| Jennifer Larmore : "Haendel's "Ombra mai fu" - 443 sec
In 1996, French TV dedicated a show to the charming Jennifer...
Here's a "glamour" clip from Haendel's "Xerxes"
I left the end of the show that followed : Jennifer speaks a rather fluent French...
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:larmore haendel Xerxes serse
 | | Jennifer Larmore - Habanera - 220 sec
29-6-2004 Korea Sejong Art Center
Hei-Kyung Hong&Friends Opera Gala Concert
"L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle"
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon
Auteur : divabmc
Tags:Jennifer Larmore Georges Bizet Carmen Habanera opera
| | Jennifer Larmore : "Carmen"'s Habanera - 259 sec
1996 - "glamour" clip of Bizet's "Carmen" - The Habanera...
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:larmore bizet habanera carmen
| | Jennifer Larmore - Orfeo - 284 sec
Jennifer Larmore sings Orfeo's aria "Che faro senza Euridice" from C.W. Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" (with Leontina Vaduva as Euridice)
Auteur : BearcubRom
Tags:Larmore Vaduva Orfeo Euridice Gluck
| | Blake & Larmore : Sextuor & finale Act I ("La Cenerentola") - 411 sec
Sextuor from Act I of Rossini's "La Cenerentola".
Performed by Jennifer Larmore (Angelina), Rockwell Blake (Prince), Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini), Pietro Spagnoli,Jeannette Fisher, Carlos Chausson...
From Paris Opera Garnier production of Rossini's "La Cenerentola" given in 1996
Conductor : Maurizio Benini / Stage director : Jérôme Savary
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:Larmore Rockwell Blake spagnoli corbelli Cenerentola rossini opera
| | Jennifer Larmore sings Handel (vaimusic.com) - 218 sec
Jennifer Larmore
"Hence, Iris, hence away" from Semele by Handel
Antoine Palloc, piano (live concert 2001)
from: VAI DVD 4205
In Performance! Jennifer Larmore
TO BUY THE COMPLETE VIDEO, GO TO www.vaimusic.com OR CALL TOLL-FREE IN THE US 1 (800) 477-7146 (OUTSIDE OF THE US, CALL 914-769-3691).
Auteur : vaimusic
Tags: Jennifer Larmore Opera Handel Antoine Palloc
| | Hong, Larmore - Barcarolle - 147 sec
2004 KBS TV Concert
J.Offenbach《Les Contes D'Hoffmann》
"Belle Nuit, O nuit D'amour"
Sop. Hei-Kyung Hong
M.Sop. Jennifer Larmore
Auteur : divabmc
Tags:Hei-Kyung Hong Jennifer Larmore Jacques Offenbach Barcarolle Belle Nuit
| | Jennifer Larmore : "Cruda sorte !..." (L'Italiana in Algeri) - 277 sec
Jennifer Larmore sings the famous "Cruda sorte" after her ships sinks down...
I have a wonderful souvenir of this production. I had taken 10 fellow students to the Opera Garnier to attend it. It was their first time at the Opera for the most... and they laughed and appreciated it a lot ! There was such a happy atmosphere on stage...
Paris Opera Garnier, 1998 - Conductor : Bruno Campanella
I hope you will enjoy these excerpts as well!
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:Larmore italiana algeri Rossini opera
| | Jennifer Larmore : Rondo from "La Cenerentola" - 414 sec
Jennifer Larmore gives a charming "Nacqui all affano... Non piu mesta". With Rockwell Blake, Alessandro Corbelli, Carlos Chausson, Jeannette Fisher, Pietro Spagnoli...
Conductor : Maurizio Benini / Stage director : Jérôme Savary
Production from Paris Opéra Garnier, recorded in 1996.
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:Larmore Rockwell Blake spagnoli corbelli Cenerentola rossini opera
| | Jennifer Larmore : "Una volta c'era un re" & scene - 563 sec
Jennifer Larmore sings the delightful "Una volta c'era un re", from Rossini's "La Cenerentola". Followed by scene with Rockwell Blake, Alessandro Corbelli, Carlos Chausson, Jeannette Fisher, Pietro Spagnoli...
