Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele (Cesare Siepi, Mario Del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Lucia Danieli, Piero De Palma, Florianna Cavalli; Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Di Santa Cecila; Tullio Serafin, Conductor) 1958 Decca Studio Recording Reissued on the Great Opera Performances Label

Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele (Cesare Siepi, Mario Del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Lucia Danieli, Piero De Palma, Florianna Cavalli; Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Di Santa Cecila; Tullio Serafin, Conductor) 1958 Decca Studio Recording Reissued on the Great Opera Performances Label

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Composer: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Performer: Cesare Siepi
Performer: Mario Del Monaco
Performer: Renata Tebaldi
Performer: Lucia Danieli
Performer: Piero De Palma
Performer: Florinda Cavalli
Edition: Music CD
Audio: Italian (Unknown)
Format: Import, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 140 minutes
Published: 2008
Music Label: Great Opera Performances

Description of Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele (Cesare Siepi, Mario Del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Lucia Danieli, Piero De Palma, Florianna Cavalli; Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Di Santa Cecila; Tullio Serafin, Conductor) 1958 Decca Studio Recording Reissued on the Great Opera Performances Label

On Great Opera Performances GOP66389; 2 CD's; This recording has in Siepi a real Italian bass with a fine sense of line and a genuine enjoyment of Boito's words. Phrases that are often merely snarled are here truly sung, and Siepi's is the only devil to suggest in the quartet that he is trying to seduce Martha, and that he will very probably succeed. There is incisiveness and grain there, too, to add menace to his suavity. This was a central role in Siepi's repertory, and we're fortunate that he recorded it while he was still at the height of his powers. Tebaldi gives one of the best accounts of "L'altra notte" on record, strongly sung and very touching in its suggestion of grieving guilt; she makes reliably beautiful sounds. Del Monaco sings "Dai campi, dai prati" without the slightest acknowledgement of its poetry, but the splendour of the sound and his instinctive feeling for legato have their own allure, and they give nobility to his finely phrased "Giunto sul passo estremo". Cavalli sings Elena strongly, with a dramatic and fearless account of "Notte, cupa, truce", and the secondary parts are characterfully done. Serafin's care for Boito's often rather old-fashioned cantabile, his quirky rhythms and orchestral colours is scrupulous throughout. If you were buying a Mefistofele, this should be you choice. Great Opera Performances does not include a libretto with this set, but one is easily obtainable from other sources.

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