Puccini: Suor Angelica & Madama Butterfly [Highlights] / Carron (1967)

Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Franco Patane (Conductor), Elisabeth Carron (Performer), Evelyn Sachs (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Elisabeth Carron, Evelyn Sachs
• Conductor: Franco Patane
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Audio CD (December 18, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legato Classics
• ASIN: B0000019XH
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,543,874 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Ave Maria, piena di grazia'

2. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Sorelle in umilta'

3. Suor Angelica, opera: 'O sorella in pio lavoro'

4. Suor Angelica, opera: 'I desideri sono i fiori dei vivi'

5. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Ho un desiderio anch'io'

6. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Suor Angelica!'

7. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Il Principe Gualtiero vostro padre'

8. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Nel silenzio di quei raccoglimenti'

9. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Tutto offerto all Vergine'

10. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Senza mamma, a bimbo, tu sei morto'

11. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Sorella, a buona sorella'

12. Suor Angelica, opera: 'La grazia e discesa dal cielo'

13. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Addio, buone sorelle, addio!'

14. Suor Angelica, opera: 'Ah, son dannata!'

15. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Ancora un passo or via

16. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Ieri son salita...Io seguo il mio destino

17. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Adesso voi siete per me...Vogliatemi bene

18. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Ti sero palpitante...Ah! Quanti occhi fisi, attenti!

19. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Egli, col cuore grosso...Un bel di, vedremo

20. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly...Due cose potrei far

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Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good Sister Angie, if you can find it, December 30, 2004

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L. E. Cantrell (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puccini: Suor Angelica & Madama Butterfly [Highlights] / Carron (1967) (Audio CD)

Source: Live performance, February 23, 1967 with excerpts from a live performance of "Madama Butterfly" dating from October 23, 1973.

Sound: Fair mono recorded amid an audience that seems to have been suffering from a particularly nasty flu season.

Format: One disk with fourteen tracks for "Suor Angelica," approximately 51 minutes. Nine tracks for "Madama Butterfly," approximately 25 minutes.

Documentation: No libretto. No plot summary for either opera. There is a brief outline of Elisabeth Carron's career, but nothing on the other performers or on the circumstances of the two recordings. Track list identifies characters singing and provides timings. All in all, documentation is comparable to one of Opera d'Oro's more dismal outings.

This recording is pretty much what it purports to be: a decent live performance of "Suor Angelica" built around an acceptably good soprano. If I had been in the audience, I'd have thought my time well spent. "Suor Angelica" is hardly Puccini at his best and record store shelves do not groan under the weight of its recordings. This set would be a nice back-up for those who weary of Sutherland, Tebaldi, Freni or whoever--sorry about that, all you true fans, but it can happen. It is also a handy set for someone who wants no more than a reasonable performance of this slightly (and deservedly) obscure opera.

I think this "Suor Angelica" is worth a solid four stars.