Conductor : Maurizio Benini / Stage director : Jérôme Savary
Production from Paris Opéra Garnier, recorded in 1996.
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:Larmore Rockwell Blake spagnoli corbelli Cenerentola rossini opera
| | Gioachino Rossini - Tancredi - "Di tanti palpiti" (Ewa Podles, Vesselina Kasarova & Jennifer Larmore) - 540 sec
Not one compilation of Rossini's musical output would be complete without his first "hit tune": "Di tanti palpiti", the moderato section (a cabaletta of sorts) from the cavatina of Tancredi. In his biography of the Maestro, Stendhal wrote that the aria of Tancredi, known throughout Europe, was the most popular opera aria of its time... And also refered to as the "rice aria" because Rossini is supposed to have composed it while waiting for his risotto to cook one day in Venice (imagine: a hungry composer composing such a little masterpiece out of boredom :) )!
The cavatina deals with Tancredi's return from exile Tancredi to defend his homeland against the Saracene besiegers (and to see Amenaide, of course).
Although many recordings of the aria usually give us only the moderato, Tancredi's cavatina is actually a whole scene: an interlude (depicting Tancredi's boat dropping anchor in a port) - an impassioned recitative - a short (and rather boring) aria - a "cabaletta". It's also interesting to point out that the aria is quite "unrossinian" in character, it almost seems to come from another musical period: the moderato section could be attributed to any composer from the end of the 18th century.
I decided to post only the "Di tanti palpiti" section for a number of reasons, chief amongst them being the fact that it is really the best part of Tancredi's cavatina. It's almost a suprise when it appears after the rather uninspired cantabile.
I once had about ten versions of this aria (including two renditions sung by sopranists, Kowalsi and Manzotti) but I narrowed the choice to six versions:
1) Marilyn Horne (I presume that it's from her full recording of the score). A real classic, Horne just continues to pour out beautiful sound during the whole piece. I also the use of moderate ornamentation during the repeat which doesn't destroy the musical balance and the slow, relaxed tempo from the orchestra.
2) Lucia Valentini-Terrani (from her disk "Arie di Rossini" with Zedda). A good rendition but I find the voice a bit too light for the role. The additional coloratura is well integrated but a bit over the top in places (listen to the very beginning of the repeat, it's a bit too extroverted for a warrior returning to an "ungrateful homeland").
3) Agnes Baltsa (from "Agnes Baltsa sings Rossini" with Marin). Baltsa really "gets" the situation and offers some relaxed singing though I don't like the intrusive mannerisms (there some unattractive glottal attacks). Marin seems to want to mute out the singer with a very loud orchestra.
4) Ewa Podles (from the complete recording with Zedda). I personally love the relaxed conducting here: no rushing. I also think that Podles comes close to Horne's standard. An excellent account.
5) Vesselina Kasarova (from the complete recording with Abbado). Again, as in the selections of the second act duet for the lovers, I find that Kasarova is somehow over the top: she paints almost every word and adds quite a lot of ornamentation, even to the first verse (though, most of it is tasteful; the problem is in quantity, rather than quality). She is good but quite overwhelming.
6) Jennifer Larmore (from her excellent album "Call me Mister"). I really do like Larmore, and she doesn't disappoint here: she really sounds like a warrior (compare with Valentini-Terrani who sounds rather tame by comparison). Ornamentation is good, even if it is familiar (though after listening to six versions of the same aria it is bound to be).
The renditions are grouped into two uploads (just check the title to find the one you would like to hear :)).
I also decided that a little appendix wouldn't hurt, so I am also uploading two replacement arias for "Di tanti palpiti":
7) Cecilia Bartoli (from her hit album "Maria"). The piece presented is actually Giovanni Pacini's own composition, "Dopo tante e tante pene" composed for "Tancredi" to show off Maria Malibran's wide vocal range. It's actually not bad, the cabaletta is even quite fun to listen too but it would seem out of place in Rossini's opera (to my mind it is too romantic for Rossini's more classically composed opera).
8) Vesselina Kasarova (again, from the full recording under Abbado). This aria is very similar to the replacement aria for Lindoro in "L'italiana in Algeri" ("Concedi, amor pietoso"), especially the cabaletta. It is quite good as a replacement because it features a much better cantabile section (a way better one, in fact) and the cabaletta is as passionate as in the original.
