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MENOTTI, G.C.: Maria Golovin [Opera] (Duval, Cross, Neway, Las, Handt, P.H. Adler)

Composer(s):Menotti, Gian Carlo
Artist(s)
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Concertos • Opera
Catalogue 8.111376-77
Label Naxos Historical
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 13.98
 

 

Menotti’s powerful romantic opera Maria Golovin explores the issues of love and jealousy. It premièred in Brussels in 1958, transferring to Broadway toward the end of the year, but closed after only five performances. The composer himself described it as ‘his unlucky work’. Between these two dates RCA recorded the work in Rome with an outstanding cast of Menotti regulars, such as Patricia Neway, and brilliant newcomers like Richard Cross. The LP is rare and this is its first reissue in 50 years. Another rarity is Tossy Spivakovsky’s still-unequalled 1954 performance of the Violin Concerto, which is filled with memorable themes and is a superb vehicle for the solo violin.


   




Review By Michel Parouty,Diapason,March 2012


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Review By Pedro Coco Jiménez,Ritmo,February 2012

Aparece una nueva entrega de las grabaciones que en Naxos celebran el centenario de Gian Carlo Menotti, pero esta vez el interés es mayor si cabe, pues desde que se realizara, y debido al poco éxito de su posterior montaje en Broadway hace más de cincuenta años, no había sido comercializada en CD. Tras tres días en cartel y con tibias críticas, la necesidad de encontrar una sala para un nuevo estreno llevó al productor de Maria Golovin a quitarla del cartel, y así, propició su mala fama de un modo quizás injusto.

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Review By Gianni Gori,Musica,February 2012


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Review By Rob Barnett,MusicWeb International,December 2011

Golovin is witty and romantic. It’s on pretty much the same latitude as Puccini on the one hand and Barber’s Vanessa on the other. The cut and thrust of the conversation is witty and intelligent rather like Barber’s A Hand of Bridge. Listen to the Act III repartee about modern composers as against the greats of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries between Zuckertanz and the Mother.

The Golovin recording sounds a little enclosed but it is clear enough and certainly not a trial.

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