Luisa Miller 'Opera in Three Acts' - Giuseppe Verdi 'Moffo, Bergonzi, Cleva - 1964'

Composition Year: 1849
First Performance: 1849-12-08 in Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Recorded: RCA Iataliana Studios, Rome, June 1964
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Performers:
Luisa - Anna Moffo
Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi
Miller - Cornell MacNeil
Federica - Shirley Verrett
Count Walter - Giorgio Tozzi
Wurm - Ezio Flagello
Laura - Gabriella Carturan
A Peasant – Piero de Palma
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Fausto Cleva - Conductor
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00:01 1. Overture
ACT: I
05:28 2. Ti Desta, Luisa
09:32 3. Ecco Mia Figlia
11:44 4. Lo Vidi, E'l Primo Palpito
18:49 5. Ferma Ed Ascolta
20:00 6. Sacra La Scelta
23:33 7. Ah! Fu Giusto
26:27 8. Che Mai Narrasti!
28:06 9. Il Mio Sangue
31:27 10. Padre - M'Abbraccia
36:00 11. Duchessa
36:41 12. Dall'Aule Raggianti
42:34 13. Scioliete I Levrieri
47:17 14. Tu, Tu, Signor
49:30 15. Fra' Mortali
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ACT: II
56:02 1. Ah! Luisa, Luisa, Ove Sei?
58:44 2. Il Padre Tuo
01:01:55 3. Tu Puniscimi, O Signore
01:04:28 4. Qui Nulla S'Attenta
01:06:26 5. A Brani, A Brani, O Perfido
01:09:49 6. Egli Delira
01:12:29 7. L'Alto Retaggio
01:15:04 8. O Meco Incolume
01:16:30 9. Vien La Duchessa!
01:22:49 10. Il Foglio Dunque?
01:25:34 11. Quando Le Sere Al Placido
01:29:12 12. Di Mi Chiedeste
01:31:47 13. L'Ara, O L'Avello Apprestami
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ACT: III
01:35:19 1. Come In Un Giorno Solo 4:44
01:40:04 2. Pallida, Mesta Sei 2:47
01:42:51 3. La Tomba È Un Letto Sparso Di Fiori 5:20
01:48:11 4. Andrem, Ramminghi E Poveri 3:31
01:51:42 5. Ah! L'Ultima Preghiera 10:01
02:01:42 6. Donna, Per Noi Terribile 5:32
02:07:14 7. Padre, Ricevi L'Estremo Addio
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Work:
Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller.
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Verdi's initial idea for a new opera – for which he had a contract going back over several years – was rejected by the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He attempted to negotiate his way out of this obligation and, when that failed, Cammarano came up with the idea of adapting the Schiller play, with which Verdi was familiar. The process was set in motion, with Verdi still living and working on initial ideas from Paris, where he had been living for almost two years before moving back to his home town of Busseto in the summer of 1849. It was from there that he wrote the music and traveled to Naples for rehearsals. The first performance was given on 8 December 1849.
This was Verdi's 15th opera and it is regarded as the beginning of the composer's "middle period".
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ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed to: Urania - RCA Victor - Italy 1964