Larry takes you to the San Carlo Opera in Naples for highlights from Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur. Cast includes Magda Olivero, Franco Corelli, and Naples’ favorite son, Enrico Caruso. There are also songs by Tito Gobbi, Mario Lanza, Richard Tauber, and Barbara Hendricks.
A Trip To Naples
San Carlo Opera House by Viva-Verdi (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Playlist
“Io son l’umile ancella” and “La dolcissima effigie” from Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea
Magda Olivero, soprano; Franco Corelli, tenor; Orchestra of the San Carlo Opera; Mario Rossi, conductor
(Naples 1959. RODOLPHE RPC 32656)
“No, più nobile” from Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea
Enrico Caruso, tenor; Francesco Cilea, piano
(Milan 1902. NAXOS 8.110703)
“Fenesta Che Lucive” by Teodoro Cottrau
Mario Lanza, tenor; Orchestra; Constantine Callinicos, conductor
(Rome 1959. RCA VICTOR 09026‐68130‐2)
“Santa Lucia” by Teodoro Cottrau
Tito Gobbi, baritone; Orchestra of the Rome Opera; Annibale Bizzelli, conductor
(Rome 1963. EMI 4 55383 2)
“Ach, manche vergangene Nacht” from Rossini in Neapel by Bernhard Paumgartner
Richard Tauber, tenor; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Josef Krips, conductor
(Vienna 1937. EMI 6 98549 2)
“Italian Street Song” from Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert
Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Ambrosian Singers; Philharmonia Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
(London 1992. EMI 9 72653 2)
