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Donizetti: Heroines - The Collector's Box Set / Various
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Donizetti: Heroines - The Collector's Box Set / Various

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Composer
DONIZETTI, GAETANO
Artist
Various
Format
DVD
Label
Dynamic
Released
Oct 18, 2019
Catalog #
DYN-37859
UPC
8007144378592

About

This release is entitled Donizetti Heroines because many of the composer’s operas are named after their female protagonists. Even in the few cases where they aren’t, they give musical portrayals of unforgettable female characters, tragic and passionate figures, often innocent victims of the infernal gears of power and therefore destined to a hapless fate. Between 1818 and 1843 Gaetano Donizetti composed some seventy operas, many of which became very popular in his day. His first success came in 1830 with Anna Bolena and from that moment he rivaled Bellini as the ‘leading operatic composer in Italy’, churning out works with the constant rhythm of a typical 18th-century composer. Some of Donizetti’s best works rank among the masterpieces of 19th-century opera. A few of them have remained in the repertoire worldwide since their debut, while others were to be revived only from the second half of the 1900s, in the wake of what has rightly been called the ‘Donizetti Renaissance’. Today operatic audiences are radically different from those of two hundred years ago and during the 2018/19 season Donizetti was placed fifth in the list of the world’s most represented composers. We believe that the credit for this goes to his splendid heroines and their great interpreters who, yesterday and today, brought them alive on stage and continue to do so. This collectors’ release offers a selection of nine operas featuring some of the most iconic and unforgettable Donizetti characters, performed by outstanding singers such as Mariella Devia, Jessica Pratt, Carmela Remigio, Patrizia Ciofi and Sonia Ganassi.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Anna Bolena (Bergamo Musica Festival, 2006) (NTSC) 03:03:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Anna Bolena (Bergamo Musica Festival, 2006) (NTSC)
    Duration
    03:03:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  3. Disc 2
  4. 1 Disc 2 00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Disc 2
    Duration
    00:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  5. Disc 3
  6. 1 Pia de' Tolomei (La Fenice, 2005) (NTSC) 02:17:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Pia de' Tolomei (La Fenice, 2005) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:17:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  7. Disc 4
  8. 1 Disc 2 00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Disc 2
    Duration
    00:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  9. Disc 5
  10. 1 Lucia di Lammermoor (Bergamo Musica Festival, 2006) (NTSC) 02:23:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lucia di Lammermoor (Bergamo Musica Festival, 2006) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:23:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  11. Disc 6
  12. 1 Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth (Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, 2018) (NTSC) 02:19:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth (Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, 2018) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:19:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  13. Disc 7
  14. 1 Maria Stuarda (Teatro Donizetti, 2001) (NTSC) 02:33:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Maria Stuarda (Teatro Donizetti, 2001) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:33:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  15. Disc 8
  16. 1 La favorite (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2018) (NTSC) 01:40:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    La favorite (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2018) (NTSC)
    Duration
    01:40:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  17. Disc 9
  18. 1 Disc 2 00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Disc 2
    Duration
    00:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  19. Disc 10
  20. 1 Il Pigmalione (Fondazione Donizetti, 2017) (NTSC) 38:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Il Pigmalione (Fondazione Donizetti, 2017) (NTSC)
    Duration
    38:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  21. Disc 11
  22. 1 Roberto Devereux (Teatro Carlo Felice, 2016) (NTSC) 02:18:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Roberto Devereux (Teatro Carlo Felice, 2016) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:18:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  23. Disc 12
  24. 1 Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Fondazione Donizetti, 2016) (NTSC) 02:31:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Fondazione Donizetti, 2016) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:31:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  25. Disc 13
  26. 1 Disc 2 00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Disc 2
    Duration
    00:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti