Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini Orchestra Giovanile Della Via Emilia Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma - - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This opera was recorded at the 2019 Festival Verdi in a new coproduction from Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Comunale di Bologna. I due Foscari, a tragedia lirica in three acts based on a work by Lord Byron, was premiered in 1844. It proved quite popular for the next fifty years, thanks in part to it's brevity and ease of staging; in fact it's Verdi's shortest opera. The composer also revised the libretto by the rather inexperienced Francesco Maria Piave. From the musical point of view, this work is characterized by extreme simplicity of form and by the use of distinctive themes for each character, reminiscent of the Leitmotiv technique. The simple plot describes the mortal hatred between a Venetian gentleman, Jacopo Loredano, and two members of the Foscari family - the Doge Francesco and his son Jacopo - whom Loredano holds responsible for the deaths of his father and uncle. The effectiveness of this recording stems from both the cast of singers (notably Vladimir Stoyanov in the role of Francesco Foscari) and the orchestra under Paolo Arrivabeni's direction Paolo Arrivabeni is a highly experienced, international conductor who specializes in this repertoire. Album Tracks 1. Due Foscari~Preludio 2. Due Foscari~Act 1 Silenzio... Mistero.... 3. Due Foscari~Act 1 Qui ti rimani/Brezza del mar natio 4. Due Foscari~Act 1 Dal più remoto esilio 5. Due Foscari~Act 1 Del Consiglio alla presenza 6. Due Foscari~Act 1 No, mi lasciate! 7. Due Foscari~Act 1 Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente 8. Due Foscari~Act 1 Che mi rechi? 9. Due Foscari~Act 1 Tacque il reo 10. Due Foscari~Act 1 Eccomi solo alfine 11. Due Foscari~Act 1 O vecchio cor che batti 12. Due Foscari~Act 1 L'illustre dama Foscari 13. Due Foscari~Act 1 Tu pur lo sai 14. Due Foscari~Act 1 Di sua innocenza dubiti? 15. Due Foscari~Act 2 Notte! Perpetua notte 16. Due Foscari~Act 2