Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)Mefistofele
Cast
Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi
Faust - Mario Del Monaco
Margherita - Renata Tebaldi
Marta - Lucia Danieli
Wagner - Piero Di Palma
Elena - Floriana Cavalli
Pantalis - Lucia Danieli
Nereo - Piero Di Palma
Orchestra E Coro Dell'Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Chorus Master - Bonaventura Somma
Conductor - Tullio Serafin
Tracks
CD1
Prologue
01 - Preludio
02 - Ave, Signor Degli Angeli E Dei Santi!
Falangi Celesti
03 - Ave Signor!
Mefistofele
04 - T'È Noto Faust?
Chorus Mysticus
05 - Siam Nimbi Volanti Dai Limbi
Cherubini
06 - Salve Regina!
Le Penitenti
Act One
07 - Perchè Di Là?
Coro
08 - Al Soave Raggiar Di Primavera
Faust
09 - Sediam Sovra Quel Sasso
Faust
10 - Dai Campi, Dai Prati
Faust
11 - Che Baccano!
Mefistofele
12 - Sono Lo Spirito Che Nega
Mefistofele
13 - Se Tu Mi Doni Un'Ora Di Riposo
Faust
Act Two
Scene 1
14 - Cavaliero Illustre E Saggio
Margherita
15 - Dimmi, Se Credi, Enrico
Margherita
16 - Dio Clemente, Nuova, Ignara
Margherita
CD2
Act Two
Scene 2
01 - Su, Cammina, Cammina, Cammina
Mefistofele
02 - Folletto!
Faust
03 - Ascolta!
Mefistofele
04 - Popoli! E Scettro E Clamide
Mefistofele
05 - Ecco Il Mondo
Mefistofele
06 - Ah! Su! Riddiamo, Riddiamo
Streghe, Stregoni
Act Three
07 - L'Altra Notte In Fondo Al Mare
Margherita
08 - Dio Di Pietà! Son Essi!
Margherita
09 - Lontano, Lontano, Lontano
Faust, Margherita
10 - Sorge Il Dì!
Mefistofele
11 - Spunta L'Aurora Pallida
Margherita
Act Four
12 - La Luna Immobile
Elena
13 - Ecco La Notte Del Classico Sabba
Mefistofele
14 - Danza
15 - Ah! Trionfi Ad Elena
Coretidi
16 - Notte Cupa, Truce
Elena
17 - Forma Ideal, Purissima
Faust
18 - O Incantesimo! Parla! Parla!
Elena
Epilogue
19 - Cammina, Cammina,...
Mefistofele
20 - Giunto Sul Passo Estremo
Faust
21 - Ave Signor, Signor Degli Angeli
Falangi Celesti
Recording Date
1958
Enjoy The Opera
CD1 Part 1
CD1 Part 2
CD2 Part 1
CD2 Part 2
3 comments:
I don't know this opera but when I read the names of the cast I couldn't resist to download it. Cesare Siepi is one of my favorite opera singers of all times, never heard a better Don Giovanni. Mephisto should suit him well, too!
Greetings, Margie
Hi Margie. Mefistofele is the typical italian opera at its best. Great indeed and the masterpiece of Arrigo Boito known as a great libretist, in works like Simon Boccanegra, Otello e Falstaff by Verdi, La Gioconda by Ponchielli and other less important works. Cesare Siepi is the greatest Mefistofele ever and along with Tebaldi and Del Monaco make this recording the best recording of this opera ever made. A curiosity: Giuseppe Di Stefano was supposed to have recorded this opera instead of Del Monaco but when the sessions had still started and a lot of music had already been recorded, Di Stefano, for reasons we don't know (who knows Di Stefano well, may guess) was replaced by Del Monaco. The highlights of this Mefistofele with Di Stefano are available and maybe someday I'll post it for the fans of this recording make a comparison. May no one listen to me, but I prefer Di Stefano who is, for me, the greatest tenor of the last century (while his voice was at its peak), but it is another story. Enjoy the opera 'cause it is great. Greetings.
Estoy muy agradecido con esta gran version de Mefistofele de Boito. Siepi es un gran bajo y este papel lo hace muy bien y que puedo desir de Tebaldi, simplemente excelsa sin dejar del lado al heroico Del Monaco, que bueno que Del Monaco realizó esta grabacion. El maestro Serafin siempre nos brinda trabajos de la mas alta calidad.
Gracias estimado Scarpia otra vez por tu compartir.
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