{"product_id":"riccardo-stracciari-in-rossinis-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-1929-paco161","title":"RICCARDO STRACCIARI in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (1929) - PACO161","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eROSSINI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eThe Barber of Seville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recording 1929\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 5:49\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRiccardo Stracciari \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e- Figaro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMercedes Capsir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e - Rosina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDino Borgioli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e - Il Conte d'Almaviva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eChorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLorenzo Molajoli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO161.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nThis release is the first of two which will present both of the complete\nopera recordings of baritone Riccardo Stracciari. Rossini’s\u003cem\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded in 1929, and Verdi’s \u003cem\u003eRigoletto\u003c\/em\u003e, with the same principal cast members and conductor,\nfollowed the next year. Despite their importance, these sets have never\nreceived satisfactory new transfers during the CD era, with the last\n“official” transfer of \u003cem\u003eIl barbiere\u003c\/em\u003e from EMI having been made as\nlong ago as 1955 (reissued from those tapes for a 1979 LP edition).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRiccardo Stracciari\u003c\/strong\u003e\n(1875 - 1955) was born near Bologna and made his professional debut there\nin 1899. He first sang at La Scala in 1904, and his international career\nbegan the following year with appearances at Covent Garden in 1905 and the\nMetropolitan Opera in 1906. He sang widely throughout Europe and the\nAmericas before retiring in 1944. He was best known for his portrayal of\nFigaro in \u003cem\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia\u003c\/em\u003e, which he reportedly sang 1000\ntimes, and for Rigoletto. No less an authority than Rosa Ponselle admired\nhis singing, and he is still considered one of the finest Italian baritones\nof his era.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nColoratura \u003cstrong\u003eMercedes Capsir\u003c\/strong\u003e (1895 – 1969) was born in\nBarcelona and made her debut in 1913 as Gilda in \u003cem\u003eRigoletto\u003c\/em\u003e. Her\nItalian debut was as Rosina in \u003cem\u003eIl barbiere\u003c\/em\u003e, and she first appeared\nat La Scala in 1924. In addition to her two recordings with Stracciari, she\nalso recorded \u003cem\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLucia di Lammermoor \u003c\/em\u003eunder\nMolajoli. She retired from performing in 1949.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFlorence-born lyric \u003cem\u003etenore di grazie\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDino Borgioli\u003c\/strong\u003e (1891 – 1960) was most associated with\nMozart and the \u003cem\u003ebel canto\u003c\/em\u003e roles of Rossini and Donizetti. He made\nhis debut in 1914, first sang at La Scala in 1918, toured Australia with\nMelba in 1924, and appeared at Covent Garden the following year and, during\nthe 1930s, at the Glyndebourne Festival. He also sang in Paris, Salzburg,\nSan Francisco, Chicago and at the Metropolitan. Following his performing\ncareer, he taught in London.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nLittle is known about conductor \u003cstrong\u003eLorenzo Molajoli\u003c\/strong\u003e (1868 –\n1939) – so little, in fact, that until recently, it was thought by some\nthat he was another conductor working under a \u003cem\u003enom de disque\u003c\/em\u003e for\ncontractual purposes. His early career was spent conducting in the\nAmericas, South Africa and provincial Italian theatres. In 1926, he became\nItalian Columbia’s house conductor, under which guise he recorded twenty\ncomplete or abridged operas between 1928 and 1932. His tight control of the\nensemble (credited on the labels as the “Milan Symphony Orchestra”, but in\nreality the La Scala forces) and fast tempi often produced dramatic and\nexciting performances.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nEven listeners without perfect pitch will note that the piano used to\naccompany the recitatives in this recording was tuned much lower than the\norchestra, leading to some jarring transitions. I have chosen to leave\nthese differences as they were, so as not to falsify the original\nrecording. Likewise, I decided not to add artificial reverberation to the\nvery dry acoustic of the small studio in which the recording was made, so\nas not to muffle the rapid-fire delivery of the recitatives.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nSome textual issues require comment. In the “Lesson Scene”, Capsir sings an\nadaptation she made of Mozart’s \u003cem\u003e12 Variations on “Je suis Lindor”\u003c\/em\u003e,\nK354, which itself had been based on a theme composed by Antoine-Laurent\nBaudron for Beaumarchais’ \u003cem\u003eLe Barbiere de Séville\u003c\/em\u003e, thus bringing it\nfull circle, as it were. The aria sung by Bartolo in Scene 2 of Act 1,\n“Manca un foglio”, was written by Pietro Romani for an 1816 Florence\nproduction as a substitute for Rossini’s original, “A un dottor della mia\nsorte,” which presented some vocal difficulties. Romani’s interpolation\nbecame accepted as canon over the years; but for this reissue, I have let\nBaccaloni have the last word by appending his 1941 recording of the Rossini\noriginal.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eRossini\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\nIl barbiere di Siviglia\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRiccardo Stracciari \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003ebaritone\u003c\/em\u003e (Figaro); \u003cb\u003eMercedes Capsir \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003esoprano\u003c\/em\u003e (Rosina); \u003cb\u003eDino Borgioli\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003etenor\u003c\/em\u003e (Il Conte\nd'Almaviva); \u003cb\u003eSalvatore Baccaloni\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003ebass\u003c\/em\u003e (Bartolo); \u003cb\u003eVincenzo Bettoni \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003ebass\u003c\/em\u003e (Basilio); \u003cb\u003eCesira Ferrari \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003esoprano\u003c\/em\u003e (Berta); \u003cb\u003eAttilio\nBordonali \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003ebaritone\u003c\/em\u003e (Fiorello); \u003cb\u003eAristide Baracchi\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003ebass\u003c\/em\u003e (An\nOfficer)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\nChorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan (Vittore Veneziani, chorus master)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLorenzo Molajoli\u003c\/b\u003e, conductor\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eCD 1 \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e(64:49)\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n1. Overture (6:50)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAct 1, Scene 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Piano, pianissimo (3:06)\u003cbr\u003e3. Ecco, ridente in cielo (5:27)\u003cbr\u003e4. Mille grazie, mio signore (2:19)\u003cbr\u003e5. Largo al factotum (7:32)\u003cbr\u003e6. Se il mio nome saper voi bramate (4:30)\u003cbr\u003e7. All’idea di quel metallo (7:43)\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAct 1, Scene 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Una voce poco fa (11:00)\u003cbr\u003e9. La calunnia è un venticello (6:19)\u003cbr\u003e10. Dunque io son (6:12)\u003cbr\u003e11. Manca un foglio (3:52)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eCD 2 \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e(61:02)\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n1. Finora in questa camera (0:30)\u003cbr\u003e2. Ehi, di casa, buona gente (7:33)\u003cbr\u003e3. Che cosa accadde, signori miei (4:00)\u003cbr\u003e4. Fredda ed immobile (2:58)\u003cbr\u003e5. Ma signor . . . ma un dottor (4:25)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAct 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Ma vedi il mio destino! (0:33)\u003cbr\u003e7. Pace e gioia sia con voi (3:50)\u003cbr\u003e8. Un verde praticel pien di bei fiori (4:25)\u003cbr\u003e9. Quando mi sei vicina (3:27)\u003cbr\u003e10. Don Basilio! . . . Cosa veggo! (4:08)\u003cbr\u003e11. Buona sera, mio signore (5:33)\u003cbr\u003e12. Il vecchiotto cerca moglie (2:39)\u003cbr\u003e13. Temporale (3:59)\u003cbr\u003e14. Ah, qual colpo inaspettato! (7:13)\u003cbr\u003e15. 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