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Lucia di Lammermoor
At first glance, this performance of Lucia di Lammermoor has many of the hallmarks—sometimes charming, sometimes distracting—of a provincial production. The orchestra feels under-rehearsed, and the chorus sounds youthful, with an average age that seems barely out of high school. But everything changes the moment Gail Robinson makes her entrance. From that point forward, the performance is elevated by her extraordinary presence and vocal command.
Robinson offers a Lucia for the ages, combining effortless top notes, immaculate coloratura, and a rare vocal richness that brings unexpected depth to the role. Her performance alone makes this recording a must-hear. The rest of the cast is solid, with Charles Hindsley standing out as a particularly elegant Edgardo.
Track List
Act I
1. Preludio
2. Percorrete le spiagge vicine
3. Tu sei turbato!
4. Cruda, funesta smania
5. Il tuo dubbio è omai certezza
6. La pietade in suo favore
7. Ancor non giunse?
8. Regnava nel silenzio
9. Quando rapito in estasi
10. Egli s'avanza
11. Sulla tomba che rinserra
12. Verranno a te sull'aure
2. Percorrete le spiagge vicine
3. Tu sei turbato!
4. Cruda, funesta smania
5. Il tuo dubbio è omai certezza
6. La pietade in suo favore
7. Ancor non giunse?
8. Regnava nel silenzio
9. Quando rapito in estasi
10. Egli s'avanza
11. Sulla tomba che rinserra
12. Verranno a te sull'aure
Act II
13. Lucia fra poco a te verrà
14. Il pallor funesto, orrendo
15. Soffriva nel pianto
16. Se tradirmi tu potrai
14. Il pallor funesto, orrendo
15. Soffriva nel pianto
16. Se tradirmi tu potrai
Act III
17. Per te d'immenso giubilo
18. Dov'è Lucia?
19. Chi mi frena in tal momento
20. T'allontana, sciagurato
21. Esci, fuggi, il furor che m'accende
22. D'immenso giubilo
23. Cessi, o cessi quel contento!... Dalle stanze ove Lucia
24. Eccola!... Il dolce suono
25. Spargi d'amaro pianto
26. Tombe degli avi miei
27. Fra poco a me ricovero
28. Oh, meschina! Oh, fato orrendo!
29. Tu che a Dio spiegassi l'ali
18. Dov'è Lucia?
19. Chi mi frena in tal momento
20. T'allontana, sciagurato
21. Esci, fuggi, il furor che m'accende
22. D'immenso giubilo
23. Cessi, o cessi quel contento!... Dalle stanze ove Lucia
24. Eccola!... Il dolce suono
25. Spargi d'amaro pianto
26. Tombe degli avi miei
27. Fra poco a me ricovero
28. Oh, meschina! Oh, fato orrendo!
29. Tu che a Dio spiegassi l'ali
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4.8
Based on 5 reviews
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United States
Awesome performance
Excellent quality of singers, orchestra and chorus. An overall great performance
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United States
A Beautiful Lucia from Robinson and Hindsley!
Most opera lovers are familiar with Gail Robinson from her work at the Met. She made few, if any, studio recordings so a recording like this is very valuable in assessing her legacy. She was all of 23 when she sang this performance, but you'd never know it from her vocal assurance. The tone itself is limpidly beautiful and she dispatches all the runs, trills, and traditional high notes with ease. If she isn't the most verbally incisive Lucia I've ever heard, she certainly sings it better than most I've heard in the recent past. Her Edgardo, Charles Hindsley, has a plangent lyric tenor that is a little stretched by Edgardo's vocal demands, but he manages to sing a melting final scene. Roy Samuelson's rather gruff baritone contains all of Enrico's high notes though his grasp of the words in the duet with Lucia is a little tenuous The other singers are much better than I expected them to be. Conductor Bomhard makes all the traditional cuts and then some: tiny bits of orchestral music disappear here and there and they don't sound like they were lost in the recording. The sound is very good, almost like a broadcast (was it?); the balance between voices and orchestra is excellent. The enthusiastic audience applauds Robinson's first E-flat even before she has finished singing it. If I had seen this performance in 1969, I would have thought my money well-spent.Recommended to any of Robinson's fans! Hopefully, Andy will find more of her performances and issue those as well.
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United Kingdom
Glorious Gail
All new voices to me,they make a very good show,I will especially look forward to finding more Gail Robinson performances
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United States
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Slovenia
Martin Ramor
Gail Robinson is really great Lucia, beautiful coloraturas, pitch correct singing, excellent high notes. I had the same feeling that chorus is 17 years old.Orchestra nothing special. Samuelsen was rough but ok, with enoug voice for Enrico. Hindsley was for me a bit weak Edgardo in the first Act, but much better in the Act II and III. IOthers ok. t was interesting to hear what kind of Lucia was possible in USA in a regional house back then (1969).
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