Verdi: Un Ballo in maschera

Pavarotti, Scotto, Mittelmann, Boese; Santi. Hamburg, 1974

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Un Ballo in maschera

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)


DESCRIPTION

At first glance, the casting of Renata Scotto as Amelia in Un Ballo in maschera may raise eyebrows, but underestimating this artist proves ill-advised. She neither tries to inflate her voice into a more dramatic mold nor retreats from the role’s demands. Instead, she brings to it the same stylistic integrity, disciplined vocalism, and deep sensitivity to text that defined her finest bel canto portrayals. The result is an interpretation that is both vocally persuasive and dramatically grounded.

Luciano Pavarotti is captured here at his peak, merging lyric warmth with a command of Verdian weight that few tenors have so seamlessly achieved. Perhaps most striking is Nello Santi, whose reading of the score reveals an extraordinary attentiveness to detail. His conducting is responsive to the singers’ impulses while firmly shaping the broader architecture of the drama.


CAST

Riccardo – Luciano Pavarotti
Amelia – Renata Scotto
Renato – Norman Mittelmann
Ulrica – Ursula Boese
Oscar – Renate Marheineke


DETAILS

Location: Hamburg
Date: June 17, 1974
Conductor: Nello Santi
Catalogue Number: OD 12299-2
Label: Opera Depot
Number of Discs: 2
In Mono


NOTE

NEW MASTER:
Pitch corrected and sound improved (although it is still somewhat muffled.)

Track List

Act I

1. Preludio
2. Posa in pace, a’ bei sogni ristora
3. S’avanza il Conte
4. La rivedrà nell’estasi
5. Alla vita che t’arride
6. Il primo giudice
7. Signori: oggi d’Ulrica alla magion v’invito
8. Zitti... l’incanto non dessi turbare
9. Re dell’abisso, affrettati
10. Che v’agita così?
11. Su, profetessa, monta il treppiè
12. Di’ tu se fedele
13. Chi voi siate, l’audace parola
14. È scherzo od è follia
15. O figlio d’Inghilterra

Act II

16. Preludio
17. Ecco l’orrido campo... Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa
18. Teco io sto
19. Ahimè – s’appressa alcun
20. Odi tu come fremono cupi
21. Seguitemi.... Mio Dio!
22. Ve’, se di notte qui colla sposa

Act III

23. A tal colpa è nulla il pianto
24. Morrò, ma prima in grazia
25. Alzati!... Eri tu
26. Siam soli. Udite
27. Il messaggio entri.
28. Forse la soglia attinse... Ma se m’è forza perderti
29. Ah! dessa è là – potrei vederla
30. Fervono amori e danze
31. Saper vorreste
32. Ah! perché qui! fuggite
33. Ella è pura: in braccio a morte

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