Vive Verdi! French Rarities and Discoveries

by Roberto Abbado

Overview

Only one work here is a real rarity, the third-act ballet composed by Verdi for the Brussels premiere of Nabucco, known in French by the work's original title of Nabuchodonosor, in 1848. Not all the tracks are original to this release; some come from an earlier recording of the 1865 version of Macbeth, with French text, by baritone Ludovic Tezier. Much of the album is given over to a 25-minute series of dances Verdi wrote for the Paris premiere of Il Trovatore in 1854. These have been recorded before (they turn up on one of Luciano Pavarotti's recordings of the opera) but aren't heard often. Tezier is a veteran baritone who seems to enjoy the chance to flex his Verdian chops in his native language, and Roberto Abbado (nephew of Claudio) is a strong Verdi conductor with the right mix of energy and precision in leading the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, and Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma. The long series of Il Trovatore dances are curiously flat; one searches in vain for a tune to leave the room humming, but serious Verdi lovers will want this album for the Nabucco ballet alone, and nothing on it is less than listenable. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2022
Label:	DYNAMIC
UPC:	8007144079413

Tracks

1. Nabuchodonosor~Acte Troisi¿¿me. Troisi¿¿me Tableau. Sc¿¿ne premi¿¿re: Comme le Dieu Bel, notre grande reine
2. Nabuchodonosor~Acte Troisi¿¿me. Troisi¿¿me Tableau. Sc¿¿ne premi¿¿re: Divertissement Passo a 3. Pas d'Ensemble
3. Macbeth~Acte Troisi¿¿me. Ch¿¿ur et Sc¿¿ne des Apparitions: Interrogeons le sort pour la derni¿¿re fois
4. Macbeth~Acte Troisi¿¿me. Ch¿¿ur des Sylphes et Danse: Sylphes l¿¿gers, enfants des eaux
5. Macbeth~Acte Quatri¿¿me. Sc¿¿ne et Air: Aux Anglais le traitre contre moi - Honneurs, respect, tendresse
6. Macbeth~Acte Quatri¿¿me. Introduction et Ch¿¿ur: ¿¿ patrie! ¿¿ noble terre
7. Le Trouv¿¿re~Acte Troisi¿¿me. Sc¿¿ne premi¿¿re: Divertissement Pas des Boh¿¿miens - Gitanilla - Ensemble - Sevillana - La Boh¿¿mienne - Galop

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roberto Abbado   Primary Artist,Conductor
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini   Orchestra
Candida Mantica   Critical Edition
Francesco Maria Parazzoli   Cello
Jacobo Ochoa   Vocals
Pietro Bolognini   Vocals
Pilar Mezzadri Corona   Vocals
Ludovic Tezier   Vocals
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna   Orchestra
Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus   Choir/Chorus
David Lawton   Critical Edition

Technical Credits

Francesco Maria Piave   Librettist
Lucie Jansch   Photography
Alexandre Beaumont   Libretto Translation
Candida Mantica   Editing
F. Gravrand   Libretto Translation
Jules Guilliaume   Libretto Translation
Charles Nuitter   Libretto Translation
Temistocle Solera   Librettist
Elfride Foroni   Post Production,Engineer,Editing
Salvatore Cammarano   Librettist
Emilien Pacini   Libretto Translation
Knud Arne Juergensen   Editing
Martha Pilarz   Graphic Design
Leone Emanuele Bardare   Librettist
Roberto Ricci   Photography
Daniela Pilarz   Liner Note Translation
Giuseppe Verdi   Composer