Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West (The Girl Of The Golden West) [6 LP Box 1950s UK]

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Tebaldi, Del Monaco, MacNeil, Tozzi, Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Franco Capuana

Puccini:  La Fanciulla Del West (The Girl Of The Golden West)

Label:
London Records ?– A 4338
Format:
3 × Vinyl, LP, Mono, 12", Album, 33rpm
Box Set
Country:
UK
Released:
1950s
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Opera

Tracklist

    La Fanciulla Del West
A     Act 1 (Pt. 1): Hello! Hello!     
B1     Act 1 (Pt. 2): Dove Eravamo?     
B2     Minnie, Dalla Mia Casa     
B3     Laggio Nel Soledad     
B4     Vi Ricordate De Me?     
C1     Act 1 (Concl.): Mister Johnson     
C2     Io Non Son Che Una Povera Fanciulla     
C3     Act 2 (Pt. 1): Il Mio Bimbo     
C4     Voglio Vestirmi     
D1     Act 2 (Pt. 2): Grazie .... Amici?     
D2     O Se Sapeste     
D3     Minnie! Che Dolce Nome!     
D4     Or Son Sei Mesi     
E1     Act 2 (Concl.): L 'Han Ferito     
E2     Act 3 (Pt. 1): Ve Lo Giuro, Sceriffo     
F1     Act 3 (Concl.): Ah! Ah! ... Urrah, Ragazzi!     
F2     Ch'Ella Mi Erada Libero     

Credits

    Baritone Vocals [Bello] – Edio Peruzzi
    Baritone Vocals [Happy] – Michele Cazzato
    Baritone Vocals [Jack Rance] – Cornell MacNeil
    Baritone Vocals [Sid] – Virgilio Carbonari
    Baritone Vocals [Sonora] – Giorgio Giorgetti
    Bass Vocals [Ashby] – Silvio Maionica
    Bass Vocals [Billy Jackrabbit] – Dario Caselli
    Bass Vocals [Jake Wallace] – Giorgio Tozzi
    Bass Vocals [Jim Larkens] – Giuseppe Morresi
    Chorus – Chorus Of The Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
    Chorus Master – Bonaventura Somma
    Composed By – Puccini
    Conductor – Franco Capuana
    Engineer [Uncredited] – Roy Wallace
    Libretto By – Zangarini, Civinini
    Liner Notes – Robert Boas
    Mastered By – G
    Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Wowkle] – Bianca Maria Casoni
    Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
    Photography By [In Libretto] – Fayer, Hans Wild
    Producer [Uncredited] – Christopher Raeburn
    Soprano Vocals [Minnie] – Renata Tebaldi
    Tenor Vocals [Dick Johnson] – Mario del Monaco
    Tenor Vocals [Harry] – Mario Carlin
    Tenor Vocals [Joe] – Angelo Mercuriali
    Tenor Vocals [Nick] – Piero De Palma
    Tenor Vocals [Trin] – Enzo Guagni
    Tenor Vocals [Un Postiglione] – Athos Cesarini

Notes

Made in England

- La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini (it) and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Fanciulla followed Madama Butterfly, which was also based on a Belasco play. The opera has fewer of the show-stopping highlights that are characteristic of other Puccini works, but is admired for its impressive orchestration and for a score that is more melodically integrated than is typical of his previous work.

   Fanciulla displays influences from composers Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss, without being in any way imitative. Similarities between the libretto and the work of Richard Wagner have also been found, though some attribute this more to the original plot of the play, and have asserted that the opera remains quintessentially Italian.

The opera had a successful and highly publicised premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, in 1910. Nevertheless, while Puccini deemed it one of his greatest works, La fanciulla del West has become a less popular opera within the composer's repertoire, drawing a mixed public reception overall. Despite the plot being a source of significant criticism, the majority of academics and musicians agree in calling it a magnum opus, particularly lauding its craftmanship. Conductor Arturo Toscanini called the opera a "great symphonic poem".

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