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Episode 5

Episode 5 of 5

In this final chapter Donald Macleod and Roger Parker look at how composers like Puccini responded to the artistic currents prevailing at the beginning of the twentieth century and how elements of verismo spread beyond Italy.

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Fri 21 May 2010 22:00

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  • Pietro Mascagni

    Un di ero piccina (Act 2, Iris)

    Performer: Renee Fleming (Iris), Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marco Armiliato (conductor),

    • Decca 478 1533.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Fanciulla del West , Start of Act 3

    Performer: Francis Egerton (tenor) Nick, Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Rance, Robert Lloyd (bass) Ashby, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta (conductor),

    • DG 419 6402 2.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers

    Performer: Judith Howard (Avis), David Wilson-Johnson (Lawrence), Annemarie Sand (Jack), Anthony Roden (Tallan), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (Harvey), 大象传媒 Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society, Odaline de la Martinez (conductor),

    • Conifer Classics CDCF2501.
    • 15.
  • Riccardo Zandonai

    Francesca da Rimini, Act 3

    Performer: Elena Filipova (soprano), Frederic Kalt (tenor), Vienna Symphony, Fabio Luisi (conductor) ,

    • Koch 3-1368-2/A&B.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Jenufa, Jenufa's Prayer from Act 2

    Performer: Elisabeth Soderstrom (Jenufa), Eva Randova (Kostelni膷ka), Vienna Philharmonic, Charles Mackerras (conductor),

    • Deca 414 485-2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Giacomo Puccini - Il tabarro (Il trittico) Finale: Nulla!....Silenzio! 鈥.T'ho colto!.

    Performer: Carlo Guelfi (Michele), Maria Guleghina (Giorgetta), Neil Shicoff (Luigi), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

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