Composer: Pierantonio Tasca
Performer: Ray M. Wade Jr., Iordanka Derilova, Cornelia Marschall, Ulf Paulsen, Rita Kapfhammer, Cezary Rotkiewicz, David Ameln
Orchestra: Dessau Anhalt Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Markus L. Frank
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555181-2
Release: 2019
Size: 509 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
A Santa Lucia
01. Preludio
Act I Scene 1
02. Ostreche d’o castiello
Act I Scene 2
03. Il vostro fidanzato
Act I Scene 3
04. Che grida? Che tumulto?
Act I Scene 4
05. Oh! Ritornano! Ebben?
Act I Scene 5
06. Aspetta!
07. Intermezzo
Act II Scene 1
08. Tira nterra, ca vene!
Act II Scene 2
09. Oh la bella giornata!
Act II Scene 3
10. La barca e in vista!
Act II Scene 4
11. E voi, donna Maria
Act II Scene 5
12. Ah! Finalmente!
Act II Scene 6
13. Ciccillo!
Act II Scene 7
14. Che mai faceste?
Act II Scene 8
15. Ch’hai con tuo padre?
Act II Scene 9:
16. Ah! E caduta!
During the late nineteenth century countless composers modeled their operas on Pietro Mascagnis Cavalleria rusticana, hoping that this strategy would likewise bring them success. These composers included not only Leoncavallo with his Pagliacci but also the young composer Pierantonio Tasca. Although Tasca had grown up in Sicily, in A Santa Lucia he depicted Naples, Italys largest city and a metropolitan world plagued by poverty and the everyday struggle for survival. This opera celebrated its premiere not in Naples, not in Rome or Milan, but at the Kroll Opera in Berlin on 16 November 1892 and enjoyed great success. For some years this captivating, impassioned, and tender music and its highly atmospheric local color earned Tasca the rank of the most esteemed »young Italian« composer in Germany, right along with Mascagni and Leoncavallo.