Composer: Jacques Halévy
Performer: Anna Moffo, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Juan Sabaté, Martina Arroyo, Richard Tucker, Leslie Fyson, Ambrosian Singers
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCA
Catalogue: 88985397782
Release: 2017
Size: 1.79 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
La Juive
01. Act I: Si la rigeur et la vengeance
02. Act II: Ô Dieu, Dieu de nos pères
03. Act II: Lorsqu’à toi je me suis donnée
04. Act III: Bolero – Mon doux seigneur et maître
05. Act III: Vous qui du Dieu vivant
06. Act IV: Ah! Que ma voix plaintive
07. Act IV: Va prononcer ma mort – Rachel, quand du Seigneur
08. Act V: Il est temps!
Fromental Halévy’s grand opera La Juive is an early Romantic work that has been revived increasingly in our time. Mahler called it “one of the greatest operas ever”. The leading role was championed by Caruso, but Halevy’s masterpiece had to wait until 1974 for its first studio recording – not complete, but containing most of the important scenes. The tenor was Richard Tucker, heard singing heroically in the last recording before his untimely death. The stellar cast also includes x2 of the outstanding sopranos of the period, Martina Arroyo in the title role and Anna Moffo.