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Rossini - La Cenerentola

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Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Alberto Zedda (Conductor), SWR Orchestra Kaiserslautern (Orchestra), Format: Audio CD
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Operas and operettas are basically plays (tragedies, dramas and comedies) set to music. Most feature solo voices and choruses and the whole is accompanied by orchestra.

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Overture
2 Introduction: No, No, No: Non V'e
3 Recitative: Date Lor Mezzo Scudo
4 Cavatina: Miei Rampolli Femmini
5 Recitative: Sappiate Che Fra Poco
6 Scena and Duet: Tutto E Deserto
7 Recitative: Non So Che Dir
8 Chorus: Scegli la Sposa/Cavatina: Come Un'ape Ne' Giorni D'aprile
9 Recitative: Allegrissimamente
10 Recitative and Quintet: Signore, Una Parola
11 Recitative: Si, Tutto Cangera
12 Aria: La Del Ciel Nell'arcano Profondo
13 Recitative: Ma Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!
14 Chorus: Conciosiacosache
15 Duet and Finale: Zitto Zitto, Piano Piano

Disc: 2

1 Chorus: Venga, Inoltri
2 Recitative: Signora Altezza, in Tavola
3 Tutti: Mi Par D'essere Sognando
4 Chorus: Ah! Della Bella Incognita
5 Recitative: Mi Par Che Quei Birbanti
6 Aria: Sia Qualunque Delle Figlie
7 Recitative: Ah! Questa Bella Incognita
8 Recitative: E Allor... Se Non Ti Spaccio/Aria: Si, Ritrovarla Io Giuro
9 Recitative: La Notte E Omai Vicina
10 Duet: Un Segreto D'importanza
11 Recitative: Mi Seconda Il Destino
12 Canzone: Una Volta C'era Un Re/Recitative: Quanto Sei Caro!
13 The Storm (Instrumental)
14 Recitative: Scusate, Amici
15 Sextet: Siete Voi!
16 Recitative: Dunque Noi Siam Burlate?
17 Recitative: La Pillola E Un Po'dura
18 Chorus: Della Fortuna Instabile

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.97 x 0.4 x 5.71 inches; 4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Naxos Opera
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2005
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 30, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Naxos Opera
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000AMMSOY
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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John G. Gleeson Sr.
5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2012
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Reviewer Morrison has nailed it on this one, so I won't repeat what he has written about this marvellous performance. I think it is Joyce DiDonato's first commercial recording and she does her usual incredible performance with a rich, creamy voice and incredible bel canto technique. Jose Manuel Zapata is a near perfect Prince Ramiro with a light and agile technique that doesn't miss a beat. I have liked Bruno Pratico in anything I have seen or heard and he does not disappoint. Conductor Alberto Zedda is new to me, but he is totally with the score, producing what may be the best conducted Cenerentola I have heard.

This is my first CD version; I have four DVDs and usually prefer to watch. But I am delighted with this set, especially at the reasonable price Naxos sells for. I expect that it will get played a lot here. Bravi! Tutti bravii!!
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Rainy Broomfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2018
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Wonderful production of Rossini's Cinderella opera.
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Elizabeth Oliver
5.0 out of 5 stars Great recording
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2013
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A wonderful recording that is every thing that I hoped it would be, though it is disappointing that Clorinda's aria is not included.
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paul sinclair
4.0 out of 5 stars Great recording of DiDonato
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013
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Both DiDonato and the tenor on this recording are wonderful!! The recording quality could be better in some parts of the recording, but the major sections are excellent.
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Live2listen
5.0 out of 5 stars Rossini as it should be
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2016
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Playful and very enjoyable recording.
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J Scott Morrison
5.0 out of 5 stars A Sparkling 'Cinderella'
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2005
Stendhal, in his biography of Rossini, writes that not long after a performance of 'La Cenerentola' begins he starts feeling almost nauseated, and eventually indicates this is due to the opera's 'banality' and 'lack of idealism.' Well, I don't know what Stendhal was talking about. Generations of opera-goers have found it utterly delightful, and anyone who listens to this live performance from the Rossini in Wildbad (Germany) Festival will likely agree. The music is vintage Rossini, written right after 'Barbiere di Siviglia.' The conductor is one of the most respected Rossini scholars around, and he is conducting his own edition of the work. Indeed, Alberto Zedda is the editor of the Rossini Gesamtausgabe (Complete Edition), director of the Pesaro (Italy) Rossini Opera Festival, and has probably conducted more performances of Rossini operas than anyone alive. The Rossini in Wildbad Festival has introduced many young Rossini singers to the world and in this performance we get to hear the cream of the coming crop. The Cenerentola (Joyce Di Donato) is no stranger to the role, having sung it in several other productions (among them La Scala), including one I saw in her hometown, Kansas City; she was simply sensational then as she is in this performance. Di Donato is a comer; among other things she sang Sister Helen Prejean in the première of Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking.' She has a rich, flexible mezzo, is a consummate actor with the voice and has perfect control of Rossini's fioriture.

The other singers in the cast do equally well. José Manuel Zapata is a lyrical and lovable prince, Don Ramiro. He and Di Donato sound marvelous together as the young lovers. Paolo Dordogna scores as Don Ramiro's valet who masquerades as the prince. Don Magnifico, the improverished baron, father of the two sisters Clorinda and Tisbe, is sung with comic relish by Bruno Praticò. He is particularly funny in the drunken scene where he pretends to be Dandini's wine steward. (I am always amused to recall once seeing a wine shop called 'Don Magnifico's.' An inside joke if I ever saw one.) The cast is rounded out by Patrizia Cigna and Martina Borst as Clorinda and Tisbe. And the engine of the plot, the philosopher Alidoro, is sung deliciously by basso Luca Pisaroni. The Prague Chamber Choir is excellent as is the orchestra, the SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslauten led by Zedda. This is Rossini as to the manor born.

