Donizetti: Maria di Rohan
Krassimira Stoyanova, José Bros, Christopher Purves, Brindley Sherratt, Loic Félix, Graeme Broadbent, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Enkelejda Shkosa
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Maria di Rohan, Act 1
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1.1
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Sinfonia
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2:51 | |||
1.2
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"Allegro Introduction" (Chorus)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
6:58 | |||
1.3
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"Ed e ver?" (Ladies, Lords, All)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:02 | |||
1.4
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"Non seguite la caccia" (Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
0:40 | |||
1.5
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"Quando il cor da lei piagato" (Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2:47 | |||
1.6
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"Conte!" (Maria, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2:42 | |||
1.7
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"Cupa fatal mestizia" (Maria)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2:40 | |||
1.8
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"Contessa! In tanto giubilo" (Visconte, Ladies, Maria Fiesque, Lords, Courtiers)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
4:23 | |||
1.9
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"Cavalieri!" (Gondi, Visconte, Courtiers, Fiesque, The Others, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
8:23 | |||
1.10
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"Ma che! turbato sei?" (Chevreuse, Chalais, Visconte, Gondi)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
0:44 | |||
1.11
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"Le dance" (Maria, Fiesque, Gondi, Chevreuse, Courtiers, The Others, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:54 | |||
1.12
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"Conte!" (Visconte, Chalais, Fiesque, Chevreuse, Maria, Gondi, Courtiers)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:00 | |||
Maria di Rohan, Act 2
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1.13
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"Nel fragor della festa, ahi!" (Chalais, Aubry)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
8:57 | |||
1.14
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"Donna, che il volto d'una larva cinge" (Aubry)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2:04 | |||
1.15
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"Ch'ei dorma?" (Chevreuse, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
5:39 | |||
1.16
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"Sedete ..." (Chalais, Maria)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
8:50 | |||
Maria di Rohan, Act 3
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2.1
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"Ti rassicura! ..." (Chevreuse, Chalais, Maria)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
5:28 | |||
2.2
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"Havvi un Dio che in sua clemenza" (Maria)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:14 | |||
2.3
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"Parti brev'ora, ed egli fia lontano" (Chevreuse, Maria, Famigliare)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:14 | |||
2.4
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"Bella e di sol vestita" (Chevreuse)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2:44 | |||
2.5
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"Ebben?" (Fiesque, Chevreuse)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
4:18 | |||
2.6
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"Al supplizio fui tratta" (Maria, Chevreuse)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
7:39 | |||
2.7
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Finale (Chevreuse, Maria, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
4:36 | |||
Maria di Rohan, Appendix
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2.8
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"Per non istrare in ozio" (Gondi, Visconte, Fiesque, Chorus)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:28 | |||
2.9
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"Lascia" (Gondi, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
4:09 | |||
2.10
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"Se non cedi" (Maria, Chalais, Visconte)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:49 | |||
2.11
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"Ah cosi tanto affetto" (Maria, Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
5:19 | |||
2.12
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"Non seguite la caccia" (Chalais)
Gaetano Donizetti; Mark Elder; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
3:57 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"Though not the first Maria di Rohan on CD, this set comprehensively eclipses the 1996 one...above all for Mark Elder's marvellously strong, supple conducting...Opera Rara's cast imaginatively features the warmly sympathetic Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, who rises with unaffected eloquence to all of Maria's demands, expertly partnered by the excellently stylish Catalan tenor Jose Bros...Highly recommended."
- BBC Music Magazine
"No one today has keener stylistic antennae for this repertoire than Elder: conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, he shapes a performance of urgency and light-footedness, with a cast headed by Krassimira Stoyanova’s sprightly Maria and José Bros’s agile Riccardo."
- Financial Times
According to the late Donizetti expert William Ashbrook, Maria di Rohan (1843) is the composer‘s ‘tautest, most melodramatic opera’ and shows him ‘in complete control of his musico-dramatic goals’. The tragic melodrama, composed in 1843, was one of the last operas written by Donizetti (he had notched up an impressive 62 by then). First performed in Vienna, Donizetti revised it for its Paris premiere, changing the tenor role of Armando di Gondì to mezzo-soprano. Working from the new critical edition of the score, Opera Rara has recorded the original Vienna (June 1843) two tenor version as well as some of the appendices from the Paris (November 1843) revision, including those written for the mezzo-soprano, sung here by Enkelejda Shkosa.
