| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Series |
Opera explained |
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Opera explained.
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| Contents |
Tchaikovsky: The troubled boy (3:27) ; Conducting debut and tour in the US (3:32) -- Brahms: Upbringing in Hamburg (3:08) ; Later relationship with Clara (3:02) -- Liszt: Meeting the Countess Marie d'Agoult (3:24) ; Transforming Weimer (4:42) -- Bach: First surviving work (2:18) ; Incredible productivity but difficult personal relations (4:36) -- Chopin: Early recognition (3:11) ; Declining physical health (6:03) -- Mozart: A child prodigy (3:21) ; Expensive tastes, and resourcefulness (3:28) -- Verdi: Humble beginnings (3:03) ; Everlasting compulsion to work (4:06) -- Beethoven: Introduction (5:31) ; Attitude to publication and reception of Symphony No. 9 (3:32) |
| Summary |
This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. L'elisir d'amore, or The elixir of love, has remained popular for almost two centuries because of a touching tale and a galaxy of comic characters adapted from the traditional commedia dell' arte. Above all Donizetti poured into the score all the warmth and tenderness of the Italian temperament. His melodic invention never ceases to charm whether in the jolly rustic choruses, the exhilarating 'patter' numbers, or the sweet sadness of the beautiful arias, of which 'Una furtiva lagrima, ' the great tenor showpiece, is the best known |
| Notes |
Streaming audio |
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Title from image of compact disc cover on Web page (viewed May 10, 2006) |
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Includes program notes |
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Unabridged |
| Performer |
Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator |
| Notes |
Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian |
| Subject |
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Elisir d'amore.
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| SUBJECT |
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti, Gaetano) fast (OCoLC)fst01362358 |
| Subject |
Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Streaming audio
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excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Stories, plots, etc.
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Excerpts.
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Extraits.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Timson, David.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Elisir d'amore. Selections.
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