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Mark Elder|Donizetti : L'Ange de Nisida (Live)

Donizetti : L'Ange de Nisida (Live)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder

Released on 3/22/19 by Opera Rara
Main artists: Mark Elder Royal Opera House Orchestra
Genre: Opera

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Gaetano Donizetti’s Ange de Nisida has had a strange history. It is never included in the composer’s list of operas for a very simple reason: Escaping Italian censorship, Gaetano Donizetti decided to have it performed in French in Paris (libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz). Rehearsals began in 1840, but stopped when the company went bankrupt. Donizetti ended up using some of this work in La Favorite, similar to the way Rossini used Il Viaggio a Reims in Le Comte Ory.

Sir Mark Elder’s record is therefore a world premiere. The maestro is surrounded by outstanding soloists in this recording made in July 2018 at Covent Garden in London. The concert was made in collaboration with the label Opera Rara, dedicated to opera premieres. The opera’s libretto had never been printed before. At the French National Library, the piece required major archival research using three different manuscripts for it to be to put together. Candida Mantica worked as an archeologist carefully exploring and comparing numerous versions including the composer’s own manuscript. The scenes that were discovered were not in the right order and often not fully orchestrated.

Though it was written for France and in French, the opera is a 100% Italian in its style. It shines as a wonderful discovery, even if it never changes our idea of Donizetti. Now that the record is out, we are looking forward to its rendition on stage. The plot takes place in the 15th century on a desert island, the way opera lovers liked at that time. The king of Naples is keeping his mistress a prisoner when a young and fiery tenor falls in love with her. The story goes through many twists, featuring the pope, between comedy and tragedy before its tragic ending for poor Sylvia, who dies, creating one more female martyr in the history of opera. © François Hudry/Qobuz

Donizetti : L'Ange de Nisida (Live)

Mark Elder

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L'Ange de Nisida (Gaetano Donizetti)

1

Act 1: Prelude

00:04:51

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

2

Act I - Scene 1 : "Ange d'amour, douce fée inconnue !" (Leone)

00:01:54

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

3

Act I - Scene 1 : "Dites-lui que mon cœur l'appelle" (Leone)

00:01:38

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

4

Act I - Scenes 1 & 2 : "On vient... Fuyons..." (Leone, Don Gaspar)

00:01:13

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

5

Act I - Scene 2 : "Le sommeil te berce encore" (Chorus)

00:01:38

Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

6

Act I - Scene 2 : "Or ça, vous ignorez quelle est cette étrangère" (Don Gaspar, Chorus)

00:02:18

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

7

Act I - Scene 2 : "Et vous, Mesdames" (Don Gaspar, Chorus)

00:03:27

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

8

Act I - Scene 2 : "Des chants et des bouquets !" (Don Gaspar, Chorus)

00:01:56

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

9

Act I - Scene 3 : "Don Gaspar !" (Leone, Don Gaspar)

00:02:09

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

10

Act I - Scene 4 : "Ô douces fleurs !" (Sylvia, Leone)

00:01:12

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

11

Act I - Scene 4 : "Ah ! Leone !" (Sylvia, Leone)

00:07:30

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

12

Act I - Scene 5 : "Non, je ne fuirai pas" (Leone, Don Gaspar, Chorus)

00:01:20

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

13

Act I - Scene 5 : "Vive le Roi !" (Don Gaspar, Chorus)

00:01:12

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

14

Act I - Scene 6 : "Mes bons amis" (Le Roi, Don Gaspar, Leone, Chorus)

00:02:25

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

15

Act 2 - Scene 1 : "Comme ces feuilles empourprées" (Le Roi, Sylvia)

00:03:51

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

16

Act 2 - Scene 1 : "Ah ! Ô ma chère patrie" (Sylvia, Le Roi)

00:05:03

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

17

Act 2 - Scene 1 : "Qui vient ici ?" (Le Roi, Sylvia)

00:00:26

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

18

Act 2 - Scene 2 : "Le ciel a béni l'étrangère" (Chorus)

00:03:13

Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

19

Act 2 - Scenes 2 & 3 : "Mais vous, fée adorable !" (Le Roi, Sylvia, Don Gaspar)

00:01:35

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

20

Act 2 - Scene 4 : "Don Fernand d'Aragon !" (Le Moine, Le Roi, Sylvia)

00:01:39

Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

21

Act 2 - Scene 4 : "Redoutez la fureur" (Le Moine, Le Roi, Sylvia, Don Gaspar)

00:02:47

Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

22

Act 2 - Scene 4 : "Vous tous qui m'écoutez" (Le Moine, Sylvia, Le Roi, Chorus)

00:01:19

Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

23

Act 2 - Scene 4 : "Ah ! qu'a-t-il dit ?" (Le Roi, Don Gaspar, Sylvia, Chorus, Le Moine)

00:03:38

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

24

Act 2 - Scene 5 : "Ah ! je me vengerai !" (Le Roi, Don Gaspar, Leone)

00:02:59

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

25

Act 2 - Scene 6 : "Je suis libre !... Quelle ivresse et quel délire !" (Leone)

00:04:10

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

26

Act 2 - Scenes 7, 8, 9, 10 : "Dites que je l'attends, porteur d'une nouvelle" (Don Gaspar, Leone, Sylvia, Le Roi)

00:05:45

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

27

Act 2 - Scene 10 : "De mon cœur foi bénie" (Sylvia, Leone, Le Roi, Don Gaspar)

