Word: donizetti
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...trills, roulades, la-la-las and rarefied staccato eek-eeks of the coloratura are of ancient tradition. The most famed of all coloratura heroines, Lucia di Lammermoor (music also by Donizetti), goes mad, to the accompaniment of an implacable flute. That is typical. Most coloratura roles are in operas in which the heroine goes daft, is throttled, poisoned, knifed, or dies improbably of tuberculosis, along about 11 p.m. But in The Daughter of the Regiment, a coloratura has more chance for fun. The greatest singers of the last century-Jenny Lind, Adelina Patti, Marcella Sembrich, Luisa Tetrazzini-made the most...
...first time in 22 years, the Met revives The Daughter of the Regiment, whose bubbling tunes were written by Gaetano Donizetti a century ago. It revives it specifically as an ear-tickling, eye-tickling vehicle for Coloratura Pons, who is vocally and boxofficially about the best there...
Lucia di Lammermoor (Sat. 1:55 p. m. NBC-Red). Lily Pons heads the Metropolitan cast in Donizetti's opera...
...Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Enrico Molinari, Mercedes Capsir, Enzo de Muro Lomanto and other artists, with orchestra and chorus from the La Scala Opera, Lorenzo Molajoli conducting; Columbia: 2 volumes, 26 sides). Most popular of all melodious old-time Italian operas, lustily performed by some of Italy's lustiest lilters. Judicious pruning has spared all the best bits. Highlight: Soprano Capsir's "Mad Scene...
...credit to many a better-known company. Last week of the 31,000 people who thronged the pier, 1,200 filled the theatre, heard the opening double bill: Pagliacci and The Secret of Suzanne. Besides staples, the summer schedule includes such rarities as Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Bach's Phobus and Pan, Debussy's L'Enfant prodigue, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona...