Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Sutherland, NPO, Bonynge

Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Sutherland, NPO, Bonynge

Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Sutherland, NPO, Bonynge
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Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Joan Sutherland
Performer: Marilyn Horne
Performer: Giacomo Aragall
Performer: Ingvar Wixell
Performer: David Wilson-Johnson
Performer: Graeme Ewer
Performer: John Brocheler . Graham Clark
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1989-08-04
Music Label: Decca (Universal)
Soundtracks:
  1. Preludio
  2. Nella Fatal Di Rimini (Orsini )
  3. Tranquillo Ei Posa ( Lucrezia )
  4. Com'Ã? Bello! ( Lucrezia )
  5. Ciel! - Che Vegg'io- ( Lucrezia - Gennaro)
  6. Di Pescatore Ignobile (Gennaro )
  7. Gente Apressa ( Lucrezia )
  8. Maffio Orsini, Signora Son Io (Orsini )
  9. Nei Veneto Corteggio To Ravvisasti (Duca)
  10. Vieni La Mia Vendetta (Duca)
  11. Addio, Gennaro ( Orsini - Livorotti - Vittellozo - Petrucci - Gazella )
  12. Qui! Che Fai- ( Rustighello)
  13. Non Far Motto, Parti, Sgombra ( Rustighello - Scherani )
  14. Tutto Esiguisti ( Duca)
  15. Cosi! Turbate- (Duca)
  16. Soli Noi Siamo (Duca)
  17. E Si Avverso A Gennaro Chi Vi FÃ? ( Lucrezia)
  18. Oh! A Te Barda, A Te Stesso Pon Mente ( Lucrezia)
  19. ( Duca)
  20. ( Duca)
  21. ( Duca)
  22. ( Lucrezia)
  23. Partir Degg'io Lo Vuol Lucrezia ( Gennaro)
  24. T'armo Qual Dama Un Angelo ( Gennaro)
  25. Rischiarata Ã? La Finestra ( Scherani)
  26. Sei Tu- - Son Io (Gennaro - Orsini )
  27. Minacciata Ã? La Mia Vita ( Gennaro)
  28. Va, Se Vuio; Tentar M'Ã? Caro (Orsini )
  29. Stolti! Ei Corre Alla Negroni! ( Rustighello)
  30. Viva Il Madera! (Liverotto)
  31. Il Segretto Per Esser Felici (Orsini)
  32. Vovi Di Dientro
  33. Tu Pur Qui- Non Sei Fuggito- ( Lucrezia)
  34. Madre, Se Ognor Lontano ( Gennaro)
  35. Era Desso Il Figlio Mio ( Lucrezia)

Music reviews of Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Sutherland, NPO, Bonynge

Music Review: Viva The Diva: A Listening Pleasure
Rating: 5 Stars

Joan Sutherland was a beautiful Australian opera singer. Her voice is rich, full and big. Her husband conductor Richard Bonynge helped establish her as one of the reigning divas of the 60's and 70's. Together with sopranos Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe, Joan Sutherland provided much of the efforts in reviving bel canto operas, particularily those of Donizetti. Before the 60's, bel canto opera and especially Donizetti, was considered beautiful showcases for the singers, elegant ensembles and gorgeous vocals without any dramatic weight or without any real impressive fire. To an extent, this is true. The vocals in many of the soprano arias are very beautiful and pleasurable to hear. Light coloratura interpolated with legato, slow and restrained flowing lines. However, thanks to the efforts of the 60's songbirds Beverly Sills and Joan Sutherland the operas became a lot more. Finally, Donizetti got the recognition he deserved as a composer of dramatic operas.

Although I personally feel that Beverly Sills did the most for reviving these operas and making them real powerful stuff as drama, Joan Sutherland served audiences as a reminder that bel canto is a listening pleasure. To watch her perform, Joan Sutherland did not always convince you in dramatic roles. Try as she would, she just did'nt put as much effort into her acting. If she had, she would have been exactly like Maria Callas who she was trying to emulate. She's been in many dramatic bel canto operas however - Lucia Di Lammermoor and Bellini's Norma. Her Norma has long been considered her signature role and her best and I agree. On recording, at least you get listening pleasure from hearing her voice, even if there is little to no acting.

Lucrezia Borgia is in many ways Donizetti's more demanding works for a soprano. Other than Queen Elizabeth I in Roberto Devereux, the role of Lucrezia Borgia is classified as a highly challenging dramatic character to sing. Lucrezia must come off as scheming, evil and tempting. She is beautiful, vain, impetuous. Who knows how the historic Lucrezia Borgia was like. The Borgias, of course, were dubbed villainous and power-hungry in Renaissance Italy and it was Lucrezia's own relative Cesare Borgia who tainted her name by such accusations as adultery and poisoning her own son. In the opera, although Lucrezia is a fierce woman, she wants to re-connect with her estranged son. This is another side to her character, her lighter side, her motherly side. This is appropriately full for a character in opera, and especially in a diva role. If you've seen Roberto Devereux or heard it on recording, Queen Elizabeth is two sides of a coin- jealousy, rage and awesome majesty and soft romantic love-struck woman. The same goes for Lucrezia- she's both light and dark. This recording only showcases Joan Sutherland's beautiful singing voice. She is fine in some portions but she fails to convey drama and power in many other portions, especially the portions where she is required to be dramatic and to act. Thus, this is only a must have recording if you are a hardcore fan of Joan Sutherland. You may also see her in the DVD release of her live performance as Lucrezia Borgia. I feel she's giving a better performance on the live performance and not on this studio recording.

Here's the best advice I can give you if you want to hear the best Lucrezia: Try to sample different sopranos other than Joan Sutherland who have sang Lucrezia- they are Montserrat Caballe (dramatic, powerful voice, beautiful legato and pianissimo) Beverly Sills (the best dramatic inflection, perfect legato, fantastic coloratura and my personal favorite Lucrezia. For Beverly's rare Lucrezia, which never made it into a recording, you have to buy the recording "Sillsiana" which features Beverly doing a number of bel canto arias including Lucrezia). Finally, for a recent, more updated soprano who has sang Lucrezia, listen to Renee Fleming, who has a recording of bel canto heroine arias. Her Lucrezia Borgia is excellent. Renee Fleming looks the part, is dramatic, convincing, and a mixture of beautiful voice and dark voice. But kudos to all the sopranos who have dared take on the role of Lucrezia, including Joan Sutherland.

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