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I vespri siciliani
Uniform Title
Vêpres siciliennes. Italian
Title
I vespri siciliani / Giuseppe Verdi.
Publication
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1974]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 36 min., 42 sec.))
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Duration: 2 hr., 36 min., 42 sec.
Recorded live in 1974 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Sung in Italian; translated from the French.
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Summary
This astonishing cast introduced Vespri to Met audiences only a few weeks before this broadcast and opera lovers fought for tickets to hear in person what all the excitement was about. James Levine's conducting was as passionate as it was authoritative, and the singers responded with performances that are still talked about with awe. Montserrat Caballé is lustrous as Elena, the young woman whose marriage to Arrigo (Nicolai Gedda) ignites a bloodbath. Sherrill Milnes is in top form as Monforte, the hated oppressor, who turns out to be much more than he seems.
Variant and related titles
Met opera on demand OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2024
Performers
Montserrat Caballé ; Nicolai Gedda ; Sherrill Milnes ; Justino Díaz ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.
Contents
Overture
A te, ciel natio
Quals'offre al mio sguardo
In alto mare, deh! Tu calma, O dio possente
D'ira fremo all'aspetto
O donna!
Qual è il tuo nome?
Temerario! qual ardire!
Prelude
O patria
O tu, Palermo
Miei fidi amici
Presso alla tomba ch'apresi
Cavalier, questo foglio
Le vaghe spose affè!
Il rossor mi coprì!
Si, m'abboriva ed a ragion!
Il cavaliero ricusava
In braccio alle dovizie
Sogno, o son desto?
Mentre contemplo quel volto amato
Parola fatale!
Ombra diletta, che in ciel riposi
O splendide feste!
Di tai piacer, per te novelli
Fra ceppi, olà s'adduca
Prelude
E di Monforte il cenno!
Giorno di pianto
O sdegni miei
Arrigo! ah, parli a un core
Pensando a me
Amica man
Addio, mia patria, invendicato
De profundis clamavi
Ministro di morte, arresta!
Si celebri alfine
Mercè, dilette amiche
Al tuo cor generoso
Sorte fatal!
In fra noi due s'oppone
Ah vieni, il mio mortal dolore.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
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