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Rossini - Torvaldo e Dorliska (Alessandro de Marchi) [2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 609.37 MB
Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog Number: 8.660189-90
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 609.37 MB
Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog Number: 8.660189-90
Torvaldo e Dorliska was Rossini's 16th opera, premiered in Rome in December, 1815, two months after Elisabetta… and two months before Barbiere. It has an odd tone–it's a so-called "rescue opera". The plot concerns the eponymous hero and heroine, who are married. The evil Duke loves Dorliska and attacks the couple on their wedding day and leaves Torvaldo for dead. Dorliska runs away but winds up (unknowingly) taking refuge at the Duke's castle and is imprisoned. When Torvaldo finds his way there he attempts to rescue her, but he also is taken prisoner. The Duke's embittered henchman, Giorgio (a comic role), helps the couple. The villagers rise up and the Duke is punished, while our heroes live happily.
The opera is not in the top 10 of Rossini's great output–it breaks no new ground–but it's quite enjoyable despite being neither serious nor comic. Torvaldo has a couple of fine arias, as does Dorliska, the first-act finale is excellent, and even the basses and baritones have some good, if not altogether memorable, music.
This performance is very good indeed. Taped live in Bad Wildbad in July, 2003, stage noises do not interfere and there are precious few problems with ensembles, missed notes, etc., perhaps because there were patch-up sessions. Paolo Cigna and Huw Rhys-Evans are our heroine and hero and they're both up to the task. The former has plenty of high-flying and florid music and she sings it all accurately and with the right emphasis, while Rhys-Evans' very light, sweet voice copes well enough without the word "virtuoso" (or "Blake" or "Florez") coming to mind.
Michele Bianchini as the Duke exhibits a good-sized voice that may lack heft in the middle but that otherwise is a pleasure to hear. Mauro Utzeri, as the villain-turned-good guy Giorgio, sings with great character and a light tone (he's billed as a baritone); his duet with the Duke is a high spot. The rest of the cast is just fine.
Alessandro de Marchi leads a tight performance, one in which neither recitatives nor slower passages drag, and he keeps up with the singers nicely. Even a superb conductor would be unable to make the music of our villain, the Duke, sound villainous (this is Rossini's shortcoming in this opera), but he gives the work a respectable amount of drama nonetheless and his orchestra and chorus are excellent. No libretto is supplied but the track-by-track synopsis is very helpful.
There is another live recording of this opera, from Radio Switzerland in 1992 and starring tenor Ernesto Palacio (on Arkadia), but I haven't seen it in years–and at any rate, this Naxos set is better. Calling all Rossinians–who will also enjoy spotting bits and pieces of some of the composer's other operas sprinkled throughout.
–Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Sinfonia
02. Atto I. Introduzione: E un bel dir che tutto al mondo
03. Cavatina: Dunque invano i perigli e la morte
04. Recitativo: Ormondo… La mia gente
05. Scena e cavatina: Dove son? chi m'aita?… Tutto e vano
06. Recitativo: Ah son pure infelice!
07. Scena: Ola! Ella… oh ciel!
08. Recitativo: Ella piu non mi fugge
09. Scena e cavatina: Tutto e silenzio
10. Recitativo: Ah ch'io non reggo ai moti
11. Terzetto: Ah qual raggio di speranza
12. Recitativo ed aria: Io non ne posso piu
CD2
01. Finale primo: Duettino: Oh via, signora mia
02. Terzettino: Immota e stupida
03. Quartetto: Mia signora … a me badate
04. Seguito e stretta del finale primo: Su, Dorliska… fate cuore
05. Atto II. Introduzione: Bravi, bravi: qua venite
06. Recitativo: Or ben: gia qualche cosa
07. Recitativo ed aria: Odimi: ah tu di me, mio buon amico
08. Recitativo: No, pentirsi non giova
09. Aria: Ferma, costante, immobile
10. Recitativo: Insensata ! … e non vede
11. Aria: Una voce lusinghiera
12. Recitativo e duetto: Non so se ho fatto bene
13. Recitativo e duettino: Dunque tu vuoi que io parta?
14. Recitativo e sestetto: Ma via, signori miei
15. Recitativo: Ah di noi che sera?
16. Scena ed aria: Cedi, cedi! Dagli… Indietro… T'arrendi
17. Finale secondo: Grazie al destin pietoso
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Performer:
Torvaldo - Huw Rhys-Evans
Dorliska - Paola Cigna
Giorgio - Mauro Utzeri
Duca d'Ordow - Michele Bianchini
Ormondo - Giovanni Bellavia
Carlotta - Anna-Rita Gemmabella
Czech Chamber Soloists Brno
Conductor - Alessandro de Marchi