Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
Artist: Boris Christoff, Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Enzo Mascherini, Erich Kleiber, Maria Callas, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Label: Opera d’Oro
“Erich Kleiber leads the chorus and orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in a vigorous reading of the score … Callas gives a lustrous performance, absolutely secure, radiantly lyrical, and deeply expressive. Boris Christoff ’s Procida is complex, dark, and furiously forceful. Giorgio Kokolios Bardi is little known, but he is an Arrigo with real presence, and his singing is lyrical and heroic. Enzo Mascherini brings warmth and dramatic energy to the troubled Monforte. The ensembles that bring the four together at the end of the fourth and fifth acts … are vocally and dramatically thrilling. The extraordinary singing will motivate fans of larger-than-life, old-fashioned operatic performances.” — All Music Guide
Track Listing
Overture:
8:30
Act I: “ In alto mare e battuto dai venti... Deh! Tu calma / o Dio possente " (Elena / Ninetta / Chorus / Tebaldo / Roberto / Monforte)
7:13
Act I: “ Qual s`offre al mio sguardo " (Vaudemont / Bethune / Danieli / Elena / Roberto / Tebaldo / Ninetta)
3:08
Act I: “A te / ciel natio / con dolce desio" (Chorus)
1:40
Act I: “O donna"! (Arrigo / Elena / Ninetta / Monforte)
1:29
Act I: “Qual è il tuo nome?" (Monforte / Arrigo)
5:22
Act II: “ Il rossor mi coprì!" (Daniele / Chorus / Elena / Procida / Manfredo)
6:00
Act II: “Cavalier / questo foglio" (Bethune / Arrigo / Elena / Procida / Roberto / Tebaldo / Chorus / Ninetta)
5:21
Act II: “Miei fidi amici / alfine io vi riveggo!" (Procida / Elena / Arrigo)
2:39
Act II: “O patria / o cara patria" (Procida)
3:06
Act II: “O tu / Palermo" (Procida)
4:23
Act II: “Quale / o prode / al tuo coraggio" (Elena / Arrigo)
6:03
Act III: “ Colpo orrendo / inaspettato!" (Procida / Elena / Danieli / Chorus / Arrigo / Monforte / Bethune)
5:27
Act III: “ Ma che? Fuggi il mio sguardo / o figlio?” (Monforte / Arrigo)
4:44
Act III: “ Sì / m'aborriva ed a ragion!" (Monforte / Bethune)
3:40
Act III: “Ballet of the Four Seasons"
5:14
Act III: “In braccio alle dovizie" (Monforte)
5:42
Act III: “O splendide feste!" (Chorus / Monforte / Arrigo / Procida)
3:14
Act III: “Sogno / o son desto?" (Arrigo / Monforte)
4:39
Act IV: “ Giorno di pianto / di fier dolore!” (Arrigo)
3:48
Act IV: “ O sdegno miei / tacete!" (Arrigo)
4:11
Act IV: “Addio / mia patria / invendicato" (Procida / Monforte / Arrigo / Elena)
4:31
Act IV: “Amica man / sollievo al nostro martir" (Procida / Elena / Monforte / Bethune)
3:56
Act IV: “Arrigo! Ah / parli a un core" (Elena)
3:41
Act IV: “De profundis clamavi" (Procida / Elena / Monforte / Arrigo)
3:05
Act IV: “È di Monforte il cenno!" (Arrigo)
4:19
Act IV: “Ministro di morte / arresta!" (Monforte / Elena / Procida / Arrigo / Chorus)
3:11
Act IV: “Pensando a me" (Arrigo / Elena)
3:51
Act V: “Al tuo cor generoso / o donna" (Procida / Elena)
2:47
Act V: “Deh / vieni / il mio mortale" (Arrigo / Monforte / Procida / Elena / Chorus)
2:39
Act V: “Ecco / per l'aura spiegasi" (Arrigo / Elena / Procida)
4:34
Act V: “In fra noi due s'oppone" (Elena / Arrigo / Procida)
3:48
Act V: “La brezza aleggia intorno" (Arrigo / Elena)
2:47
Act V: “Mercé / dilette amiche (Bolero) [Elena / Chorus]
3:52
Act V: “Si celebri alfin tra canti / tra fior" (Chorus)
2:03
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