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Macbeth
By the early 1970s, Greek soprano Elena Souliotis was facing the challenges of a career that had accelerated too quickly. The punishing roles she took on in her twenties had begun to wear on her once-pristine soprano. Fortunately, this performance of Macbeth captures her on a good day, when she was still firmly in command of her formidable vocal resources. Her Lady Macbeth is strikingly youthful—less a calculating villainess and more an amoral figure with a chilling innocence, closer in spirit to Berg's Lulu than to Shakespeare's hardened antiheroine.
Mario Zanasi brings elegant phrasing and vocal strength to the title role, matching Souliotis' energy with a Macbeth that unravels with dignity and pathos. Giorgio Merighi contributes a strong Macduff, singing his aria with clarity and emotional weight. While the sound quality leaves something to be desired, the power and character of the voices still shine through.
Track List
Act I
1. Preludio
2. Che faceste? dite su!
3. Giorno non vidi mai si fiero e bello!
4. Due vaticini compiuti or sono
5. S'allontanarono!
6. Nel dì della vittoria... Vieni t'affretta!
7. Or tutti sorgete
8. Oh donna mia!
9. Fatal mia donna! un murmure
10. Di destarlo per tempo il Re m'impose
11. Schiudi, inferno, la bocca ed inghiottimi
2. Che faceste? dite su!
3. Giorno non vidi mai si fiero e bello!
4. Due vaticini compiuti or sono
5. S'allontanarono!
6. Nel dì della vittoria... Vieni t'affretta!
7. Or tutti sorgete
8. Oh donna mia!
9. Fatal mia donna! un murmure
10. Di destarlo per tempo il Re m'impose
11. Schiudi, inferno, la bocca ed inghiottimi
Act II
12. Perché mi sfuggi
13. La luce langue
14. Chi v'impose unirvi a noi?
15. Studia il passo... Come dal ciel precipita
16. Salve, o Re!
17. Si colmi il calice
18. Sangue a me quell'ombra chiede
13. La luce langue
14. Chi v'impose unirvi a noi?
15. Studia il passo... Come dal ciel precipita
16. Salve, o Re!
17. Si colmi il calice
18. Sangue a me quell'ombra chiede
Act III
19. Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola
20. Che fate voi, misteriose donne?
21. Ove son io?...
20. Che fate voi, misteriose donne?
21. Ove son io?...
Act IV
22. Patria oppressa!
23. O figli... Ah, la paterna mano
24. Dove siam? che bosco è quello?
25. Vegliammo invan due notti
26. Una macchia è qui tuttora...
27. Perfidi!... Pietà, rispetto, amore
28. Ella è morta!
29. Macbeth, Macbeth ov'è?
23. O figli... Ah, la paterna mano
24. Dove siam? che bosco è quello?
25. Vegliammo invan due notti
26. Una macchia è qui tuttora...
27. Perfidi!... Pietà, rispetto, amore
28. Ella è morta!
29. Macbeth, Macbeth ov'è?
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3.6
Based on 5 reviews
✓ Top Reviewer
United States
Excellent Performance, Mediocre Sound
Souliotis is in great shape here, the top strong and exciting, the middle colorful, the bottom demonic. There is no wobble anywhere and she handles the coloratura with poise and skill. Her reading of the letter is downright frightening. She interpolates a strong D-flat at the end of Act One and has no trouble singing the written one at the end of the Sleepwalking scene. The audience loves her and shouts its approval loudly.Zanasi demonstrates again how underrated he was. His singing is beautiful, but full of anguish. He also gets into the high note game and interpolates an A-flat at the end of his aria. Merighi sings Macduff's big aria very well and Paolo Washington is a formidable Banquo. The chorus of Witches has a lot of fun with their rum-ti-tum music, producing extra cackles to boot. Patane conducts a very effective performance. Andy and I agree about the sound: it's not very good. The voices can be clearly heard over the orchestra though and that is ultimately what matters most.Souliotis and Zanasi fans should definitely get this, mediocre sound and all.
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United Kingdom
Rest of the cast...
...Malcolm - Paride VenturiDama - Mila ZanlariMedico - Alessandro MaddalenaDomestico - Ubaldo CarosiSicaro - Mario Villa
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Italy
Macbeth a "metà"
Ho acquistato un Macbeth a metà: i primi due atti fanno parte dell'edizione registrata a Mexico City nel 1969 e solo gli ultimi due appartengono all'edizione di Genova del 1970 che avevo richiesto
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Netherlands
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Australia
John Stanton
Souliotis is a wonderfully exciting Lady Macbeth.. Verdi did not want his soprano to sing beautifully, but rather wanted a voice that was " hard, stilted and dark" . Although these words do not describe the voice of Elena Souliots any more than that of Callas, like Callas she was not above making black hard sounds to great effect. She brings an other worldly ethereal sound to her sleep walking scene.Her Macbeth is Mario Zanasi, another of those great singers neglected by the recording studios. His warm expressive voice is athletic and solid.The rest of the cast is first class with a particularly effective bunch of witches.The sound is a little noisy and variable but more than acceptable, the balance between orchestra and voice allowing these great voices to shine through.
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