Gitta-Maria Sjöberg: Verdi and Puccini Arias

Giuseppe Verdi From Aida 1. Ritorna vincitor 2. O patria mia From La forza del destino 3. Pace, pace, mio Dio From Un ballo in maschera 4. Ecco l’orrido campo From Otello 5. Ave Maria [Desdemona’s prayer] From Don Carlo 6. Tu che le vanità Giacomo Puccini From La Bohème 7. Si, mi chiamano Mimi 8. Donde lieta usci [Mimi’s farewell] From Turandot 9. Signore, ascolta 10. Tu, che di gel sei cinta From Tosca 11. Vissi d’arte From Manon Lescaut 12. Sola, perduta, abbandonata From Madama Butterfly 13. Un bel de vedremo 14. Con onor muore [Death of Butterfly] Arias by Verdi & Puccini © In opera you can really live out your feelings, for in opera you have the whole register: exuberant Joy, profound grief, aggression, hatred, anger, hysteria, ecstasy etc., and it is in the arias that the emotional expression of the characters is concentrated. In Romantic opera it is usually the tragic emotions that predominate. The characters suffer and yearn (especially the women), and we – the audience love it! In the operas these women are often in extreme situations where their whole existence is at stake, where it is a matter of life and death and often they are caught in the classic dilemma: morality and duty versus love. RELEASE DATE: MARCH 2007 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 665 EAN: 5709499008 Download BOOKLET (PDF) Related