Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix (Live)
Eglise Gutiérrez, Ludovic Tézier, Sir Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Available in MQA and 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
Linda di Chamounix
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1.1
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Sinfonia (Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
7:34 | |||
Linda di Chamounix, Act 1
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1.2
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"Presti al tempio!" (Maddalena, Antonio, Chorus / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
4:31 | |||
1.3
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"Ambo nati in questa valle" (Antonio, Maddalena / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
4:44 | |||
1.4
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"Viva! Viva!" (Antonio, Maddalena, Marchese, Intendente, Chorus / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
4:49 | |||
1.5
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"Oh! gia in collera non sono" (Marchese, Antonio, Maddalena, Intendente, Chorus / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
2:54 | |||
1.6
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"Ah! tardai troppo" (Linda / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
6:16 | |||
1.7
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"Qui, si, pria della partenza" (Linda, Pierotto, Chorus / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
7:07 | |||
1.8
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"Non so quella canzon mi intenerisce" (Linda, Carlo / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
8:30 | |||
1.9
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"Qui, buon Antonio, qui soli" (Prefetto, Antonio / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
10:33 | |||
1.10
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"Corro a dispor la moglie" (Antonio, Prefetto, Linda, Maddalena / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
4:18 | |||
1.11
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"Gran Dio che regoli gli umani eventi" (All / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
5:34 | |||
Linda di Chamounix, Act 2
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2.1
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"Gia scorsero tre mesi" (Linda, Pierotto / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
9:56 | |||
2.2
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"Come calma e conforta" (Linda, Marchese / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
11:36 | |||
2.3
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"Linda! ... Si ritiro." (Carlo / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
6:14 | |||
2.4
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"Carlo! Il mio cor con un repente battito" (Linda, Carlo / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
7:48 | |||
2.5
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"Per quanto io penero" (Linda, Antonio, Pierotto / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
10:20 | |||
2.6
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"Carlo ..." (Linda, Pierotto / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
9:17 | |||
Linda di Chamounix, Act 3
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3.1
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"Viva! Viva!" (Chorus, All / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
4:25 | |||
3.2
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"Facciamo allegri un brindisi" (All / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
1:13 | |||
3.3
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"Tutta la valle e in giubilo" (Prefetto, Carlo / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
9:38 | |||
3.4
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"Eccoci ancora qui" (Marchese, Chorus / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
7:06 | |||
3.5
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"Ed ecco in qual maniera" (Pierotto, Linda, Prefetto, Carlo, Marchese, Antonio, Maddalena, Chorus / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
10:44 | |||
3.6
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"E la voce" (Carlo, Linda, All / Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
4:07 | |||
3.7
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"Compi, o ciel la nostra speme" (Live)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Sir Mark Elder |
6:09 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"[Elder] infuses the whole performance with conviction, right from the rather impressive overture .[..] All the singers are up to their roles, and the playing of the orchestra is bold; even the most conventional passages sweep you along. This opera has been recorded before, but not to this standard. It's hard to imagine this set ever being replaced, or even rivalled."
- BBC Music Magazine
"What this recording of 2009 concert performances at Covent Garden underlines is that it contains some of the mature Donizetti’s most refined and melancholic music [...] Mark Elder conducts a characteristically stylish performance. Eglise Gutiérrez has the musicality to impress in the title role, and Stephen Costello makes an attractive Carlo – a valuable addition to Opera Rara’s Italian series."
- Financial Times
"Mark Elder's conducting is punchy and delicate by turns, the chorus and orchestra responding to his vigilant control of dynamics...The best performance comes from Alessandro Corbelli, in a part that could have been written for him. Ludovic Tezier spins a beautiful proto-Verdian line as Linda's father, and Balint Szabo is his equal
[...] As a whole the performance does the composer proud."
- Gramophone
One of the biggest successes of Donizetti’s career, Linda di Chamounix was performed all over the operatic world in the decades following its 1842 Viennese premiere, then fell into neglect; the live concert performances recorded by Opera Rara at Covent Garden, in 2009, were its first there since 1887.
