Carlo Maria Giulini
ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia
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Figaro Rolando Panerai
Rosina Teresa Berganza
Count Almaviva Luigi Alva
Dr Bartolo Fernando Corena
Don Basilio Ivo Vinco
Fiorello Ronald Lewis
Berta Josephine Veasey
Un Ufficiale Robert Bowman
The Covent Garden Chorus
(Chorus Master: Douglas Robinson)
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON, 21 MAY 1960
Carlo Maria Giulini was without question, along with fellow Italians Arturo Toscanini, Victor de Sabata and Guido Cantelli, one of the greatest conductors of his generation. His opera performances at Covent Garden were landmarks for the Company. This 1960 performance of Rossini's sparkling Il barbiere di Siviglia features a stellar cast including a youthful Teresa Berganza as Rosina and Luigi Alva as The Count (who had been asked by Giulini immediately after his 1955 debut at La Scala, Milan, to sing the Count in a legendary La Scala production headed by Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi). This was his Covent Garden debut. The baritone Rolando Panerai as Figaro had been a stalwart of La Scala since 1951, while Fernando Corena as Dr Bartolo was making his Covent Garden debut but was already a major international figure. He had sung regularly at the Metropolitan Opera since 1954.
Catalogue Number: ICAC 5046
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792–1868
Il barbiere di Siviglia
CD 1 66.42
1 Overture 7.38
Orchestra
Act One · Scene One
2 Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar 4.02
Fiorello, Conte, coro
3 Ecco ridente in cielo 3.33
Conte
4 Ehi, Fiorello? 1.07
5 Mille grazie, mio signore 1.43
Conte, Fiorello, coro
6 Gente indiscreta! 0.26
Conte, Fiorello, Figaro
7 La ran la le ra, la ran la la … Largo al factotum 4.54
Figaro
8 Ah, che bella vita! 3.16
Figaro, Conte
9 Se il mio nome saper voi bramate 2.59
Conte, Rosina, Figaro
10 Oh, cielo! 0.44
Conte, Figaro
11 All’idea di quel metallo 7.58
Conte, Figaro
Scene Two
12 Una voce poco fa 6.16
Rosina
13 Sì, sì, la vincerò 0.51
Rosina, Figaro
14 Ah, disgraziato Figaro! 0.50
Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Ambrogio
15 Ah! Barbiere d’inferno 1.53
Bartolo, Basilio
16 La calunnia è un venticello 4.11
Basilio
17 Ah! Che ne dite? 0.46
Bartolo, Basilio
18 Ma bravi! Ma benone! 1.45
19 Dunque io son 5.22
Figaro, Rosina
20 Ora mi sento meglio 1.29
Rosina, Bartolo
21 A un dottor della mia sorte 4.52
Bartolo
CD 2 62.24
1 Finora in questa camera 0.33
Berta, Conte
2 Ehi, di casa, buona gente 8.35
Conte, Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Basilio
3 Che cosa accadde, signori miei 3.51
Conte, Bartolo, Rosina, Berta, Basilio, Figaro, Ufficiale, coro
4 Fredda ed immobile 2.06
Rosina, Conte, Bartolo, Figaro, Basilio, Berta
5 Ma signor… ma un dottor 4.33
Bartolo, Rosina, Basilio, Berta,Conte, Figaro, coro
Act Two
6 Ma vedi il mio destino! 0.50
Bartolo
7 Pace e gioia sia con voi 2.22
Conte, Bartolo
8 Insomma, mio signore, chi è lei? 2.14
Conte, Bartolo
9 Venite, signorina 0.35
Bartolo, Rosina, Conte
10 Contro un cor che accende amore 4.47
Rosina, Conte
11 Bella voce!Bravissima! 0.31
Conte, Rosina, Bartolo
12 Quando mi sei vicina 1.14
Bartolo
13 Bravo, signor barbiere, ma bravo! 2.30
Bartolo, Figaro, Rosina, Conte
14 Don Basilio!... Cosa veggo! 9.40
Rosina, Conte, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio
15 Che vecchio sospettoso! 0.28
Berta
16 Il vecchiotto cerca moglie 3.47
Berta
17 Temporale · Thunderstorm 2.58
Musique d’orage · Gewittermusik
Orchestra
18 Alfine eccoci qua 0.56
Figaro, Conte, Rosina
19 Ah, qual colpo inaspettato! 6.00
Rosina, Figaro, Conte
20 Ah, disgraziati noi! 1.17
Figaro, Conte, Rosina, Basilio, Bartolo, Ufficiale
21 Insomma io ho tutti i torti 0.42
Bartolo, Figaro, Conte, Rosina
22 Di sì felice innesto 1.37
Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio, Berta, Rosina, Conte, coro
CARLO MARIA GIULINI - Rossini- II barbiere di Siviglia - Largo al factotum
Duration: 4:55
Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini's performances of operas by Verdi, Rossini and Mozart have acquired legendary status while his distinguished recordings have remained in the catalogues to this day. This recording featuring a Glyndebourne production of Verdi's Falstaff starring Fernando Corena in the title role from 1955 at the Edinburgh Festival is unique having never before been published – it also marked Giulini's UK debut. The Times said, 'in the final analysis, it was Mr Giulini's direction which ensured the opera's success', and headlined the review by emphatically stating, 'A wonderful production'.
