Opera - The Saint of Bleecker Street

GIAN CARLO MENOTTI

(b. 1911)

The Saint of Bleecker Street

124:52

Musical Drama in Three Acts (Five Scenes)

Words and Music by Gian Carlo Menotti

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

Scene 1

[Introduction] -

'Rosa Mystica' -

3:15

Assunta, Chorus, A Young Man

'Well . . . I'm tired of waiting!' -

3:25

Maria Corona, Assunta, Carmela, Chorus, A Young Woman

'The vision has begun' -

3:50

Don Marco, Chorus

'Ah, sweet Jesus, spare me this agony' -

8:30

Annina, Chorus

'Look! The stigmata' -

0:55

Chorus

'Stop it!' -

4:44

Michele, Carmela, Chorus, Don Marco

'Ah, poor Michele, it is not I your rival' -

2:49

Don Marco

[Interlude] -

2:09

Scene 2

'Canta ninna, canta nanna al mio bambino' -

2:35

Assunta, Carmela, An Old Woman, Renata, Annina, Man's Voice, Woman's Voice, Concettina

10.

'Annina, I've something to confess to you' -

5:45

Carmela, Annina, Assunta

11.

'Annina, Annina!' -

2:14

Maria Corona, Assunta, Carmela, Annina, Son of Maria Corona

12.

'Michele, Michele!' -

4:27

Annina, Michele

13.

'Sister, I shall hide you and take you away' -

1:49

Michele, Annina

14.

'Veglia su di noi, Santo del Sangue'

4:47

Chorus, Annina, Michele

51:20

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act II

[Introduction] -

'Hai l'occhio nero, nero della quaglia' -

6:29

One Tenor, Chorus, One Baritone, Michele, Annina, Carmela, Salvatore, A Guest

'Where is Michele?' -

4:02

Desideria, Bartender, Michele

'Eh già giovinotti voglion stare attorno a te' -

3:13

Chorus, Desideria, Michele

'Ah, Michele, don't you know that love can turn to hate' -

3:01

Desideria

'You will regret it' -

1:46

Michele, Don Marco, Chorus, Annina, Salvatore

'I know that you all hate me' -

3:27

Michele

'You are wrong, Michele' -

1:33

Don Marco, Annina, Michele

'Yes, Michele, go home, go, go . . .'

6:29

Desideria, Michele, Annina, Chorus

Act III

Scene 1

[Introduction] -

'Stop worrying, Annina' -

4:54

Maria Corona, Annina

10.

'There she is' -

5:18

Don Marco, Maria Corona, Annina, Michele

11.

'Weeping, these, for him, are days of weeping' -

5:20

Maria Corona, Annina, Michele

12.

[Interlude] -

4:33

Scene 2

13.

'Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi' -

4:24

Assunta, Chorus, Annina, Carmela

14.

'Annina, Annina, prepare yourself for a great joy' -

1:44

Don Marco, Annina, Carmela

15.

'Oh, my Love, at last the hour has come' -

3:43

Annina, Carmela

16.

'Maria, Salvatore!' -

1:48

Assunta, Maria Corona, Salvatore, Don Marco, One Tenor, One Bass, Carmela

17.

'Gloria tibi Domine in saeculum et in saeculum saeculi' -

6:31

Chorus, Don Marco, Annina

18.

'Annina, Annina!'

5:08

Michele, Salvatore, Don Marco, Maria Corona, Carmela, Assunta, Chorus

73:32

Solo: Julia Melinek soprano - Annina

Solo: Timothy Richards tenor - Michele

Solo: John Marcus Bindel bass-baritone - Don Marco

Solo: Sandra Zeltzer soprano - Carmela

Solo: Amelia Farrugia soprano - Maria Corona

Solo: Yvonne Howard mezzo-soprano - Assunta

Solo: Vitali Rozynko baritone - Salvatore

Choral: Spoleto Festival Choir

Orchestra: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Hickox

7, 10 & 14 July 2001

'It is a musically and dramatically thrilling recording and an important and moving 20th century opera.'

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'Strong conducting from Richard Hickox holds this Spoleto Festival performance firmly together.'

BBC Music Magazine

‘The Chandos recording is clear and refined, making one hope that Hickox and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra will continue their Menotti explorations.'

Gramophone on CHAN 9900 (Fantasia for Cello and Or

‘…one of the finest operatic recordings I've experienced in nearly fifty years of listening… Richard Hickox pulls the ensemble together with a gripping reading that fully encompasses the considerable melodic content…’

American Record Guide on CHAN 9706(2) (The Consul)

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