Hope you enjoy :)! Do take your time and listen to all selections, it's quite interesting to compare them (though, again, this isn't a contest, rather a comparison).
P.S. If you'd rather hear a countertenor sing the aria, then check David Daniel's excellent account on Youtube :).
Auteur : LindoroRossini
Tags: Rossini Tancredi Di tanti palpiti Cecilia Bartoli Marilyn Horne Agnes Baltsa Jennifer Larmore cabaletta coloratura
| | Handel - G. Cesare in Egitto "Empio, dirò, tu sei" J.Larmore - 241 sec
George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
"Empio, dirò, tu sei!"
Act I, Scene I
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacamo Francesco Bussani.
Opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto was first performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London, on 20th of February 1724 with legendary alto castrato Senesino (Francesco Bernardi) performing the title role, Francesca Cuzzoni as Cleopatra and the castrato Gaetano Berenstadt in the role of Ptolemy, or Tolomeo as he is called in the Italian libretto.
In the preceeding scenes, The Egyptian people welcome Caesar to Alexandria. Cornelia and Sextus, Pompey's wife and son, request that peace be made between the two Romans, and Caesar agrees. In order to win Caesar's favour, the Egyptian king Ptolemy sends his general Achillas to present Caesar with the head of Pompey who has been murdered. Caesar is outraged by this deed. Apalled, Caesar sings this rage aria, "Empio, dirò, tu sei!"
Among the artists who performed/recorded this role/aria are:
Mezzo soprano: Janet Baker, Sarah Connolly
Countertenors: Andreas Scholl, Graham Pushee, David Daniels, Jeffrey Gall
Contralto: Jennifer Larmore, Martine Dupuy, Marijana Mijanovic
Baritones: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Yep! a baritone version of the role), Norman Treigle
Italian Text:
Empio, dirò, tu sei!
Togliti agli occhi miei!
Sei tutto crudeltà!
Non è di re quel cor
che donasi al rigor,
che in sen no ha pietà.
English Tranlation:
You are a villain, I say!
Get out of my sight!
You are all cruelty!
This is not a king, whose heart
Abandons itself to such harshness,
who has no pity in his breast.
Auteur : civileso
Tags:George Frideric Handel Haendel Giulio Cesare Egitto Empio diro tu sei Jennifer Larmore contralto senesino baroque
| | Blake & Larmore : Duet from "La Cenerentola" (Rossini) - 457 sec
Duet between Angelina & the Prince : "Un soave non so che...".
Performed by Jennifer Larmore & Rockwell Blake (despite a timbre that does not plesae me, what an incredible rossinian technique : some passages are just Woowww !).
Conductor : Maurizio Benini / Stage director : Jérôme Savary
From Paris Opera Garnier production of Rossini's "La Cenerentola" given in 1996
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:Larmore Rockwell Blake Cenerentola rossini opera
| | Handel - Xerxes - Ombra mai fu - Jennifer Larmore - 215 sec
American mezzo soprano/mezzo soprano estadounidense
Sung in the same key as the score: F major (original key). Cantada en el mismo tono que la partitura: Fa mayor (tono original).
Recitativo:
Frondi tenere e belle
Del mio Platano amato,
Per voi risplenda il Fato
Tuoni, Lampi, e Procelle
Non vi oltraggino mai la cara pace,
Ne giunga a profanarvi Austro rapace.
Ombra mai fu
Di Vegetabile,
Care ed amabile
Soave piu.
Recitativo:
Tender and beautiful fronds
of my beloved plane tree,
Let Fate smile upon you.
May thunder, lightning, and storms
never bother your dear peace,
Nor may you be profaned by blowing winds.
Never was made
the shade of a plant,
dear and loving,
or more gentle.
Auteur : margotlorena
Tags: Handel Xerxes Ombra mai fu Jennifer Larmore opera aria mezzo soprano score animation
| | Carol Vaness - Jeniffer Larmore - Norma - 463 sec
Carol Vaness - Jeniffer Larmore - Norma - 1994
Auteur : hotazzoperastud
Tags:vaness larmore opera bellini
| | Jennifer Larmore - Assisa a pie d'un salice pt.1 - 393 sec
Jennifer Larmore singing this gorgeous and unfairly neglected piece from Rossini's Otello, originally written for soprano sfogato Isabella Colbran and later on sang as well by Maria Malibran.
