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Pagliacci

Romantic Dramatic Dark Triumphant Romantic
$16.99

Details

Composer
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Artist
Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik, Wolfgang Schone, Orchester der Wi
Format
CD
Label
Orfeo
Released
May 02, 2025
Catalog #
ORF-C240121
UPC
4011790240022

About

This is re-issue of the previous bestseller C756081 (4011790756127). Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1985 production of "Pagliacci" (and "Cavalleria rusticana") was one of the French director's last assignments at the Vienna State Opera before his untimely death 1988. The sensation of that June evening in 1985 was, however, Placido Domingo's consummate performance in Leoncavallos Pagliacci. He was more than an expressive singer with an incomparable tenor voice, he was also a truly great actor able to convey the whole world of his emotions to every member of the audience. Domingo's ability to bring out utter hopelessness transformed Leoncavallo's hackneyed opera into a highly individual tragedy from whose sway no one could escape. The dramatic intensity of his performance fired the other singers, too: thanks not least to her extraordinary vocal skills, Ileana Cotrubas was able to make Nedda's easygoing attitude as credible as her genuine feeling for Silvio and her struggle to safeguard the new love that had entered into her life; Wolfgang Schone gave Silvio an unusually clear-cut character and Heinz Zednik's presence in the cast likewise gave Peppe a whole new dimension. Finally, the French baritone Matteo Manuguerra was able to display thanks to his great and powerful voice a "terrifyingly evil" Tonio. By the end of the evening the public and the critics "were genuinely gripped"

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Prologue: Introduction 02:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prologue: Introduction
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  2. 2 Prologue: Si può? Si può? (Tonio) 04:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    Prologue: Si può? Si può? (Tonio)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Matteo Manuguerra
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  3. 3 Act I Scene 1: Son qua! Son qua! (Chorus, Canio, Beppe) 02:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Son qua! Son qua! (Chorus, Canio, Beppe)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Plácido Domingo, Heinz Zednik
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  4. 4 Act I Scene 1: Un grande spettacolo a ventitré ore (Canio, Chorus, Tonio, Villager, Beppe) 02:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Un grande spettacolo a ventitré ore (Canio, Chorus, Tonio, Villager, Beppe)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Plácido Domingo, Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik, Josef Pogatschnig, Wolfgang Witte
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  5. 5 Act I Scene 1: Un tal gioco, credetemi (Canio, Nedda, Villagers) 02:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Un tal gioco, credetemi (Canio, Nedda, Villagers)
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubaș
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  6. 6 Act I Scene 1: I zampognari! (Boys, Men, Old People, Women, Canio) 03:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: I zampognari! (Boys, Men, Old People, Women, Canio)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Plácido Domingo
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  7. 7 Act I Scene 2: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo (Nedda) 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo (Nedda)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  8. 8 Act I Scene 2: Stridono lassù, liberamente (Nedda) 02:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Stridono lassù, liberamente (Nedda)
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  9. 9 Act I Scene 2: Sei là! Credea che te ne fossi andato (Nedda, Tonio) 04:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Sei là! Credea che te ne fossi andato (Nedda, Tonio)
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș, Matteo Manuguerra
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  10. 10 Act I Scene 3: Nedda! …Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza! (Silvio, Nedda, Tonio) 06:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Nedda! …Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza! (Silvio, Nedda, Tonio)
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Wolfgang Schöne, Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  11. 11 Act I Scene 3: E allor perché, di', tu m'hai stregato (Silvio, Nedda, Canio) 04:25
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: E allor perché, di', tu m'hai stregato (Silvio, Nedda, Canio)
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Wolfgang Schöne, Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  12. 12 Act I Scene 3: Aiutalo, Signor! (Nedda, Canio, Tonio, Beppe) 03:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Aiutalo, Signor! (Nedda, Canio, Tonio, Beppe)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  13. 13 Act I Scene 3: Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio (Canio) 04:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio (Canio)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Plácido Domingo
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  14. 14 Act I: Intermezzo 03:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I: Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  15. 15 Act II Scene 1: Ohè! Ohè! Presto (Chorus, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio, Nedda) 03:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Ohè! Ohè! Presto (Chorus, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio, Nedda)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik, Wolfgang Schöne, Ileana Cotrubaș
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  16. 16 Act II Scene 2: Pagliaccio, mio marito (Nedda, Beppe, Tonio) 07:26
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Pagliaccio, mio marito (Nedda, Beppe, Tonio)
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș, Heinz Zednik, Matteo Manuguerra
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  17. 17 Act II Scene 2: Arlecchin! …Colombina! (Nedda, Beppe, Tonio) 01:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Arlecchin! …Colombina! (Nedda, Beppe, Tonio)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș, Heinz Zednik, Matteo Manuguerra
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  18. 18 Act II Scene 2: A stanotte, e per sempre io sarò tua (Nedda, Canio, Tonio) 02:30
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: A stanotte, e per sempre io sarò tua (Nedda, Canio, Tonio)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, Matteo Manuguerra
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer
  19. 19 Act II Scene 2: No, Pagliaccio non son (Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Beppe, Tonio) 06:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: No, Pagliaccio non son (Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Beppe, Tonio)
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Plácido Domingo, Wolfgang Schöne, Ileana Cotrubaș, Heinz Zednik, Matteo Manuguerra
    Ensemble
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Adam Fischer