There have been any number of other recordings of this delightful opera but for a newcomer to the score, this budget release is more than value for cost. There is no libretto included in the booklet, but the Italian libretto is available online at an url supplied by the Naxos website.

An easy recommendation.

2CDs: 2:34:44

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K. Ives
5.0 out of 5 stars New Favorite
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2014
The CD was provided promptly and it has a place of honor in my car stereo now. Absolutely wonderful music and of course my girl Joyce is sublime.
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Soeren Riis
5.0 out of 5 stars La Cenerentola
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2008
Under the baton of Alberto Zedda, probably the best Rossini-conductor of our time, Joyce DiDenato creates a wonderful portrait of the unfortunate girl who wins the prince at the end. I have had the great fortune to hear Joyce DiDonate in the same role in Barcelona, and I simply adore her!
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domdup
5.0 out of 5 stars Un LIVE irrésistible.
Reviewed in France on February 4, 2020
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L'interprète principale ( J. DiDonato) y est pour beaucoup. Mais cette version à prix bas, s'impose par sa distribution sans faille et une vie que les enregistrements faits en studio n'ont évidement pas. A. Zedda, grand spécialiste de ROSSINI, insuffle ce dynamisme irrésistible à cette captation publique du 13 novembre 2004, sans aucun passage à vide. C'est enivrant et s'avère être une vraie réussite.
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Cloclo
5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely love Joyce DiDonato
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2015
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I absolutely love Joyce DiDonato. What a voice she has!!! and the rest of the cast is very good.
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Marcolorenzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Live Performance 5 Stars with reservations
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2011
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The orchestral playing on this recording is spectacular. The conductor Alberto Zedda, considered by many to be the world's pre-eminent Rossini conductor, conducts the SWR Radio Orchestra (Stuttgart Radio Orchestra) and the Prague Chamber Choir with sparkling vitality and considerable effervescence. The orchestra is the star of this performance. Cenerentola is sung by Joyce Donato, mezzo soprano who is definitely immersed in the character, singing with great expressiveness and warmth. However I make the comparison with the same role sung by Federica von Stade, lyric mezzo-soprano on the DVD with Abbado where Stade's voice seems to me better suited to the part and is more beautiful and more delicate. Alidoro sung by Luca Pisaroni is exemplary. Prince Ramiro sung by José Zapata also gives a very fine performance. In short this is a good live performance, punctuated however by disturbing audience applause and laughter often, where the orchestral score is the star and where the singing doesn't have a dull moment and the action is carried along even in the recitatives with vitality and virile force but where the principal part of Cenerentola is to my taste better sung by a soprano or lyric mezzo and not by a dramatic mezzo soprano. It's just a subtle matter of personal taste. Also see: Rossini - La Cenerentola (Abbado) [DVD] [2005 ] Rossini: La Cenerentola
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Matthias Müller
5.0 out of 5 stars Rossissimo!
Reviewed in Germany on August 19, 2009
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Lange fristete "La Cenerentola" hinter dem "Barbier von Sevilla" völlig zu unrecht ein Schattendasein, die Riege der großartigen Rossini-Interpretinnen der letzten Jahre holten dieses Meisterwerk aber wieder ans Tageslicht, vor allem wegen der für sie so bravurösen Schlussszene dieser Oper.
Es ist sicher Alberto Zedda, dem Großmeister der Rossini-Dirigenten, zu verdanken, ein solches Sängerensemble zu vereinen und glücklicher Weise hat Naxos diese Live-Aufführung aufgenommen. Zedda geht die Sache forsch an, über die gesamte Zeit bleibt die Aufführung sehr lebendig.
Vielleicht sind einem die Namen des Sänger-Ensembles (noch) nicht so vertraut, das ändern aber nichts an deren Qualität. Joyce DiDonato als Cenerentola singt sich einerseits ohne hörbare Schwierigkeiten durch die wahnwitzigen Läufe ihrer Partie, andererseits nimmt sie sich in den melancholischen Teilen auch angenehm zurück. José Manuel Zapata ist ein wirklich hörenswerter Rossini-Tenor, der seine Partie mit Strahlkraft und Leichtigkeit meistert. Der in Italien sehr bekannte Bass Bruno Praticò gibt einen hervorragenden Don Magnifico. Auch Luca Pisaroni als Alidoro meistert seine Partie ohne Beanstandungen, nur passt für mich seine jugendliche und für einen Bass relativ helle Stimme nicht so gut in die Rolle des weisen Philosophen. Der Star der Aufnahme ist für mich jedoch Paolo Bordagna als Dandini. Noch nie habe ich einen Bariton gehört, der eine so bewegliche Stimme besitzt. Auch Alberto Zedda scheint sich dessen bewusst zu sein und "jagt" Bordagna mit hohen Tempi durch seine Partie - heraus kommt eine Sternstunde des Belcanto!
Als einzigen kleinen Kritikpunkt an dieser Aufnahme würde ich die Tonqualität anführen, manchmal stimmt die Balance zwischen Orchester und den Sängern nicht, aber das ist wohl der Live-Aufnahme geschuldet.
Insgesamt braucht sich diese Einspielung hinter keiner anderen Aufnahme dieses Rossini-Meisterwerkes zu verstecken - ganz im Gegenteil! Und das Ganze dann zu diesem Preis. Da kann ich nur sagen: Rossissimo!
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William
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2014
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This is a magical performance of a wonderful piece. DiDonato and Zapata make an enchanting couple and their singing is both intelligent and exquisite,matching one another with great delicacy and delightful touches of colouratura. The rest of this cast match this level of performance. Please buy it and enjoy.
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