Kristīne Opolais - Puccini Suor Angelica (2012)

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Date: Nov. 29, 2021

Kristīne Opolais - Puccini Suor Angelica (2012)
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Genre: Classical | Label: Orfeo

Puccini’s 'Suor Angelica' used to be seen as one of the composer’s ‘problem children’. As the central work of 'Il Trittico', it is sandwiched between two dramatically more effective pieces: a tale of life in a convent and of the suicide of a mother robbed of her child, it simply could not hold its own against its sister works at their world première in New York. Various cuts sanctioned by Puccini testify to his concessions to the conventions of the opera business. Uncut, 'Suor Angelica' lasts just about an hour, and one often hears it in the concert hall today. With its restrained melancholy and mystical ambience, a concert performance does not diminish the impact of the title heroine and her moving fate. On the contrary, when Kristine Opolais sings Angelica – one of our most exciting young Puccini sopranos (fêted at Covent Garden in Madama Butterfly and in this role) – even a concert hall audience is moved to tears, as we can read in the reviews of her concert performances with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Köln conducted by her husband, Andris Nelsons. Kristine Opolais’s uniquely shaded timbre, her clear sense of line and her subtle characterisation make Angelica a woman of flesh and blood. Andris Nelsons, too, explores the full breadth of Puccini’s musical language in this one-acter, from its formulaic sacred elements to its uninhibited outbursts of emotion. This becomes especially clear when Opolais’s character meets her adversary, the Princess [Lioba Braun] whose dramatic mezzo offers an extreme authoritarian portrait. Angelica’s sisters in the convent offer several of the best women’s voices from the WDR Radio Chorus welcome solo opportunities. This superb cast includes the luxurious voices of the dark-toned mezzosoprano Nadezhda Serdyuk as the stern Sister Monitor and of Mojca Erdmann’s clear, graceful soprano as Sister Genovieffa, who brings the greatest sympathy for the plight of Angelica.
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Track List:

Suor Angelica, SC 87 (Giacomo Puccini)
1. Ave Maria, Ave Maria (Chorus, Sister Angelica) 03:20
2. Sorelle in umilta (Monitor, Lay Sisters, Mistress of the Novices, Sister Osmina, Sisters, Sister Genevieve, A Novice)Mojca Erdmann 06:39
3. I desideri sono i fiori dei vivi (Sister Angelica, Monitor, Sister Genevieve, 2 Sisters, A Novice, Sister Dolcina, Sisters, A Nursing Sister, 2 Alms Sisters) 09:47
4. Suor Angelica! - Madre, madre, parlate! (Abbess, Sister Angelica, 6 Sisters) 04:12
5. Il Principe Gualtiero vostro padre (Princess, Sister Angelica) 06:31
6. Tutto offerto alla Vergine, si, tutto (Sister Angelica, Princess) 05:29
7. Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto! (Sister Angelica) 04:05
8. Sorella, o buona sorella (Sister Genevieve, Sisters, Sister Angelica) 05:56
9. Addio, buone sorelle, addio, addio! (Sister Angelica, Chorus) 05:26
Preludio Sinfonico (Giacomo Puccini)
10. Preludio SinfonicoWDR Sinfonieorchester Köln 07:31

Performers:
Kristine Opolais (Angelica)
Lioba Braun (Princess)
Nadezhda Serdyuk (Sister Monitor)
Mojca Erdmann (Sister Genovieffa)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Andris Nelsons

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