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Cristoforo Colombo
- Title
- Cristoforo Colombo / Alberto Franchetti.
- Author
- Franchetti, Alberto.
- Publication
- [Austria] : Koch Schwann, ℗1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Use in library | M1500.F73 C75 1992g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 3 audio discs (2 hr., 39 min., 11 sec.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- "Alberto Franchetti's festival opera, Cristoforo Colombo, was written for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. It's a powerful work, with echoes of late Verdi, much Ponchielli, and even Wagner. Not exactly verismo, but those who enjoy Leoncavallo and Giordano, will find much to please. Renato Bruson, the "Cristoforo Colombo" lead, carries the work, and his almost thirty minute monologue in the memorable Epilogue of the work is quite impressive. In short, a rarity that should be better known and enjoyed by opera lovers. Franchetti's operas Figlia di Iorio and Germania were made notable by Enrico Caruso during the first decade of the twentieth century; they should be revived, also. In the meantime, this recording is a very good introduction to much neglected composer and his oeuvre"
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings.
- Drama.
- Note
- Opera in 3 acts and an epilogue.
- Sung in Italian.
- Libretto by Luigi Illica.
- Compact discs.
- Program notes and synopsis by Arthur Scherle and biographical notes on the performers, in German, English, and French, and libretto with English and German translations (187 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded live, Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 1991, in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- LCCN
- 99583395
- 099923103028
- 9992310302
- OCLC
- ocm26834182
- 26834182
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries