An Introduction to Verdi's Il trovatore_音乐专辑
An Introduction to Verdi's Il trovatore
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2003-11-18
唱片数: 1
出版者: Naxos
条形码: 0636943807927
专辑简介
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. Il trovatore has been ruthlessly parodied. It is a tale of murder and mayhem, burned babies, roasted hags, would-be nuns, strolling minstrels and bad baritones. And indeed the libretto does call for a willing suspension of disbelief. The reward is in the music, a score as prodigally melodic as only the mature Verdi could write: the ‘Anvil’ Chorus, the ‘Miserere’ scene, two great tenor arias, a beautiful baritone aria - a richness without embarrassment.
