Released: 28 May 2021
Reference: AP221
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Credits
Recorded by Little Tribeca in June 2019 at Teatro Verdi de Trieste, Italie, and in October 2019 at the église luthérienne Saint-Pierre, Paris.
Artistic direction: Nicolas Bartholomée
Sound engineering: Nicolas Bartholomée and Maximilien Ciup, assisted by Hugo Scremin/Franck Jaffrès
Montage, mixage et mastering : Franck Jaffrès
Enregistré en 24bit-96kHz
Released: 28 May 2021
Reference: AP221
Assoluta
Performers
- Beatrice Uria-Monzon
- Orchestra della Fondazione del Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste
- Fabrizio Maria Carminati
Composers
- Amilcare Ponchielli
- Francesco Cilea
- Giacomo Puccini
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Pietro Mascagni
- Umberto Giordano
- Vincenzo Bellini
Description
“Assoluta”: a term that was given to prima donnas of the nineteenth century, those who sang the parts of the great tragic heroines of that time, their voices characterised by a dark timbre, with a rich, strong low register and the high notes of a soprano – a voice that has now almost disappeared. Béatrice Uria Monzon, one of its rare representatives, sings here some of the great assoluta roles, including the famous “Casta Diva” by Bellini, in her first solo recording.
Tracklist
1. Francesco Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur, « Io son l’umile ancella »
2. Giacomo Puccini Tosca, « Vissi d’arte »
3. Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana, « Voi lo sapete, o mamma »
4. Umberto Giordano Andrea Chénier, « La mamma morta »
5. Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut, « Sola, perduta, abbandonata »
6. Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda, « Suicidio! »
7. Giacomo Puccini Suor Angelica, « Senza mamma »
8. Vincenzo Bellini Norma, « Casta Diva »
9. Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth, « Nel dì della vittoria… Vieni t’affretta! »
10. Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth, « Una macchia è qui tuttora! »
11. Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino, « Pace, pace mio Dio »
