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Ruggero Leoncavallo was one of history's great exemplars of the one-hit wonder, with I Pagliacci (1892) being his most popular opera from the start. Leoncavallo tried to match its success for several decades, and with Zingari ("Gypsies"), he came close; the opera ran for hundreds of performances in London and also did well in the U.S. One can see what the English liked about it. It is classed as a verismo opera with its tale of a nobleman falling in love with a Romani girl who in turn falls for one of her compatriots, but until the later stages, it also has aspects of operetta, with slightly cheesy faux-Romani melodies, peppy choruses, short length (what s here is just over an hour), and a generally diatonic harmonic palette. It is as if Arthur Sullivan had undertaken a story of this kind. Zingari has occasionally been recorded, but this release, made in conjunction with a 2021 live concert performance, is probably the top choice. There's a veteran conductor, Carlo Rizzi, getting a good deal of energy out of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and some singers -- soprano Krassimira Stoyanova as the girl Fleana, Arsen Soghomonyan as the nobleman Radu, and Stephen Gaertner as his rival Tamar -- who shine in the work's profusion of solo arias and romantic duets. Kudos to the Opera Rara label, which has done fine work with Leoncavallo; this opera, with the moderate resources required, would be excellent for university productions and the like. The fact that this now little-known opera showed up on classical best-seller lists in the fall of 2022 shows the possibilities.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Lukasz Golinski, Bass Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Lukasz Golinski, Bass Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Lukasz Golinski, Bass Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Lukasz Golinski, Bass Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Lukasz Golinski, Bass Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Choir
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano Vocals - Stephen Gaertner, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Arsen Soghomonyan, Tenor Vocals
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
Album review
Ruggero Leoncavallo was one of history's great exemplars of the one-hit wonder, with I Pagliacci (1892) being his most popular opera from the start. Leoncavallo tried to match its success for several decades, and with Zingari ("Gypsies"), he came close; the opera ran for hundreds of performances in London and also did well in the U.S. One can see what the English liked about it. It is classed as a verismo opera with its tale of a nobleman falling in love with a Romani girl who in turn falls for one of her compatriots, but until the later stages, it also has aspects of operetta, with slightly cheesy faux-Romani melodies, peppy choruses, short length (what s here is just over an hour), and a generally diatonic harmonic palette. It is as if Arthur Sullivan had undertaken a story of this kind. Zingari has occasionally been recorded, but this release, made in conjunction with a 2021 live concert performance, is probably the top choice. There's a veteran conductor, Carlo Rizzi, getting a good deal of energy out of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and some singers -- soprano Krassimira Stoyanova as the girl Fleana, Arsen Soghomonyan as the nobleman Radu, and Stephen Gaertner as his rival Tamar -- who shine in the work's profusion of solo arias and romantic duets. Kudos to the Opera Rara label, which has done fine work with Leoncavallo; this opera, with the moderate resources required, would be excellent for university productions and the like. The fact that this now little-known opera showed up on classical best-seller lists in the fall of 2022 shows the possibilities.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:09
- Main artists: Carlo Rizzi Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Label: Opera Rara
- Genre: Classical Opera
© 2022 Opera Rara ℗ 2022 Opera Rara
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