This triple-CD set clearly cannot give an exhaustive picture of the Martina Franca Festival’s first thirty years. It was only from 1981 that the operas staged in the courtyard of Palazzo Ducale began to be recorded live and printed in LP and later in CD. Since its beginning the festival has been a stepping stone for many young singers destined for great careers. Among the most memorable performances we remember Devia in Puritani and in a magical modern premiere of Adelaide di Borgogna (1984), one of Zedda’s most successful revivals; then Aliberti (Semiramide in 1986 and Il pirata in 1987); as well as Cura, Pratico, La Scola, Pertusi, Surian and Vargas, who were called to sing at Martina Franca in days when not many theatres would have believed in them In later years the Festival has decided to give ample room to the younger generations (Ciofi, Tamar, Papi, Rivenq, Scaini, Grassi, Allegretta, Raspagliosi...) and to stage modern premieres, proposed in new critical editions by famous musicologists.
Among the most successful rediscoveries of recent years we like to remember the original versions of Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra and the French versions of Lucia di Lammermoor and Trovatore.
【曲目】 <Disc 1> 01. George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act I: Aria: Va tacito e nascosto Martine Dupuy - mezzo-soprano / Orchestra Pro Arte Bassano / Marcello Panni - conductor 錄音時間:1989, Marina Franca Festival
02. Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace, RV 711: Quel torrente Susan Long Solustri - mezzo-soprano / Soloists of the Graz Symphony Orchestra / Massimiliano Carraro - conductor 錄音時間:1991, Martina Franca Festival
03. Giovanni Paisiello: Il duello comico: Voglio ognor que mon mari Stefania Donzelli - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor 錄音時間:2002, Martina Franca Festival
04. Domenico Cimarosa: Le astuzie femminili: Io son dottor di legge Simone Alaimo - baritone / Martina Franca Festival Orchestra / Massimo De Bernart - conductor 錄音時間:1984, Martina Franca Festival
05. Gioachino Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna: Occhi miei piangeste assai - O cara immagine Mariella Devia - soprano / Martina Franca Festival Orchestra / Alberto Zedda - conductor 錄音時間:1984, Martina Franca Festival
06. Gioachino Rossini: Ottelo, Act I: Duetto: No, non temer, serena Simon Edwards - tenor / Gregory Bonfatti - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Paolo Arrivabeni - conductor 錄音時間:2000, Martina Franca Festival
07. Gioachino Rossini: La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone), Act II: Quell'alme pupille Luigi Romanelli / William Matteuzzi - tenor / Graz Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Aprea - conductor 錄音時間:1993, Martina Franca Festival
08. Giovanni Pacini: L'Ultimo giorno di Pompei, Act I: Sopprimerlo? Ah, no, mai! Iano Tamar - soprano / Raul Gimenez - tenor / Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra / Giuliano Carella - conductor 錄音時間:1996, Martina Franca Festival
09. Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, Act II: Mira, o Norma Grace Bumbry - soprano / Lella Cuberli - soprano / Bari Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz - conductor 錄音時間:1977, Martina Franca Festival
Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (excerpts) 10. Act I: Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni 11. Act II: Ah, non credea mirarti Patrizia Ciofi - soprano / Giuseppe Morino - tenor / Ferruccio Furlanetto - bass / Bratislava Chamber Choir / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor 錄音時間:1994, Martina Franca Festival
12. Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata, Act II: Col sorriso d'innocenza Lucia Aliberti - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Alberto Zedda - conductor 錄音時間:1987, Martina Franca Festival
Saverio Mercadante: Il bravo (excerpts) 13. All'eta dell'innocenza 14. Della vita nel sentiero Dino Di Domenico - tenor / Stefano Antonucci - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Bruno Aprea - conductor 錄音時間:1990, Martina Franca Festival
<Disc 2> 01. Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan, Act II: A morire incominiciai Mariana Nicolesco - soprano / Giuseppe Morino - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Massimo De Bernart - conductor 錄音時間:1988, Martina Franca Festival
02. Gaetano Donizetti: Il fortunato inganno, Act II: Scaccia dal cor colei Nicolas Rivenq - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Arnold Bosman - conductor 錄音時間:1998, Martina Franca Festival
Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita (excerpts) 03. Act II: Vien, Leonora, a' piedi tuoi 04. Act II: De' nemici tuoi lo sdegno Paolo Coni - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Fabio Luisi - conductor 錄音時間:1989, Martina Franca Festival
