Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

Cornelis Opthof (Performer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Nello Santi (Conductor), Richard Bonynge (Conductor), Huguette Tourangeau (Performer), ORTF National Orchestra (Orchestra), Joan Sutherland (Performer), Montserrat Caballé (Performer), José Carreras (Performer), Stuart Burrows (Performer), Ara Berberian (Performer), Ariel Bybee (Performer), Daniel Sullivan (Performer), Enrique Serra (Performer), Maurizio Mazzieri (Performer), Ruth Bezinian (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Cornelis Opthof, Huguette Tourangeau, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, et al.
• Orchestra: ORTF National Orchestra
• Conductor: Nello Santi, Richard Bonynge
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Gala
• ASIN: B000006O2A
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #597,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #76 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Sutherland, Joan

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Maria Stuarda, opera: Preludio/Prelude

2. Maria Stuarda, opera: Qui si attenda/Wait for her here

3. Maria Stuarda, opera: Sì, vuol di Francia il rege/Yes, the King of France desires

4. Maria Stuarda, opera: Ah, quando all'ara/Ah, when I am led

5. Maria Stuarda, opera: In tal giorno di content/On such a happy day

6. Maria Stuarda, opera: Tacete! Non posso risolvermi ancor/Be silent! I cannot yet make up my mind

7. Maria Stuarda, opera: Fra noi perchè non veggio Leicester?

8. Maria Stuarda, opera: Why do I not see Leicester among you?

9. Maria Stuarda, opera: Hai nelle giostre, o Talbot/Were you asking for me

10. Maria Stuarda, opera: Sei tu confuso?/Are you embarrassed?

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Maria Stuarda, opera: E pensi? e tardi?/Are you still thinking about it? Are you still delaying?

2. Maria Stuarda, opera: Quella vita, quella vita a me funesta/That life which is so deadly to me

3. Maria Stuarda, opera: Ah, deh! per pietà sospendi/Ah! for mercy's sake at least

4. Maria Stuarda, opera: D'una sorella, o barbara/Oh pitiless woman, you have ordered

5. Maria Stuarda, opera: Vanne, indegno/Away, unworthy man

6. Maria Stuarda, opera: La perfida insultarmi anche volea/Even in my tomb the treacherous woman

7. Maria Stuarda, opera: O mio buon Talbot!/Oh, my good Talbot!

8. Maria Stuarda, opera: Quando di luce rosea/When the days casts

9. Maria Stuarda, opera: Lascia contenta al carcere/Leave your troubled life

10. Maria Stuarda, opera: Anna!-Qui più sommessi favellate/Anna!- Speak more softly here

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PRIME SUTHERLAND IN 'MARIA STUARDA", June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (Audio CD)

Another wonderful souvenir from the San Francisco Opera, this "Maria Stuarda" took place in November, 197l and it marked a high-water point in Sutherland's career. She had just completed a series of Rossini's "Semiramide" in Chicago, and had already contracted to open the 1972 San Francisco opera season in "Norma" (which has also been recorded and is available). This marked Sutherland's first performances of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda", and proved to be a wonderful assumption. She is every inch the injured and martyred queen, and she is aided enormously by the Queen Elizabeth of Huguette Tourangeau. The two opposing roles are sung with alternative options in both directions ------ Sutherland takes all of the high options (which take her to D and E flat) while her lower-voiced counterpart goes down to the basement notes with a true contralto color. The huge vocal contrasts between the voices only enhances and heightens the gulf between the two queens. The supporting cast is excellent, and Bonynge shapes an involving and compelling performance. This is 1971 prime Sutherland and it doesn't get better than this.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautful Opera, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (Audio CD)

Sutherland is past her prime here, but still has the great technique to pull off a tour de force. This is probably the easiest of Donizetti's Operas, in terms of coloratura. But Sutherland's voice sounds very tragic here, and her acting is excellent. Look for Sutherland's voice before 1975 if you want to hear the greatest coloratura of this century.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A SUPERB RECORDING OF AN UNDERAPPRECIATED MASTERPIECE., October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (Audio CD)

Sutherland is magnificent as the tragic Mary Stuart. I loved the Sills version(not available on cd)and I love this recording as well. A great performance of a classic role.