PUCCINI: LE VILLI - Anita Hartig, Kang Wang, Boris Pinkhasovich, Ivan Repušić, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Munich Radio Orchestra Album

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Artist:
Anita Hartig
Kang Wang
Boris Pinkhasovich
Ivan Repušić
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Munich Radio Orchestra Album

Genre:
Classical
Opera

Total Time:
59:59

Record Label:
Br Klassiks

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Release Date
April 18, 2025

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Product Description: With his first stage work Le Villi, the young Giacomo Puccini instantly struck a chord with his contemporaries. His unerring instinct for deeply moving melodies made him a beacon of hope for a new generation of Italian opera composers.

On October 13, 2024, a few weeks before the centenary of the composer’s death on November 29, the Munich Radio Orchestra presented a concert performance of the two-act version of Le Villi at the city’s Prinzregententheater. Anita Hartig, Kang Wang, and Boris Pinkhasovich performed the solo parts, the Bavarian Radio Chorus sang, and the Munich Radio Orchestra played under its chief conductor, Ivan Repušic.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the great Italian composer’s death, BR-KLASSIK is now presenting the live recording of this extraordinary concert on CD.

‘Le Villi’ was composed in the autumn of 1883. The 25-year-old Puccini, who had just passed his final exams at the Milan Conservatory, took part in a one-act opera competition organised by the publisher Sonzogno, but came away empty-handed. The premiere of the one-act version on May 31, 1884 at the Teatro dal Verme in Milan was nevertheless a sensational success, largely due to the magical sound of the music and the charming melodies.

Admittedly, the dramaturgy of this ‘opera ballo’ was probably too unusual for it to remain in the stage repertoire for very long. Its sensational success quickly faded and could not be revived even after several reworkings (the two-act version created in 1884, and first performed on December 26 of that year at the Teatro Regio in Turin, forms the basis of this recording). Nevertheless, this first work paved the way for all of Puccini's subsequent operatic triumphs.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Nr. 1: Prélude Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (02:21)

2 . Akt 1: Nr. 2: Evviva i fidanzati! Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (05:50)

3 . Akt 1: Nr. 3: Se come voi piccina io Fossi Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (06:16)

4 . Akt 1: Nr. 4: Non esser; Anna mia, mesta si tanto Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (05:01)

5 . Akt 1: Nr. 5: Presto! Presto in Viaggio Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (01:50)

6 . Akt 1: Nr. 5: Angiol di dio! - Intermezzo - 1. Teil. Verlassen Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (05:21)

7 . Akt 1: Nr. 6: L'abbandono - Come un giglio reciso nel feretro ella giace! - Intermezzo: 2. Teil: Der Hexensabbat Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (04:42)

8 . Akt 1: Nr. 7: La tregenda Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (03:38)

9 . Akt 2: Nr. 8: No, possibil non è Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (03:29)

10 . Akt 2: Nr. 8: Anima santa Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (01:56)

11 . Akt 2: Nr. 9: Ei giunge! Anna! Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (02:46)

12 . Akt 2: Nr. 9: Torna ai felici di Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (04:01)

13 . Akt 2: Nr. 9: Forse ella vive Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (04:24)

14 . Akt 2: Nr. 10: Cammina! Cammina! Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (01:30)

15 . Akt 2: Nr. 10: Tu dell'infanzia mia Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (03:55)

16 . Akt 2: Nr. 10: Qui noi t'aspettiam Giacomo Puccini Anita Hartig / Ivan Repušić / Kang Wang (02:58)

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