Gaetano Donizetti - Imelda di' Lambertazzi - "Amarti: e nel martoro" (Nicole Cabell)

"Imelda", one of Donizetti's early works, is a strangely dark and innovative work, lacking an overture or a concertato in the First Act finale and using an arioso instead of an aria finale at the very end.

Even Imelda's rather traditional cavatina, as she recounts the torment of her impossible love to an enemy of her family, makes clear several things: in particular, Donizetti seems to have been unusually writing for strong, dark voices, hence the melodies tend to be simpler than one might expect from the composer of "Lucia" and "Lucrezia Borgia" but the emphasis on the text actually benefits from this. The prolonged cabaletta with its' clear rhythms and dramatic intensity is especially rewarding.

Nicole Cabell makes quiet a lot of the dramatic possibilities and only highlights the text's luminous powers. Enjoy :)!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Donizetti
• Imelda
• coloratura
• belcanto
• classical

[tklogan11809]

act 1 does end with a rousing concertato, Cabell's the perfect Imelda here. another great Opera Rara recording.

[actionsrlouder]

I love her distinctive young rich lyric-soprano voice, but she sounds very careful here in this Aria. We are not suppose to hear that she is being precocious in her singing.

[mxwhisper]

I like this, thank you it is such a joy to hear these rare works.

[happyman]

nice, thank you for uploading.