Pacini, Giovanni > Mezzo Soprano

Giovanni Pacini: L'Ultimo Giorno Pompei / Raul Gimenez, Iano Tamar, Nicolas Rivenq, Gregory Bonfatti et al.

2 CD / Dynamic / 2012-10-30

Works: Giovanni Pacini: L'Ultimo Giorno di Pompei, opera
Performers: Alekperov, Emil; Bonfatti, Gregory; Giménez, Raúl [Tenor Vocals]; Lee, Sonia; Novaro, Riccardo; Rivenq, Nicolas; Sidorova, Svetlana [Vocals]; Tamar, Iano
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Teatro Bellini of Cantania

This sole available recording of Pacini's masterpiece L'Ultimo giorno di Pompei, unfolding quickly and tightly with exciting solo passages over a carefully written orchestral support,...continue...
Recording information: Martina Franca, Palazzo Ducale, Italy (08/24/1996)....continue...

Maria / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2012-01-17

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina; Dopo tante e tante pene (alternative ending for Rossini's opera Tancredi), rondo; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines di Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 9...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: Fischer, Adam

"[Bartoli] has aimed not only to present Malibran's repertoire but also to capture her sound. Bartoli's rich voice, with its pyrotechnical capabilities and dramatic powers,...continue...
Recording information: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde, Zürich-Oberstras (2006-08-14_2006-08-16&2006-)....continue...

Celebrating 40 Years: Then and Now

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2010-07-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Ermione; Gaetano Donizetti: Ugo conte di Parigi; Parisina; Saverio Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi; Virginia; Giovanni Pacini: Maria regina d'Inghilterra; Alessand...
Performers: Bezdüz, Bülent; Browne, Sandra; Einarsdottir, Thora [Vocals]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Giannattasio, Carmen; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Larmore, Jennifer; Lee, Colin; Massis, Annick; Mi...
Conductors: Parry, David; Francis, Alun; Judd, James; Benini, Maurizio

This disc, featuring some of Opera Rara's finest singers, is dedicated to Sir Peter Moores and the Peter Moores Foundation in recognition of their invaluable...continue...

Grand Tier - Pacini: Saffo / Capuana, Gencer, Mattiucci, Guggia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-02-10

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Saffo
Performers: Bianco, Tito Del; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Maniachi, Vittoria; Mattiucci, Franca; Piacente, Maurizio; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

"The cast of this 1967 performance is excellent, led energetically by Franco Capuana... But of course the center of the revival, and its raison d'etre,...continue...

Pacini: Alessandro nell' Indie / Parry, Ford, Larmore, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Opera Rara / 2008-02-12

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Alessandro Nell' Indie, opera
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Claycomb, Laura; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Larmore, Jennifer; Robinson, Dean; Wilde, Mark
Conductors: Parry, David

The 1824 Naples premiere of 'Alessandro nell’ Indie' established Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867) as one of the city's favorite composers. Using an existing libretto by Metastasio,...continue...

Maria

1 CD / Decca / 2007-11-19

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina; Dopo tante e tante pene (alternative ending for Rossini's opera Tancredi), rondo; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines di Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 9...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Adam, Fischer

Maria / Bartoli, Vengerov, Fischer, Scintilla CO

1 CD / Decca / 2007-10-16

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines de Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 94; Manuel Garcia: El poeta calculista, opera; La figlia dell'aria, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula,...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: ; Fischer, Adam
Ensemble: International Chamber Soloists; Scintilla Chamber Orchestra

Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria...continue...

Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

Pacini Rediscovered / Massis, Larmore, Cullagh, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-11-14

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Adelaide e Comingo, opera; Annetta e Lucindo, opera; Cesare in Egitto, opera; Temistocle, opera; Alessandro Nell' Indie, opera; Il contestabile di Chester, opera; Carlo di Borgogna; ...
Performers: Cashmore, John; Cullagh, Majella; Dolton, Geoffrey; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Kenny, Yvonne; Larmore, Jennifer; Massis, Annick; Matteuzzi, William; McCullough, Susan; Nilon, Paul; O...
Conductors: Parry, David; Allemandi, Antonello

Giovanni Pacicni's first opera, 'Annetta e Lucindo' was produced in 1813, the year of Rossini's 'L'Italiana in Algeri'; his last, 'Berta,' was produced in 1867,...continue...

