Description
Verdi - Luisa Miller / Pavarotti, Caballé, Milnes, Giaiotti, Reynolds, Van Allan, Maag, National Philharmonic / Decca 3x LP Stereo
SET 606-8
Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller.
Verdi's initial idea for a new opera – for which he had a contract going back over several years – was rejected by the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He attempted to negotiate his way out of this obligation and, when that failed, Cammarano came up with the idea of adapting the Schiller play, with which Verdi was familiar. The process was set in motion, with Verdi still living and working on initial ideas from Paris, where he had been living for almost two years before moving back to his home town of Busseto in the summer of 1849. It was from there that he wrote the music and traveled to Naples for rehearsals. The first performance was given on 8 December 1849.
This was Verdi's 15th opera and it is regarded as the beginning of the composer's "middle period".
Tracklist:
| Act I, Scene 1 | |||
| A1 | Ti Desta, Luisa | ||
| A2 | Lo Vidi, E 'l Primo Palpito | ||
| A3 | Mia Diletta!... T'amo D'amor Ch'esprimere | ||
| A4 | Ferma, Ed Ascolta Sacra la Scelta è D'un Consorte | ||
| A5 | Ah! Fu Giusto Il Mio Sospetto! | ||
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Act I, Scene 2 |
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| B1 | Che Mai Narrasti! Il Mio Sangue, la Vita Darei | ||
| B2 | Quale Un Sorriso D'amica Sorte | ||
| B3 | Dall'aule Raggianti di Vano Splendor | ||
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Act I, Scene 3 |
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| B4 | Sciogliete I Levrieri | ||
| B5 | Luisa, Non Temer | ||
| B6 | Fra' Mortali Ancora Oppressa | ||
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Act II, Scene 1 |
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| C1 | Ah! Luisa, Luisa, Ove Sei?... Al Villaggio Dai Campi Tornando | ||
| C2 | Tu, Puniscimi, O Signore | ||
| C3 | A Brani, A Brani, O Perfido | ||
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Act II, Scene 2 |
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| C4 | Egli Delira... L'alto Retaggio Non Ho Bramato | ||
| D1 |
Vien la Duchessa... Presentarti Alla Duchessa Puoi, Luisa | ||
| D2 | Come Celar Le Smanie Del Mio Geloso Amore | ||
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Act II, Scene 3 |
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| D4 | Il Foglio Dunque? | ||
| D5 | O! Fede Negar Potessi... Quando Le Sere | ||
| D6 | Di Me Chiedeste?.. L'ara, O L'avello Apprestami | ||
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Act III |
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| E1 | Come In Un Giorno Solo | ||
| E2 | La Tomba è Un Letto Sparso di Fiori | ||
| E3 | Di Rughe Il Volto, Mira Ho Solcato | ||
| E4 | Andrem, Raminghi E Poveri | ||
| F1 | Ah! L'ultima Preghiera | ||
| F2 | Ah, Piangi! Il Tuo Dolore... Allo Strazio Ch'io Sopporto | ||
| F3 | Avean Mio Padre I Barbari... Ah! Maledetto, Maledetto Il di Che Nacqui | ||
| F4 | Quai Grida Intesi?... Padre, Ricevi L'estremo Addi |
- Advisor – Roberto Benaglio
- Baritone Vocals [Miller] – Sherrill Milnes
- Bass Vocals [Count Walter] – Bonaldo Giaiotti
- Bass Vocals [Wurm] – Richard Van Allan
- Chorus – London Opera Chorus
- Chorus Master – Terry Edwards (2)
- Co-producer – Richard Beswick (2)
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Peter Maag
- Cover – Gary Bralow
- Design – Heather Payne
- Engineer – James Lock (2), Kenneth Wilkinson
- Libretto By – Salvatore Cammarano
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Federica] – Anna Reynolds
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Laura] – Annette Celine
- Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Producer – Ray Minshull
- Repetiteur – Antonio Tonini
- Soprano Vocals [Luisa Miller] – Montserrat Caballé
- Tenor Vocals [Peasant] – Fernando Pavarotti
- Tenor Vocals [Rodolfo] – Luciano Pavarotti
