Verdi: I Lombardi
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Composer: Giuseppe VerdiConductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Placido Domingo
Performer: Cristina Deutekom
Performer: Ruggero Raimondi
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-10-19
Music Label: Philips
Music reviews of Verdi: I Lombardi
Music Review: Still excellent
Rating: 5 Stars
This was my first introduction to this opera by Verdi, as was the Phillips recording of Attila (which more or less the same singers). It seemed that many early Verdi operas (excepting Nabucco, of course) were simply names in the history books. Then out came a number of fine recordings of these operas (my favorite is Il Corsaro with Caballe, Carrarras, and Norman). Some of the music in this opera would be used again in other Verdi operas (the introductory ensemble would become Manrico's vengeance lines in the last act of Trovatore when Leonora admits she was sacrificing herself for him), but in a far less florid format. As a whole, the opera has its good moments, and its dull moments. However, it is basically rather good, and like most of Verdi's operas of this time period, not all that long. I truly enjoyed the singing, even though Deutekom's voice was sort of unusual to me. A friend called it "cluckatura" for it reminded her of a hen clucking. It didn't really remind me of that, but it was sort of in and out of a bottle sound. It was just so different from what I was used to with Sills or Sutherland. However, I came to like it very much realizing what I was hearing was a true separation of the notes in a proper legato line needed for clear coloratura. When I bought her "Queen of the night" it seemed that quality, that "cluckatura" was not evident, even though the wonderful clean attack was still there. I guess what really surprised me was the drama she put into the music. I wasn't expecting someone with such a light bright sounding voice to put so much heft into the singing without ever forcing or pushing the voice. The fast vibrato didn't bother me at all, for Leontyne Price has a fast vibrato, and so do some other singers. Slow wobbles, on the other hand, really bug me. The score is sung exactly to the note, not high note endings, nothing like that at all. It was still very enjoyable. I rated it so highly because it was an excellent recording, and an excellent representation of the work. The singers did a fine job bringing the characters to life, and at times that is hard when the music seems so at odds with the drama (the "happy smugglers" chorus is an example; in reality it is a group of people out to kill someone, but Verdi convinced me only of a group of happy smugglers were on the stage).
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