Original title: Il Trovatore: Drama in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. Text by Salvatore CammeranoReleased: 2014Genre: Classical, OperaDirected by: Philipp St?lzl, Stage Director; Tiziano Mancini, Video DirectorConductor: Daniel BarenboimChoreographer: Marta KueroftschkaArtist: Anna Netrebko, Soprano; Marina Prudenskaya, Mezzo-Soprano; Plácido Domingo, Tenor; Gaston Rivero, Tenor; Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-Soprano; Florian Hoffmann, Tenor; Wolfgang Biebuyck, Bass; Adrian Sampetrean, Bass; Staatskapelle Berlin; Chor der Staatsoper Berlin? Lovers of Il trovatore a work famous for its perennially popular cavatinas and cabalettas rightly expect the singers to be at the very top of their vocal game and particularly look forward to the top C at the end of Manrico s stretta, a true do di petto produced not from the head but from the chest. Yet the production of the work that was staged at the end of 2013 by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin jointly run by Daniel Barenboim and Jürgen Flimm deliberately flouted these expectations and traded familiarity for astonishment. Such a reaction was due not only to the two most famous singers of our age, both of whom were appearing onstage for the first time in their respective roles, but also to the company s music director, who made it abundantly clear that he was concerned with more than just a feast for the ears and rousing rum-ti-tum rhythms. Rather, Barenboim adopted a more daring, not to say unprecedented, approach to Verdi s score, seeking greater refinement and bringing out darker colours than we are used to hearing. Leonora s entrance aria, Tacea la notte placida, for example, was taken so slowly that one would have been afraid that the singer might run out of breath if the soprano in question had not been Anna Netrebko. The Russian star has such superb breath control that you would think the Staatskapelle were supporting her all the way. The quietest of phrases blossom into life, rising to a glowing top note that then returns to its original volume by means of a particularly bold use of messa di voce, most notably in Leonora s great aria in Part 4, D amor sull ali rosee, where we find the magic of a late bel canto style to which Verdi brought such authentic emotional depth that it is impossible to mock his ideal of beauty as no more than a vocal tightrope act. Rather we can respond to an art that speaks directly to our soul.Code:Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) - Il Trovatore1. Opening 1:45? Parte Prima "Il duello"Introduzione2. "All'erta! All'erta!" 2:403. "Di due figli vivea padre beato" 6:284. "Sull'orlo dei tetti" 1:20Scena e cavatina5. "Che più t'arresti?" 2:256. "Tacea la notte placida" 8:25Scena, romanza e terzetto7. "Tace la notte!" 1:548. "Deserto sulla terra" 1:489. "Infida!" - "Qual voce" 4:21? Parte Seconda "La Gitana"Coro di zingari e canzone10. "Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie" 2:4311. "Stride la vampa!" 2:2312. "Mesta è la tua canzon!" 1:50Scena e duetto13. "Soli or siamo" 0:5614. "Condotta ell'era in ceppi" 4:5015. "Non son tuo figlio?" 2:3216. "Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto" 3:0917. "L'usato messo Ruiz invia" 4:09Scena ed aria18. "Tutto è deserto" 1:3819. "Il balen del suo sorriso" 3:1820. "Qual suon! Oh ciel!" 2:39Finale21. "Ah! Se l'error t'ingombra" 2:2822. "Perché piangete?" 2:4223. "E deggio, e posso crederlo?" 4:48? Parte Terza "Il Figlio Della Zingara"Coro d'introduzione24. "Or co' dadi" 4:54Scena e terzetto25. "In braccio al mio rival!" 2:2726. "Giorni poveri vivea" 5:21Scena ed aria27. "Quale d'armi fragor" 2:1828. "Ah! Sì, ben mio" 3:2229. "L'onda de' suoni mistici" 1:5630. "Di quella pira" 2:16? Parte Quarta "Il Supplizio"Scena ed aria31. "Siam giunti" 3:0732. "D'amor sull'ali rosee" 5:1033. "Miserere d'un'alma" 4:5234. "Tu vedrai che amore in terra" 2:28Scena e duetto35. "Udiste? Come albeggi" 1:5536. "Mira, di acerbe lagrime" 2:1637. "Conte!" - "E né basti?" 4:16? Finale ultimo38. "Madre, non dormi?" 5:4039. "Sì, la stanchezza m'opprime" 3:5440. "Che! Non m'inganna quel fioco lume?" 5:5641. "Prima che d'altri vivere" 3:5442. Applause 5:3243. Credits 2:15? Recording live December 2013 at Staatsoper, Berlin, Germany 更多介绍......