Magda Olivero
The essence of verismo, soprano Magda Olivero won an enthusiastic following during her exceedingly long career. Colleagues who found much to criticize in other artists reserved special approval for Olivero, whose art and integrity they valued. Purged of all strength and emotion after each of her stage appearances, the soprano retired in 1941 only to return to opera in 1951 at the request of Francesco Cilèa, who regarded her as his ideal interpreter.
Olivero began her career taking unfruitful auditions for Italian radio. Eventually accepted as a pupil by Luigi Gerussi, she finally made her radio debut in 1932 as Mary Magdalene in Cottozzo's rather obscure I Misteri Dolorosi. After further studies in Turin, Olivero made her first stage appearance as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at the city's Teatro Victorio Emanuele. A 1934 La Scala debut as Anna in Nabucco was followed by an engagement with a company touring the Italian peninsula. In 1937, she returned to Turin, this time to the Teatro Carignano, and was acclaimed in Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Trancredi e Clorinda. Word traveled quickly about the gifted young soprano, and that same year she recorded Liu to Gina Cigna's Turandot.
Marriage and retirement in 1941 kept her largely away from the public, but when she returned to the stage a decade later, she resumed a performing career that carried her into old age. In addition to such verismo roles as Adrianna, Tosca, Fedora, and even Minnie in La fanciulla del West, she also devoted herself to contemporary works. She appeared in London as Mimi in 1952 during an Italian season at the Stroll Theatre. Her Adrianna at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival brought more warm reviews. When she made her American debut as Cherubini's Medea at Dallas in 1967, audiences who had known her only as a name were transfixed by her singing and acting. A Metropolitan Opera debut came in April 1975, after which Olivero sang the role nine more times in the house and on tour. When in her early eighties, she recorded major scenes from Adrianna Lecouvreur; her always slender, rather reedy voice was reduced in size, but still guided by all the conviction, crystalline diction, and unfaltering legato that were her hallmarks.
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Discographie
13 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Francesco: Adriana Lecouvreur
Magda Olivero, Alberto Cupido, Marta Moretto, Orazio Mori, Carmelina Gandolfo
Opéra - Paru chez Bongiovanni le 1 mai 2014
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Giordano: Fedora
Magda Olivero, Mario del Monaco, Tito Gobbi, Choeurs National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Lamberto Gardelli
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1969
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini – Excerpts (Opera Gala – Volume 20)
Magda Olivero, Mario del Monaco, Nicola Rescigno
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. le 13 nov. 2020
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Magda Olivero
Classique - Paru chez Preiser Records le 3 août 2006
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Vocal Recital: Magda Olivero - Puccini, G. / Cilea, F. / Boito, A. / Verdi, G. / Puccini, G. / Charpentier, G. / Massenet, J. / Franck, C. (1938-1953) (Renato Simoni - Giacomo Puccini - Giuseppe Adami)
Classique - Paru chez IDIS le 1 janv. 2005
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Adriana Lecouvereur
Opéra - Paru chez Opera d'Oro le 9 oct. 2007
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Famose arie liriche (Mono Version)
Opéra - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1951
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Puccini · tosca
Magda Olivero, Eugenio Fernandi, Emidio Tieri, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 28 nov. 2022
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Puccini, G.: Tosca [Opera] (1957) (Giuseppe Giacosa - Giacomo Puccini - Luigi Illica)
Intégrales d'opéra - Paru chez IDIS le 1 janv. 2007
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A Recital with Magda Olivero
Opéra - Paru chez Latin Central Records le 1 janv. 1970
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Excerpts) [Remastered 2023] (Live)
Magda Olivero, Pedro Lavirgen, Carlo Moresco
Opéra - Paru chez EMEC - HD Remastered le 3 févr. 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Puccini · tosca
Magda Olivero, Alvino Misciano, Fulvio Vernizzi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 30 juin 2022
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Massenet · werther (Https://www.believebackstage.com/easyentry/submission/edit/4933282)
Agostino Lazzari, Magda Olivero, Mario Rossi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 30 juin 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo