Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Performer: Ingri Elise Engeland, Frank-Michael Guthmann
Orchestra: Oviedo Filarmonia
Conductor: Friedrich Haider
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573582
Release: 2021
Size: 574 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Le donne curiose: Overture
01. Overture
I quattro rusteghi (orchestral excerpts)
02. Prelude
03. Intermezzo
Il segreto di Susanna Overture
04. Overture
I gioielli della Madonna (orchestral excerpts)
05. Festa popolare
06. Intermezzo I
07. Serenata
08. Danza napolitana
L’Amore Medico (Doctor Cupid)
09. Overture
10. Intermezzo
La dama boba: Overture
11. Overture
Il campiello (orchestral excerpts)
12. Preludio
13. Intermezzo
14. Ritornello
With his early theatrical successes, Wolf-Ferrari brought a transparency of sound and a sense of lightness and charm to the realm of Italian opera. Alongside these qualities came a renewal of opera buffa, of which he proved to be a master – exemplified in the overtures and excerpts heard here. The comic energy and vibrancy of Il segreto di Susanna, the melodic beauty of Il campiello and the sweeping lustre of I gioielli della Madonna show how Wolf-Ferrari reinvigorated the genre through his incomparable passion and expression.