Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores stories of love, revolution and socialist realism in operas from Mascagni, Catalani, Giordano and Puccini.
The success of Mascagni and Leoncavallo encouraged a wave of young composers to bring a sense of reality of their theatrical productions. Today Donald Macleod and Roger Parker look at the work of Catalani, best known for the aria used in the French film "Diva", Giordano, who introduced socialist principles to a tale of aristocratic love in the French revolution and the work that catapulted Puccini to fame and fortune, his adaptation of the tale of the courtesan Manon Lescaut.
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Pietro Mascagni
l'Amico Fritz (Act 2): Suzel, buon d矛 (cherry duet)
Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Orchestra of Deutsche Opera, Alberto Veronesi (conductor)
- DG 289 477 8358.
- 14.
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Alfredo Catalani
Loreley: Amor, celeste ebbrezza
Performer: Mirella Freni (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Roberto Abbado (conductor)
- Decca 433 416 聽.
- 10.
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Alfredo Catalani
La Wally, Act 1: Hagenbach? L'aborro!..Sei tu che domandata hai la mia man?..Ebben?....Ne
Performer: Justino Diaz (Stromminger), Piero Cappuccilli (Gellner), Renata Tebaldi (Wally), Orchestre national de l鈥橭p茅ra de Monte-Carlo, Fausto Cleva (conductor)
- Decca 425 417-2.
- 7 to 9.
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Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut , Act 2 Dispettosetto questo riccio!..In quelle trine morbide鈥oich茅 tu vuo
Performer: Mirella Freni (soprano) Manon, Dwayne Croft (baritone) Lescaut, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
- Decca 440 200-2.
- 13 to 15.
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Umberto Giordano
Andrea Ch茅nier, End of Act 1: Al mio dire perdono ed al mio ardire鈥n d矛 all'azzurro spazi
Performer: Placido Domingo (Ch茅nier), Renata Scotto (Maddalena), Jean Kraft (Countess de Coigny), John Alldis Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
- RCA Victor GD 82046.
- 10 to 12.
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Umberto Giordano
Fedora: Troppo tardi! Tutto tramonta, tutto dilegua
Performer: Renee Fleming (soprano) Fedora, Arturo Chac贸n-Cruz (tenor) Loris, Emma Latis (ragazzo), Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marco Armiliato (conductor)
- Decca 478 1533.
- 14.
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