Balfe: Satanella / Bonynge, Victorian Opera Orchestra

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Label: Naxos
Release Date: March 11, 2016

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM
PERFORMER

Wang, Hayes, Gregory, Bowes, Church, Silver, Tocci, Carby, Sikora

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

March 11, 2016
UPC

730099037877
CATALOG NUMBER

8660378-79
LABEL

Naxos
NUMBER OF DISCS

2
GENRE

Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

Works ⌄

Preludio

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 1: Introduction: Donor of this lordly fete (Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 1: Quartet and Chorus: Thanks, thanks, my friends (Rupert, Hortensius, Stella, Lady, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang, Quentin Hayes, Christine Tocci, Elizabeth Sikora

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 1: Song: My heart is not my own (Lelia)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Catherine Carby

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 1: Concerted piece: My Lords, I pray you judge (Stella, Rupert, Hortensius, Chorus, Lelia)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Christine Tocci, Kang Wang, Quentin Hayes, Catherine Carby

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 2: Song: Oh! Would she but name (Karl)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Anthony Gregory

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 2: Scena and Cavatina: What daring mortal (Arimanes, Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Trevor Bowes, Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 2: Drinking Song: When fortune frowns (Rupert)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 2: Recitative and Cavatina: Myself once more (Chorus, Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act I Scene 2: Finale: There's a power whose sway (Satanella, Rupert, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver, Kang Wang

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 1: Recitative and Air: Ah me, how wretched (Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 1: Romance: An angel form in dreams (Rupert)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 2: Pirates Chorus: Rovers, rulers of the sea (Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 2: Song and Chorus: My brave companions (Bracaccio, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Frank Church

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 3: Recitative and Ballad: Ah! Me, too human thou (Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 3: Finale: Smile, oh Heaven! (Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 3: Procession: To Hymen's love-crowned altar (Chorus of Bridesmaids)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 3: Ensemble: The Priest, now robed (Rupert, Hortensius, Chorus, Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang, Quentin Hayes, Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act II Scene 3: Finale: Up and arm ye, every brave (Rupert, Hortensius, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang, Quentin Hayes

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 1: Introduction: Upward from the nether world (Chorus of Spirits)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 1: Recitative and Grand Duet: Tho' the angry bolt has sped (Arimanes, Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Trevor Bowes, Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 2: Market Scene: Merry Tunis, ope' thy mart (Chorus, Bracaccio, Rupert, Lelia, Hortensius)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Frank Church, Kang Wang, Catherine Carby, Quentin Hayes

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 2: Concerted piece: A fair Circassian (Bracaccio, Hortensius, Karl, Rupert, Lelia, Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Frank Church, Quentin Hayes, Anthony Gregory, Kang Wang, Catherine Carby, Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 2: Sextet: Oh, woe! Despair! (Lelia, Satanella, Bracaccio, Hortensius, Karl, Rupert, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Catherine Carby, Sally Silver, Frank Church, Quentin Hayes, Anthony Gregory, Kang Wang

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 2: Romance: Sultana Zulema (Satanella, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 2: Arietta: Would'st thou win me (Satanella)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act III Scene 2: Recitative and Cabaletta: No rival shares a throne (Satanella, Rupert, Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver, Kang Wang

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act IV: Serenade: Haste, lovers, haste (Chorus)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act IV: Song: No prize can fate (Rupert)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act IV: Finale: Dread shadow, speak (Rupert, Satanella, Lelia)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Kang Wang, Sally Silver, Catherine Carby

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Act IV: Oh, tenderness sublime (Satanella, Lelia, Rupert, Chorus, Arimanes)

Composer: Michael William Balfe

Ensemble: John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Orchestra

Performer: Sally Silver, Catherine Carby, Kang Wang, Trevor Bowes

Conductor: Richard Bonynge

Composer Michael William Balfe composed 29 operas, and around 250 other pieces. He is best known for his opera The Bohemian Girl. Balfe’s opera Satanella was his 23rd opera, and was premiered at Covent Garden in 1858. The work is a hybrid of classical opera tradition and stand-alone songs. This release is performed by the John Powell Singers and the Victorian Opera Orchestra under the direction of Richard Bonynge.

Review:

Bonynge is unsurpassed in this repertoire; he keeps it zipping buoyantly along, effortlessly supporting his singers and clearly relishing every baleful horn call, rippling harp and languishing cello solo. His cast, too, feels near-ideal. The young Chinese-born tenor Kang Wang is a Rupert of considerable dash, and Sally Silver sings the title-role…with sweetness and sparkle.

– Gramophone