Paventa Insano - Pacini, Mercadante / Parry, Cullagh, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-05-09

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Il Corsaro, opera; Stella di Napoli, opera; Il contestabile di Chester, opera; Cesare in Egitto, opera; Allan Cameron, opera; Saverio Mercadante: Elena da Feltre, opera; I Normanni a...
Performers: Cullagh, Majella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Massis, Annick; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Polverelli, Laura; Tarver, Kenneth; Waddington, Henry; Wood, Roland
Conductors: Parry, David

Mercadante and Pacini were, in the first place, very close contemporaries, born only five months apart. Both composers, though they may have begun as imitators...continue...

Pacini: Saffo / Capuana, Gencer, Mattiucci, Guggia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Saffo
Performers: Bianco, Tito Del; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Maniachi, Vittoria; Mattiucci, Franca; Piacente, Maurizio; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

If it had not been for Bellini, and Donizetti, and Verdi...and maybe even Cimarosa and Paisiello...Pacini would be famous today. But as he himself sadly...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 8 - Notturno - Music for the Night

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Notturno, for 3 voices, flute & piano; Vincenzo Gabussi: Il voto, for two voices & piano; Venise, for two voices & piano; Gaetano Donizetti: L'alito di Bice ("O profundo delicato"), n...
Performers: Biccire, Patrizia; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kelly, Paul Austin; Larmore, Jennifer; Martin, Jaime; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]

Literally translated as 'nocturne,' the songs on this disc bear little resemblance to the piano pieces of the same name as exemplified by those of...continue...

Bravura Diva / Jennifer Larmore

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2005-08-09

Works: Michael Costa: Eloisa, scena for voice & orchestra; Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Saverio Mercadante: Andronico, opera; Luigi Arditi: Il desìo, bravura ...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Larmore, Jennifer
Conductors: Allemandi, Antonello; Parry, David; Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"It's about time Jennifer Larmore got a razzle-dazzle solo aria album from Opera Rara. After all, she's lent her bel canto expertise to their recordings...continue...

Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna / Parry, Larmore, Ford, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-05-01

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer; Magee, Garry; Natoli, Dominic; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David

"Pacini's music is often stirring, as befits an opera set against the background of Charles the Bold's expoits, and here David Parry conducts it with...continue...

Ferme tes Yeux - Rossini, Adam, Pacini, et al / Matteuzzi

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2001-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory; Il viaggio a Reims; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici; Michelle Carafa: Gabriella di Vergi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; ...
Performers: Cullagh, Majella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Matteuzzi, William; Scano, Elisabetta; Shkosa, Enkelejda; Wood, Roland
Conductors: Parry, David

William Matteuzzi is one of Italy's leading bel canto tenors and a specialist in the works of Rossini; his previous recordings for Opera Rara include...continue...

The Opera Rara Collection Vol 2

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata; L'Assedio di Calais; Gianni da Calais, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Maria di Rudenz; ...
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Banks, Barry; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Te...
Conductors: Parry, David

The success of the first Opera Rara Collection created the demand for this second disc of highlights from their catalog of 19th century rarities. Once...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 2 - La Potenza d'Amore / Miricioiu, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1999-12-10

Works: Ferdinando Paër: La Gloria Al Massimo Degli Eroi, cantata; Giovanni Pacini: Triste Istoria, songs (4) for baritone (voice) & piano; La rampogna, romanza for voice & piano; Gioachino Rossini: Egl...
Performers: Black, Nigel; Cullagh, Majella; Drake, Susan; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Magee, Garry; Matteuzzi, William; Miricioiu, Nelly; Shkosa, Enkelejda; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

This is the second volume in Opera Rara's five-part series devoted to the neglected genre of salon music by 19th century composers. This volume presents...continue...

Bruce Ford - Romantic Heroes / Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-08-10

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna; Gaetano Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande, opera; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Der Nordstern; Saverio Mercadante: Virginia, opera; Federico Ricci: Il mari...
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

Opera Rara presents the first, long-awaited solo recital recording from American bel canto specialist Bruce Ford. So far, most of Ford's work with Opera Rara...continue...

Pacini: Maria Regina d'Inghilterra / Parry, Philharmonia

6 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Maria, regina d'Inghilterra
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Fardilha, Jose; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Miricioiu, Nelly; Plazas, Mary
Conductors: Parry, David