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In Recital: Marisa Galvany & Giuseppe Campora
A piano recital featuring arias and duets from opera is something of a rarity today, with singers tending to remain within the Lieder and art song repertoire. Yet it proves an excellent vehicle for highlighting the more intimate aspects of these works, allowing the performance to focus on artistic expression rather than the demands of projecting over an orchestra.
Marisa Galvany is the star of the evening, shining across the wide array of styles presented in the program. Her voice displays a miraculous ability to combine power, agility, and thrilling high notes. Giuseppe Campora contributes admirable vocalism to his selections, supporting Galvany without necessarily matching her brilliance.
Track List
1. Lontano, lontano, lontano (Mefistofele)
2. Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
3. Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)
4. Ecco l'altare (Andrea Chénier)
5. Tu, sciagurato! Ah Fuggi! (Il Pirata)
2. Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
3. Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)
4. Ecco l'altare (Andrea Chénier)
5. Tu, sciagurato! Ah Fuggi! (Il Pirata)
6. Qui la voce (I Puritani)
7. Vieni t'affretta! (Macbeth)
8. Or tutti sorgete, ministri infernali (Macbeth)
9. La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse (Aida)
11. Teco io sto (Un Ballo in maschera)
12. Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Un Ballo in maschera)
7. Vieni t'affretta! (Macbeth)
8. Or tutti sorgete, ministri infernali (Macbeth)
9. La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse (Aida)
BONUS
10. Ecco l'orrido campo! (Un Ballo in maschera)11. Teco io sto (Un Ballo in maschera)
12. Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Un Ballo in maschera)
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Memorable Recital Given By Two Memorable Singers!
A Galvany and Campora shared recital? Could that work? It not only works, it contains some truly excellent singing from a soprano who was just beginning her career and a tenor who was in sight of the end of his. The program begins with music by composers often associated with the verismo school though Boito might have recoiled at that. Both singers listen to and blend with each other very well. I'm guessing the halfway point was the big 12 minute duet from Bellini's Il Pirata sensitively phrased and sung by both singers. They end it on a joint top C.Galvany returns with Elvira's Mad Scene from I Puritani; her penultimate high E-flat drives the audience nuts. She continues with Lady Macbeth's first aria from Verdi's and is remarkable for her dramatic force and flexibility. I thought she might interpolate a high E at the end, but that doesn't happen. The final selection is the Tomb Scene from Aida. I suspect whoever recorded this was more of a Galvany fan as Campora's solo selections (and he must've had some) are not present. Masiello is a marvelous accompanist; one can tell she really knows how this repertoire is supposed to go.The sound is very good, the voices close, the pitch of the tape correct.The filler is about 25 minutes from one of Galvany's NYCO performances of Ballo. She is terrific and so is a young Carreras. Fortunately, the entire performance is available from Opera Depot.
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I was at that performance
I was at that Galvany and Campora piano recital. It was a substitution for the scheduled Teresa Berganza recital that Berganza cancelled. I was there in the orchestra front row center and I'll NEVER forget how HUGE the sustained E Flat that Galvany sang at the end of the Puritani aria was!!!! Ah, such memories. I was 14 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday!!!!! I went with my dear friend Arthur Levy!!!!
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