Isaura!...Isaura!
You were unhappy
like me. But now you rest in peace...
O instrument so dear in my sorrow
I take you up once more;
and I unite in my sad song
Isaura's sighs and my tears.
Seated at the foot of a willow,
immersed in sadness,
Isaura moaned, pierced
by the most cruel love;
the breeze among the branches
echoed her plaintive sound.
The limpid brooks
mingled with her ardent sights
the murmuring
of their meanderings:
the breeze among the branches
faintly echoed their sound.
Auteur : agnellodei
Tags: jennifer larmore isabella colbran maria malibran rossini otello salice willow song bel canto
| | Jennifer Larmore : "Haendel's "Iris, hence away !" - 223 sec
In 1996, French TV dedicated a show to the charming Jennifer...
Here is an excerpt from Haëndel's "Semele"...
Auteur : MUEZZAB
Tags:larmore haendel haëndel semele
| | The "Una voce poco fa" Contest: Jennifer Larmore (1st place) - 334 sec
I would like to apologize for the long wait, but they are here: the results of the "Una voce poco fa" Contest. I'm happy to announce the four (!) winners:
1st place. Cecilia Bartoli.
4,8/4,8.
9,6.
1st place. Jennifer Larmore.
4,8/4,8.
9,6.
2nd place. Maria Callas.
4,5/5.
9,5.
3rd place. Anna Moffo.
4,5/4,8.
9,3.
I still would like to add that all the versions are wonderful, so I'm also posting all the other scores for comparrison:
Agnes Baltsa.
4/5.
9.
Beverly Sills.
4,3/4,7.
9.
Luisa Tetrazzini.
4,7/4,3
9.
Marilyn Horne.
4,1/4,8.
8,9.
Roberta Peters.
4,4/4,3.
8,7.
Maria Barrientos.
4,7/3,6.
8,3.
Lucia Vallenti-Terrani.
3,6/4,4.
8.
Lucianna Serra.
3,6/4,4.
8.
Vesselina Kasarova.
3,9/4,1.
8.
Ewa Podles.
3,8/4,1.
7,9.
Frederica von Stade.
4,2/3,6.
7,8.
Vivica Genaux.
3,6/3,8.
7,4.
Sumi Jo.
3,6/3,7.
7,3.
Sonia Ganassi.
3,7/3,5.
7,2.
Victoria de Los Angeles.
3,6/3,6.
7,2.
Vera Firsova.
3/4.
7.
Mado Robin.
4,1/2,5.
6,6.
Lily Pons.
2,4/3,4.
5,8.
Graziella Sciutti.
2/3,5.
5,5.
I hope you have enjoyed the Contest :-). I'm leaving all the videos on Youtube, so that the Youtubers will be able to enjoy them.
P.S. I am going to post the results of the "Son vergin vezzosa" in a couple of days, so be on the watch :-).
Auteur : LindoroRossini
Tags:Rossini Una voce poco fa Cecilia Bartoli Jennifer Larmore Maria Callas Anna Moffo
| | Jennifer Larmore sings Victor Herbert (vaimusic.com) - 263 sec
Jennifer Larmore
"Art is Calling Me" by Victor Herbert
Antoine Palloc, piano (live concert 2001)
from: VAI DVD 4205
In Performance! Jennifer Larmore
TO BUY THE COMPLETE VIDEO, GO TO www.vaimusic.com OR CALL TOLL-FREE IN THE US 1 (800) 477-7146 (OUTSIDE OF THE US, CALL 914-769-3691).
Auteur : vaimusic
Tags: Jennifer Larmore Operetta Victor Herbert Antoine Palloc
| | Jennifer Larmore - D'amore al dolce impero - 420 sec
Contralto Jennifer Larmore singing this arias written for the great Isabella Colbran. Jennifer shows some beautiful high C's here.
Auteur : agnellodei
Tags: jennifer larmore isabella colbran rossini armida high contralto bel canto
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