Deux extraits / Two excerpts, Vincenzo Bellini, Zaira, Catania, 30 Mar. 1976
Zaira : Renata Scotto
Orosmane : Luigi Roni
Nerestano : Maria Luisa Nave
Corasmino : Giorgio Casellato Lamberti
Orchestra dell Teatro Massimo Bellini / Danilo Belardinelli
Un maillon entre ces différentes œuvres :
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A keystone between the folllowing works :
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Bianca e Fernando: 30.5.1826 Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
Zaira : 16.5.1829 Teatro Ducale, Parma
I Capuleti e i Montecchi : 11.3.1830 Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
Norma : 26.12.1831 Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Scotto, Bellini, La Straniera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IpE5Sw-_K0
Hi Italianoperafan,
Are there any videos on Youtube yet of the orchestral introduction to Zaira and the big duet for the two women that he re-used in Capuleti? If not, you should consider making them! Or anything else from this opera! There seems to be so little on Youtube.
Cimasiello00 2 years ago
Myto has released this "rare" opera (MDCD0013)... ;-)
royalguardopera 2 years ago
this role is so odd and fantastically difficult to sing. A cross between zerbinetta and medea a real voice shredder. The coloratura is so wird and goes to show that a rather hotblooded and energized soprano is required. I feel here we are still far away from the clarity of the role. But is seems so oddly written .
Tristiano 2 years ago
Grazie italianoperafan per questa "rarirà" chiamata Zaira. E poi con l'eclettica Scotto..
Splendido!!!!
oden60 3 years ago
That is one hell of an entrance aria! Even though her voice began to darken a lot in the mid-70s, she was still able to lighten it enough to sing the coloratura. A couple of less-than-ideal high notes aside, this performance is - as always with Renata - electrifying. How lucky are we to have an obscurity like Zaira, interpreted by this superb artist in her prime?!
Klytemnest 3 years ago