Gioacchino Rossini IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Among the operas in the modern repertoire The Barber of Seville has undoubtedly been the one most in need of careful critical revision. Written within a few days by a composer who, although young, had already made his name, Rossini's opera was soon immensely successful. However, as a result of its success, the work was subjected to a great many unwarrantable changes, which have unfortunately been perpetuated ever since in published editions.
The music publishers Ricordi have therefore brought out a new and scrupulously revised edition. This recording based on the new edition corresponds to the composer's intentons un every respect - as regards the original arias, tonalities and instrumentation.
This is a nicely entertaining Barber, with just the right sense of fun running through it to avoid slapstick and still bring a sophisticated smile to one's lips. Teresa Berganza is so right, so unexaggerated, so pyrotechnically capable yet filled with good taste, that it's impossible to find fault with her Rosina. Luigi Alva's Count is classy and honey-toned up to the top of the staff, where the voice simply stops blooming; he's also not as good as one might wish with Rossini's difficult fast music. Hermann Prey's Figaro is similarly impaired - the coloratura is just not pristine - but his style, attitude, and intelligence are pure gold; he's vastly entertaining. The other low-voiced men are ideal Rossinians. Abbado holds the whole thing together - this is a very satisfying performance. (Robert Levine)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Comic opera in two acts
Il Conte d'Almaviva: LUIGI ALVA
Bartolo: ENZO DARA
Rosina: TERESA BERGANZA
Figaro (Il Barbiere): HERMANN PREY
Basilio: PAOLO MONTARSOLO
Fiorello: RENATO CESARI
Berta: STEFANIA MALAGÚ
Un ufficiale: LUIGI RONI
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus master: John McCarthy
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CLAUDIO ABBADO
1972 Polydor International, GmbH, Hamburg
2 CD ADD
415 695-2 GH2
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