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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] -
1.
'Rosa Mystica' -
3:15
Assunta, Chorus, A Young Man
2.
'Well . . . I'm tired of waiting!' -
3:25
Maria Corona, Assunta, Carmela, Chorus, A Young Woman
3.
'The vision has begun' -
3:50
Don Marco, Chorus
4.
'Ah, sweet Jesus, spare me this agony' -
8:30
Annina, Chorus
5.
'Look! The stigmata' -
0:55
Chorus
6.
'Stop it!' -
4:44
Michele, Carmela, Chorus, Don Marco
7.
'Ah, poor Michele, it is not I your rival' -
2:49
Don Marco
8.
[Interlude] -
2:09
Scene 2
9.
'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] -
1.
'Hai l'occhio nero, nero della quaglia' -
6:29
One Tenor, Chorus, One Baritone, Michele, Annina, Carmela, Salvatore, A Guest
2.
'Where is Michele?' -
4:02
Desideria, Bartender, Michele
3.
'Eh già giovinotti voglion stare attorno a te' -
3:13
Chorus, Desideria, Michele
4.
'Ah, Michele, don't you know that love can turn to hate' -
3:01
Desideria
5.
'You will regret it' -
1:46
Michele, Don Marco, Chorus, Annina, Salvatore
6.
'I know that you all hate me' -
3:27
Michele
7.
'You are wrong, Michele' -
1:33
Don Marco, Annina, Michele
8.
'Yes, Michele, go home, go, go . . .'
6:29
Desideria, Michele, Annina, Chorus
Act III
Scene 1
[Introduction] -
9.
'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
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Reviews
'It is a musically and dramatically thrilling recording and an important and moving 20th century opera.'
Fanfare
'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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