05. Gaetano Donizetti: La zingara, Act I: Quid est homo sine femina? Manuela Custer - contralto / Domenico Colajanni - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Arnold Bosman - conductor 錄音時間:2001, Martina Franca Festival
Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani (excerpts) 06. Act I: Merce, diletti amici - Come rugiada al cespite 07. Act I: Ernani, involami 08. Act I: Che mai vegg'io? - Infelice, e tuo credevi Daniela Dessi - soprano / Vincenzo La Scola - tenor / Michele Pertusi - bass baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor 錄音時間:1991, Martina Franca Festival
09. Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth, Act IV: Una macchia e qui tutt'ora Iano Tamar - soprano / Sonia Lee - mezzo-soprano / Han-Gweong Jang - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Marco Guidarini - conductor 錄音時間:1997, Martina Franca Festival
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (excerpts) 10. Prologue: A te l'estremo addio 11. Prologue: Suona ogni labbro il mio 12. Act I: Come in quest'ora bruna Annalisa Raspagliosi - soprano / Vittorio Vitelli - baritone / Francesco Ellero d' Artegna - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Renato Palumbo - conductor 錄音時間:1999, Martina Franca Festival
13. Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi, Act II: Torna ai felici di Jose Cura - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Bruno Aprea - conductor 錄音時間:1994, Martina Franca Festival
14. Umberto Giordano: Siberia, Act II: E' qui con te Francesca Scaini - soprano / Jeong-Won Lee - tenor / Bratislava Chamber Choir / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Manlio Benzi - conductor 錄音時間:2003, Martina Franca Festival
<Disc 3> 01. Niccolo Piccinni: Roland, Act III: Viens. Je sais quelle route - De l'aimable objet Luca Grassi - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / David Golub - conductor 錄音時間:2000, Martina Franca Festival
02. Giovanni Paisiello: Proserpine, Act II: Rendez-moi donc Sara Allegretta - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Giuliano Carella - conductor 錄音時間:2003, Martina Franca Festival
03. Daniel-Francois Auber: Fra Diavolo: Or son sola Luciana Serra - soprano / Martina Franca Festival Orchestra / Alberto Zedda - conductor 錄音時間:1981, Martina Franca Festival
Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (excerpts) 04. Act II: O beau pays de la Touraine! 05. Act II: Ah! Si j'etais coquettte Desiree Rancatore - soprano / Warren Mok - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Renato Palumbo - conductor 錄音時間:2002, Martina Franca Festival
06. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le diable (Robert the Devil), Act III: Voici donc les debris du monastere antique Giorgio Surjan - bass / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Renato Palumbo - conductor 錄音時間:2000, Martina Franca Festival
07. Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor, Act I: Que n'avons-nous des ailes? - Toi par qui mon coeur rayonne Patrizia Ciofi - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Maurizio Benini - conductor 錄音時間:1997, Martina Franca Festival
Giuseppe Verdi : Le trouvere (excerpts) 08. Act I: L'amour ardent, l'amour sublime et tendre 09. Act I: La nuit est calme … Exile sure la Terre Iano Tamar - soprano / Warren Mok - tenor / Nikola Mijalovic - baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Marco Guidarini - conductor 錄音時間:1998, Martina Franca Festival
10. Charles-Francois Gounod: La reine de Saba (The Queen of Sheba), Act II: Faiblesse de la race humaine! Jeong-Won Lee - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Manlio Benzi - conductor 錄音時間:2001, Martina Franca Festival
11. Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein, Act I: Ah! Que 'j'aime les militaires Lucia Valentini-Terrani - mezzo-soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Emmanuel Villaume - conductor 錄音時間:1996, Martina Franca Festival
12. Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fisher), Act I: Au fond du temple saint Giuseppe Morino - tenor / Bruno Pratico - bass baritone / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Carlos Piantini - conductor 錄音時間:1990, Martina Franca Festival
13. Leo Delibes: Lakme, Act II: Ou va la jeune hindoue, "Bell Song" Alessandra Ruffini - soprano / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Carlos Piantini - conductor 錄音時間:1991, Martina Franca Festival
14. Jules Massenet: Roma: Soir admirabile Warren Mok - tenor / Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia / Marco Guidarini - conductor 錄音時間:1999, Martina Franca Festival
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