Opera Heroes

May 26, 2018, 7:00 pm

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Today a footnote in a history full, mostly, of Italian, German and French names, there were Latin American composers that were considered mega-stars in the opera houses of the 19th century: Mexican Melesio Morales and Brazilian Antônio Carlos Gomes.

Playlist

Act One: No.2 Quartetto, No.5 Cavatina, from Ildegonda, by Melesio Morales

Act Two:  No.17 Trio finale
Ildegonda: Violetta Davalos
Rizzardo Mazzafiori: Raúl Hernández
Rolando Gualderano: Ricardo Santín
Roggiero Guladerano: Edilberto Regalado
Ermenegildo Falsabiglia: Noé Colin
Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez; Coro de la Escuela Nacional de Música; Fernando Lozano, conductor

 

No. 1 Sinfonia, from Il Guarany, by Antônio Carlos Gomes

Act One: No.2 Coro di cacciatori

Act Three: No.6 Gran scena e duetto

Act Four: No. 12 Gran Scena e terzetto finale ultimo

Pery; Plácido Domingo
Cecilia: Verónica Villarroel
Gonzales: Carlos Álvarez
Don Álvaro: Marcus Haddock
Alonso: John-Paul Bogart
Choir of the Opera of the State of Bonn; Orchestra of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn; John Neschling, conductor