Se il cor ti perde - S. Prina/K. Gauvin LIVE - Tolomeo - Handel

Live from Teatro Real Madrid 14th Feb 2009
http://www.teatro-real.com
G.F. Handel - Tolomeo, re d'Egitto


Musical director: Alan Curtis
Tolomeo: Sonia Prina
Seleuce: Karina Gauvin
Elisa: Klara Ek
Alessandro: Romina Basso
Araspe: Andrew Foster-Williams


I've uploaded 3 arias:
1. Se il cor ti perde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR_nIq79BiQ
2. Stille amare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSCf5lOwII
3. Tutta contenta or gode + Finale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVjoYXLrSx8


Duetto TOLOMEO, SELEUCE
*************
Se il cor ti perde, o cara/o caro,
in pena così amara/in duolo così amaro,
altro dirti non so:
mio bene, addio!

Men vado ora a morire,
e sempre, nel soffrire,
scordami non potrò
dell'idol mio.
*************
O my beloved, if my heart should lose you,
in such bitter pain/in such bitter grief,
I can say only:
my love, farewell!

Now I go to my death
and as I suffer, I shall
never be able to forget
my beloved.
*************


PS: If you like this, there's no excuse not to own Curtis' "Tolomeo" CD (2008) with Hallenberg, Bonitatibus and Basso!

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• Sonia
• Prina
• Karina
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• Tolomeo
• Handel

[aurele65]

As tu une vidéo de Klara Ek en Elisa?

[Gudrun74]

D'abord: "Quanto e felice" était omis :-(

2eme catastrophe: I pressed the wrong button of my camera for "Ti pentirai" and "Il mio core" -> I don`t have any recording of Klara Ek!! I'm terribly sad, I think she was good but don`t remember any details.

Last hope: There was a live broadcast in Spanish radio, HAS ANYBODY RECORDED IT???

[aurele65]

J'ai le live en son audio. La partition a été malheureusement coupée comme à Paris, beaucoup dans le 2e acte. Ek était très bien mais j'aurais voulu la voir. Ont -ils expliqué pourquoi il y a eu des changements de distribution par rapport à ce qui était prévu?

[Gudrun74]

Non, Curtis ne donne jamais des explications. Des fois, c'est impossible de suivre. Ou en passe le temps en cherchant où on est dans le livret, sinon on est perdu (Motezuma live était encore pire) ...

Entre-temps j'ai aussi recu un enregistrement. Ek est très bien, numéro 2 après La Bonitatibus (mais je ne connais pas d'autres).

[eradesso]

what a gorgeous team! I adore both Gauvin and Prina!

[ongny]

Thank you! I hope to see "Tolomeo" in a staged version sometime. It is one of Händel's greatest operas, in my opinion.

[serenaluce]

Such a beautiful piece of music! Great Handel! And an absolutely mismatched duet! Gauvin is very good! Beautiful, emotional voice! Brava! But Prina is just a shame! Besides that she has an ugly voice, she can't sing here at all. I can't hear her singing. No volume, no colour! How much better it would be if Gauvin sang it with a COUNTERTENOR, otherwise calling another woman "mio caro" isn't convincing. At least with a good mezzo, notPrina! The best versions are with Daniel Taylor and Sabata!

[JoelleHarvey]

Tolomeo will be performed at Glimmerglass Opera in the summer of 2010.

[aschii91]

A recording of this day is available in operashare