On this CD:
1. Il Trovatore, opera Il balen del suo sorriso
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
2. Il Trovatore, opera Per me ora fatale
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
with Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Giulio Setti
3. La Traviata, opera Di Provenza il mar, il suol
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
with Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Giulio Setti
4. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Pescator, affonda l'esca
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
with Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Giulio Setti
5. Rigoletto, opera Povero Rigoletto - Cortigiani vil razza dannata
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
with Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Giulio Setti
6. Faust, opera Dio possente, Dio d'amor
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
7. I gioielli della Madonna, opera Aprila, o bella, la finstrella
Composed by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Performed by Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
with Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Giulio Setti
8. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera Resta immobile
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
9. I Puritani, opera Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
10. Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts Sei vendicata assai
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
11. Benvenuto Cellini, opera De l'art splendeur immortelle
Composed by Eugeno Diaz de la Pena
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
12. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Largo al factotum
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
13. Un ballo in maschera, opera Eri tu che macchiavi
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
14. La favorita, opera A tanto amour Leonora
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
15. Hérodiade, opera Vision fugitive
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
16. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Se vuol ballare
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Josef A. Pasternack
Giuseppe de Luca Recital, Music, Vincenzo Bellini, Eugeno Diaz de la Pena, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amilcare Ponchielli, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Giulio Setti, Josef A. Pasternack, Rosario Bourdon, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Giuseppe de Luca, Classical, French Romantic Opera, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Romantic Opera
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Giuseppe de Luca Recital
Manufacturer: Opera Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000005WL5 Release Date: 1997-11-25 |
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He Never Made a Bad Record........2000-12-14
No music lover need hesitate to acquire any CD featuring the great Italian baritone Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950). He was an accurate, musicianly, intelligent and vastly experienced singer, blessed with a beautiful, sturdy and evenly produced voice. Puccini selected him for creator roles in "Madama Butterfly" and "Gianni Schicchi".
He recorded extensively, well into the electric era, often with such colleagues as Caruso, Gigli, Martinelli, Rethberg and Galli-Curci, and he never made a bad record. In this 64 minute CD you may hear him in 16 solo operatic tracks, recorded between 1917 and 1930. Try any of the opening tracks, if you can, and spend lots of time listening to his model "Rigoletto" excerpt.
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