This is one of Donizetti’s finest achievements, aimed at the musically sophisticated Viennese public and featuring some of his best arias, ensembles and choruses, including the brilliant soprano showpiece ‘O luce di quest’anima’; in this semi-seria opera this much-admired aria is sung by Linda (Eglise Gutiérrez), who has fallen in love with Carlo (Stephen Costello – a recent Richard Tucker Award winner) believing him to be a painter, though he is in reality a nobleman. Packed off to Paris to stop her falling into the clutches of his uncle, the dubious Marchese de Boisfleury (Alessandro Corbelli), Linda is discovered in compromising circumstances by her father Antonio (Ludovic Tézier), who curses her, causing her to lose her reason. Supported by the loyal Pierotto (Marianna Pizzolato), Linda returns to Chamounix and sanity and, eventually, to the arms of the man she loves.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Opera Rara Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.25 -10.23 to -0.10 | -27.52 -35.24 to -21.78 | -22.94 -30.00 to -16.70 | 15 12 to 17 | |
1.1 | Sinfonia (Live) | -1.68 | -24.77 | -20.4 | 16 |
1.2 | "Presti al tempio!" (Maddalena, Antonio, Chorus / Live) | -8.07 | -35.24 | -30.0 | 17 |
1.3 | "Ambo nati in questa valle" (Antonio, Maddalena / Live) | -7.56 | -30.27 | -26.3 | 14 |
1.4 | "Viva! Viva!" (Antonio, Maddalena, Marchese, Intendente, Chorus / Live) | 0.00 | -26.70 | -22.1 | 17 |
1.5 | "Oh! gia in collera non sono" (Marchese, Antonio, Maddalena, Intendente, Chorus / Live) | -1.04 | -22.00 | -17.8 | 13 |
1.6 | "Ah! tardai troppo" (Linda / Live) | -4.98 | -27.25 | -22.9 | 13 |
1.7 | "Qui, si, pria della partenza" (Linda, Pierotto, Chorus / Live) | -2.78 | -27.72 | -23.1 | 15 |
1.8 | "Non so quella canzon mi intenerisce" (Linda, Carlo / Live) | -2.31 | -25.92 | -21.7 | 14 |
1.9 | "Qui, buon Antonio, qui soli" (Prefetto, Antonio / Live) | -2.63 | -27.65 | -23.2 | 16 |
1.10 | "Corro a dispor la moglie" (Antonio, Prefetto, Linda, Maddalena / Live) | -3.73 | -31.58 | -27.4 | 16 |
1.11 | "Gran Dio che regoli gli umani eventi" (All / Live) | -0.10 | -21.78 | -16.7 | 12 |
2.1 | "Gia scorsero tre mesi" (Linda, Pierotto / Live) | -5.31 | -31.80 | -27.2 | 16 |
2.2 | "Come calma e conforta" (Linda, Marchese / Live) | -0.43 | -27.13 | -22.8 | 16 |
2.3 | "Linda! ... Si ritiro." (Carlo / Live) | -10.23 | -31.84 | -27.0 | 13 |
2.4 | "Carlo! Il mio cor con un repente battito" (Linda, Carlo / Live) | -4.23 | -27.49 | -23.2 | 14 |
2.5 | "Per quanto io penero" (Linda, Antonio, Pierotto / Live) | 0.00 | -27.83 | -23.2 | 17 |
2.6 | "Carlo ..." (Linda, Pierotto / Live) | -0.41 | -26.26 | -21.6 | 16 |
3.1 | "Viva! Viva!" (Chorus, All / Live) | 0.00 | -22.43 | -17.6 | 13 |
3.2 | "Facciamo allegri un brindisi" (All / Live) | -2.29 | -27.90 | -22.8 | 16 |
3.3 | "Tutta la valle e in giubilo" (Prefetto, Carlo / Live) | -2.28 | -27.51 | -23.2 | 15 |
3.4 | "Eccoci ancora qui" (Marchese, Chorus / Live) | -1.69 | -25.99 | -21.5 | 15 |
3.5 | "Ed ecco in qual maniera" (Pierotto, Linda, Prefetto, Carlo, Marchese, Antonio, Maddalena, Chorus / Live) | -1.49 | -30.10 | -25.1 | 16 |
3.6 | "E la voce" (Carlo, Linda, All / Live) | -1.75 | -29.24 | -25.1 | 15 |
3.7 | "Compi, o ciel la nostra speme" (Live) | 0.00 | -23.95 | -18.7 | 15 |