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Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street
Running Time: 124:37
Release Date: March 2002
Originally recorded in 2001
Composer (b. 1911)
Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti
Solo soprano - Annina
Julia Melinek
Julia Melinek
Solo tenor - Michele
Timothy Richards
Timothy Richards
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Desideria
Pamela Helen Stephen
Pamela Helen Stephen
Solo bass-baritone - Don Marco
John Marcus Bindel
John Marcus Bindel
Solo soprano - Carmela
Sandra Zeltzer
Sandra Zeltzer
Solo soprano - Maria Corona
Amelia Farrugia
Amelia Farrugia
Solo mezzo-soprano - Assunta
Yvonne Howard
Yvonne Howard
Solo baritone - Salvatore
Vitali Rozynko
Vitali Rozynko
Choral
Spoleto Festival Choir
Spoleto Festival Choir
Orchestra
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Conductor
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
Venue
Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, Italy
Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, Italy
Producer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Producer (Assistant)
Aidan Oliver
Aidan Oliver
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Christopher Brooke
Christopher Brooke
Genre:
Opera
Opera
Temporarily out of stock
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