00:02:59

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

28

Act 2 - Scene 10 : "D'un mot j'attends le bonheur de ma vie" (Leone, Le Roi, Don Gaspar)

00:01:11

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

29

Act 2 - Scene 10 : "Ô mon ange que j'implore" (Le Roi, Don Gaspar, Leone, Sylvia)

00:04:23

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

30

Act 3 - Scene 1 : "Leone ! Qu'ai-je appris !" (Don Gaspar, Le Roi)

00:02:12

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

31

Act 3 - Scene 1 : "Qu'entends-je ?" (Le Roi, Don Gaspar)

00:07:41

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

32

Act 3 - Scene 2 : "Le sort est jeté" (Don Gaspar, Sylvia)

00:01:48

Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

33

Act 3 - Scene 3 : "Leone ! Faut-il que l'infamie" (Sylvia)

00:04:24

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

34

Act 3 - Scene 3 : "Je ne veux rien garder" (Sylvia)

00:01:12

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

35

Act 3 - Scene 3 : "Venez ! Qui vous arrête ?" (Sylvia)

00:03:23

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

36

Act 3 - Scene 4 : "Déjà dans la chapelle... " (Chorus)

00:01:05

Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

37

Act 3 - Scene 4 : "De son bonheur mon âme est enivrée" (Leone, Le Roi, Chorus, Don Gaspar)

00:01:42

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

38

Act 3 - Scene 4 : "Déjà dans la chapelle" (Chorus)

00:01:05

Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

39

Act 3 - Scene 5 : "Quel marché de bassesse !" (Chorus)

00:03:17

Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

40

Act 3 - Scenes 6 & 7 : "Le Roi, vers Don Gaspar, en cet instant m'envoie" (Leone, Chorus, Le Moine)

00:03:58

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

41

Act 3 - Scene 8 : "Sire ! Je vous dois tout" (Leone)

00:01:18

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

42

Act 3 - Scene 8 : "Contre un pacte infâme" (Le Roi, Le Moine, Don Gaspar, Leone, Sylvia, Chorus)

00:03:19

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

43

Act 3 - Scene 8 : "Marquis de Montréal" (Le Roi, Leone, Sylvia)

00:01:30

Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

44

Act 3 - Scene 8 : "Je maudis cette alliance... Grâce, ô Roi, pour son offense" (Leone, Sylvia, Le Roi, Le Moine, Don Gaspar, Chorus)

00:02:58

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Vito Priante, Baritone (Don Fernand d’Aragon, King of Naples) - Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (The Monk) - Laurent Naouri, Bass (Don Gaspar) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

45

Act 4 - Scene 1 : "Frères, il faut mourir !" (Chorus)

00:02:55

Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

46

Act 4 - Scene 1 : "Les cieux s'emplissent d'étincelles" (Le Supérieur, Chorus)

00:02:33

Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (Father Superior) - Royal Opera Chorus - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

47

Act 4 - Scene 2 : "Dans un instant, mon frère" (Le Supérieur, Leone)

00:02:30

Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (Father Superior) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

48

Act 4 - Scene 3 : "La maîtresse du Roi ?" (Leone)

00:01:09

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

49

Act 4 - Scene 3 : "Hélas ! Envolez-vous, beaux songes !" (Leone)

00:02:29

David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

50

Act 4 - Scenes 4 & 5 : "Êtes-vous prêt ?" (Le Supérieur, Leone, Sylvia)

00:05:15

Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass (Father Superior) - David Junghoon Kim, Tenor (Leone de Casaldi) - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano (Countess Sylvia de Linarès) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Mark Elder, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz

© 2019 Opera Rara ℗ 2019 Opera Rara

Album review

Gaetano Donizetti’s Ange de Nisida has had a strange history. It is never included in the composer’s list of operas for a very simple reason: Escaping Italian censorship, Gaetano Donizetti decided to have it performed in French in Paris (libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz). Rehearsals began in 1840, but stopped when the company went bankrupt. Donizetti ended up using some of this work in La Favorite, similar to the way Rossini used Il Viaggio a Reims in Le Comte Ory.

Sir Mark Elder’s record is therefore a world premiere. The maestro is surrounded by outstanding soloists in this recording made in July 2018 at Covent Garden in London. The concert was made in collaboration with the label Opera Rara, dedicated to opera premieres. The opera’s libretto had never been printed before. At the French National Library, the piece required major archival research using three different manuscripts for it to be to put together. Candida Mantica worked as an archeologist carefully exploring and comparing numerous versions including the composer’s own manuscript. The scenes that were discovered were not in the right order and often not fully orchestrated.

Though it was written for France and in French, the opera is a 100% Italian in its style. It shines as a wonderful discovery, even if it never changes our idea of Donizetti. Now that the record is out, we are looking forward to its rendition on stage. The plot takes place in the 15th century on a desert island, the way opera lovers liked at that time. The king of Naples is keeping his mistress a prisoner when a young and fiery tenor falls in love with her. The story goes through many twists, featuring the pope, between comedy and tragedy before its tragic ending for poor Sylvia, who dies, creating one more female martyr in the history of opera. © François Hudry/Qobuz

Details of the original recording : Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, London, on 18 and 21 July 2018

About the album

1 disc(s) - 56 track(s)
Total length: 02:36:21
1 Digital booklet

Main artists: Mark Elder Royal Opera House Orchestra
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Label: Opera Rara
Area: Italie
Genre: Classical Opera
Period: Romantic Music

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