDI 1ER DÉCEMBRE 2012 à 20h • OPÉRA DE MARSEILLE Direction musicale : ALAIN GUINGAL MARIELLA DEVIA, Soprano 1ÈRE PARTIE GIOACCHINO ROSSINI • Italiana in Algeri, Ouverture VINCENZO BELLINI • I Capuleti e I Montecchi, air de « Ho quante volte » • Norma, Ouverture • Norma, air de « Casta diva » GAETANO DONIZETTI • Anna Bolena, air de la scène finale « Piangete voi » 2ÈME PARTIE GIUSEPPE VERDI • Nabucco, Ouverture • Il Corsaro, Romance de Medora « Non son le tetre immagini » • I Lombardi alla prima crociata, air de Giselda « Non fu sogno » • I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Prélude du final de l’acte 3 • La Traviata, scène finale de l’acte 1 « E strano sempre libera » Orchestre philharmonique de Marseille. The second part of what I refer to as a kind of 'Festival' is the concert version of Poliuto also hardly performed. Poliuto Tragédie lyrique en 3 actes D’après Polyeucte de Pierre Corneille. Livret de Salvatore Cammarano. Création à Naples, Teatro San Carlo, en 1838. Première représentation à l’Opéra de Marseille. VERSION CONCERTANTE Direction musicale : ALAIN GUINGAL DISTRIBUTION Paolina : DANIELA DESSI Poliuto : MASSIMILIANO PISAPIA Severo : VITTORIO VITELLI Callistène : WOJTEK SMILEK Nearco : STANISLAS DE BARBEYRAC Felice / un Chrétien : PAUL ROSNER Un Chrétien : ALAIN HERRIAU Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Marseille I was really thrilled to discover the couple Dessi-Armiliato in this work. Poliuto Tragédie lyrique en 3 actes D’après Polyeucte de Pierre Corneille. Livret de Salvatore Cammarano. Création à Naples, Teatro San Carlo, en 1838. Première représentation à l’Opéra de Marseille. VERSION CONCERTANTE Direction musicale : ALAIN GUINGAL DISTRIBUTION Paolina : DANIELA DESSI Poliuto : MASSIMILIANO PISAPIA Severo : VITTORIO VITELLI Callistène : WOJTEK SMILEK Nearco : STANISLAS DE BARBEYRAC Felice / un Chrétien : PAUL ROSNER Un Chrétien : ALAIN HERRIAU Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Marseille But Fabio Armiliato has been replaced, and I send all my best wishes to him for a rapid recovery . From the Youtube extracts I find him a true fine Italian tenor with musicality and sincere expressions.

2 comments:

  1. I apologise for this lack of paragraphs which is unfair to the artists on both billboards
    , but the new Blogger system does not allow me to space this text I do not know why. Sorry.

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  2. Don't worry - it's fun trying to decipher what is what and be envious of your joys to come!

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