Set during the time of Cardinal Richelieu, the opera focuses on Maria (Krassimira Stoyanova), secretly married to Riccardo, Duke of Chevreuse (José Bros), who has wounded the Cardinal’s nephew in a duel. In seeking assistance for his plight from Enrico, Count of Chalais (Christopher Purves), Maria finds her former love for the latter revived. The rest of the opera centres on how this intricate and explosive triangle of relationships plays out. As a handful of recent productions have demonstrated, the result shows Donizetti rightly claiming his position as one of the nineteenth-century’s greatest musical dramatists.
The project marks Opera Rara’s second collaboration with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; the orchestra, choir and stellar cast are conducted by Opera Rara Artistic Director, Sir Mark Elder, bringing his customary musical intelligence and wealth of experience to this repertoire.
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 | -4.74 -9.67 to 0.00 | -28.81 -33.49 to -19.58 | -24.33 -29.10 to -16.00 | 15 12 to 18 | |
1.1 | Sinfonia | -2.90 | -29.16 | -22.7 | 14 |
1.2 | "Allegro Introduction" (Chorus) | -0.82 | -24.96 | -20.1 | 14 |
1.3 | "Ed e ver?" (Ladies, Lords, All) | -1.23 | -28.35 | -24.0 | 17 |
1.4 | "Non seguite la caccia" (Chalais) | -6.52 | -32.08 | -27.6 | 15 |
1.5 | "Quando il cor da lei piagato" (Chalais) | -8.10 | -33.49 | -28.5 | 13 |
1.6 | "Conte!" (Maria, Chalais) | -7.69 | -30.80 | -26.2 | 14 |
1.7 | "Cupa fatal mestizia" (Maria) | -8.86 | -29.31 | -25.4 | 12 |
1.8 | "Contessa! In tanto giubilo" (Visconte, Ladies, Maria Fiesque, Lords, Courtiers) | 0.00 | -24.74 | -20.7 | 14 |
1.9 | "Cavalieri!" (Gondi, Visconte, Courtiers, Fiesque, The Others, Chalais) | -2.34 | -25.93 | -21.6 | 15 |
1.10 | "Ma che! turbato sei?" (Chevreuse, Chalais, Visconte, Gondi) | -9.19 | -32.93 | -29.1 | 15 |
1.11 | "Le dance" (Maria, Fiesque, Gondi, Chevreuse, Courtiers, The Others, Chalais) | -1.71 | -29.58 | -25.8 | 17 |
1.12 | "Conte!" (Visconte, Chalais, Fiesque, Chevreuse, Maria, Gondi, Courtiers) | 0.00 | -19.58 | -16.0 | 13 |
1.13 | "Nel fragor della festa, ahi!" (Chalais, Aubry) | -3.56 | -30.79 | -25.6 | 18 |
1.14 | "Donna, che il volto d'una larva cinge" (Aubry) | -9.64 | -31.04 | -26.0 | 13 |
1.15 | "Ch'ei dorma?" (Chevreuse, Chalais) | -5.26 | -29.92 | -25.6 | 16 |
1.16 | "Sedete ..." (Chalais, Maria) | -1.65 | -25.21 | -21.0 | 14 |
2.1 | "Ti rassicura! ..." (Chevreuse, Chalais, Maria) | -2.79 | -30.62 | -26.3 | 17 |
2.2 | "Havvi un Dio che in sua clemenza" (Maria) | -9.67 | -32.22 | -28.0 | 13 |
2.3 | "Parti brev'ora, ed egli fia lontano" (Chevreuse, Maria, Famigliare) | -2.74 | -31.79 | -25.9 | 17 |
2.4 | "Bella e di sol vestita" (Chevreuse) | -5.89 | -32.35 | -28.6 | 17 |
2.5 | "Ebben?" (Fiesque, Chevreuse) | -2.89 | -25.48 | -21.2 | 14 |
2.6 | "Al supplizio fui tratta" (Maria, Chevreuse) | 0.00 | -27.33 | -22.9 | 17 |
2.7 | Finale (Chevreuse, Maria, Chalais) | -1.84 | -24.27 | -20.3 | 14 |
2.8 | "Per non istrare in ozio" (Gondi, Visconte, Fiesque, Chorus) | -3.06 | -25.96 | -20.8 | 14 |
2.9 | "Lascia" (Gondi, Chalais) | -6.88 | -31.86 | -27.5 | 15 |
2.10 | "Se non cedi" (Maria, Chalais, Visconte) | -3.68 | -28.28 | -24.2 | 16 |
2.11 | "Ah cosi tanto affetto" (Maria, Chalais) | -8.71 | -30.59 | -26.4 | 14 |
2.12 | "Non seguite la caccia" (Chalais) | -5.54 | -28.11 | -23.3 | 14 |