Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor: Ivan Repušic
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900328
Release: 2019
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
I due Foscari
CD 01
Act I
01. Prelude
02. Introduction – Silenzio, mistero
03. Que ti rimani alquanto – Dal più remoto esilio – Del consiglio all presenza – Odio solo, ed odio atroce
04. No… Mi lasciate – Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente – Che mi rechi ? – O patrizi, tremate
05. Tacque il reo
06. Eccomi solo alfine – O vecchio cor, che batti
Act II
07. L’illustre dama Foscari – Tu pur lo sai – Di sua innocenza dubiti ? – Se tu dunque potere non hai
08. Prelude – Notte ! Perpetua notte – Non maledirmi, o prode
09. Ah, sposo mio ! – No, non morrai – Tutta è calma la laguna – Speranza dolce ancora (Live)
10. Ah padre ! – Nel tuo paterno amplesso – Addio – Ah si, il tempo che mai non s’arresta
11. Che più si tarda ? – O patrizi – Queste innocenti lagrime – Parti, t’è forza cedere
CD 02
Act III
01. Introduzione e barcarola – Alla gioia! – Ve’ ! come il popolo gode – Tace il vento, è queta l’onda
02. La giustizia del Leone ! – All’infelice veglio – Messner, a che più indugiasi ? – Ah padre, figli, sposa
03. Egli ora parte ! – Più non vive !
04. Signor, chiedono parlarti i dieci – Questa è dunque l’iniqua mercede – Che venga a me, se lice – Quel bronzo feral
Ivan Repušic, who made his debut as principal conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in theautumn of 2017 with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Luisa Miller”, now presents a lesser-known masterpiece by the famous Italian opera composer. The concert performance of Verdi’s early stage work “I due Foscari” was recorded on November 25, 2018 at the Munich Prinzregententheater.
Verdi’s early masterpiece “I due Foscari” was the first opera he wrote for the Teatro Argentina in Rome. He had already worked on the material (Lord Byron’s drama “The Two Foscari”), and, after a first subject had been rejected by the Roman censors, Verdi returned to it and had the libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave. Although the opera’s premiere on November 3, 1844 was only moderately successful, the work was still frequently performed up to the 1870s. It was rediscovered during the early 1950s and has since become a fixed part of the international opera repertoire.
The concert performance in Munich’s Prinzregententheater received great acclaim from audience and critics alike. Ivan Repušic conducts a genuine theatrical Verdi here: vital, robust, fiery and extremely lively.