Puccini: Suor Angelica (In German)
Jurinac, Höngen; Quadri
Wien, 1959
$5.95
Suor Angelica
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
DESCRIPTION
Sena Jurinac brings a youthful yet full-bodied tone to the role of Suor Angelica, delivering a performance that resonates in both its sweeping climaxes and more intimate passages. Elisabeth Höngen offers a stoic but restrained portrayal of the Principessa, endowing the character with a measure of sympathy—as a woman shaped by her time rather than a figure of cruelty. There is even a faint suggestion of inner anguish in her infliction of pain upon someone she still holds dear.
CAST
Suor Angelica – Sena Jurinac
La Zia Principessa – Elisabeth Höngen
DETAILS
Location: Wien
Date: 1959
Conductor: Argeo Quadri
Catalogue Number: OD 12283-1
Label: Opera Depot
Number of Discs: 1
In Mono
NOTE
The sound is somewhat muffled.