What Opera Are You Listening to Now?

[André]

That's a very unfortunate-sounding name in Greek... 🫣

σκατά ... 🤭

[JBS]

The word in English might be scatological...

[JBS]

TD
Bellini 8
The CD version of this (only the DVD is listed on Amazon)


Ms. Theodossiou is in direct competition with three Callases, Sutherland, Sills, and Bartoli.
I was surprised to learn the tenor, Carlo Ventre, is from Uruguay because his Italian sounds like a New Yorker's idea of a Neapolitan street singer.

ETA: Theodossiou is rather good, an epitome if bel canto singing.  Daniella Barcellona as Adalgisa is a good partner for her.  If only the tenor didn't sound like he was ready to launch into Funicula Funiculi at any moment....

[Florestan]

The word in English might be scatological...

Scatologic in Romanian. There's also scatofagie.

[JBS]

Taking a break from Bellini.
Strauss's Daphne with June Anderson at La Fenice in 2005

[JBS]

Bellini 9
Beatrice di Tenda
A studio recording from 1992.

Despite it being Bellini's penultimate opera, between Norma and I Puritani, I've never heard a note of it until now.
The recording has been reissued by Brilliant, but the front cover has some problems, which fortunately were not carried over to the back cover.


I'm listening to it in the form of CDs 17 and 18 of this set.

[Tsaraslondon]

Bellini 9
Beatrice di Tenda
A studio recording from 1992.

Despite it being Bellini's penultimate opera, between Norma and I Puritani, I've never heard a note of it until now.
The recording has been reissued by Brilliant, but the front cover has some problems, which fortunately were not carried over to the back cover.


I'm listening to it in the form of CDs 17 and 18 of this set.

There's also a couple of Sutherland recordings (studio and live). I used to have the studio recording on LP, but honestly can't remember that much about it.

[ritter]

There's also a couple of Sutherland recordings (studio and live). I used to have the studio recording on LP, but honestly can't remember that much about it.

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I was listening to the studio recording (on CD) a couple of months ago, but honestly can't remember that much about it either... 

[JBS]

There's also a couple of Sutherland recordings (studio and live). I used to have the studio recording on LP, but honestly can't remember that much about it.

So far (about 3/4 of the first act) there's a lot of oompahpah music a la early Verdi, some music that's skillfully written (and at least here, skillfully sung) but nothing has grabbed my attention yet.

The Amazon listings show some live recordings from Opera d'Oro and others, and at least 2 DVDs.

[JBS]

Bellini 9
Beatrice di Tenda
A studio recording from 1992.

Update: the finale is a bravura scene for the heroine that would do nicely on a recital disc.
But most of the music lacks spark, and it's not surprising that this opera does not have the fame of Bellini's other late operas.