LUCREZIA BORGIA Recordings 1898-1908
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Con la grande Lyda Borelli in un film muto del 1917... omaggiata apertamente...
Silent movie star Lyda Borelli often interpreted characters defeated by diabolical destinies who ended up killing themselves (often with poison – she died in 8 out of 14 films, and Donna Lucrezia Borgia is an alluringly melodramatic character...) Horror show thrills did not originate in Hollywood -- in fact, the "dream" or "nightmare factory" of movie production was anticipated in its most lurid artifacts by nineteenth century opera.
The grand manner of singing (and acting) is very a simply a grand manner. In the early 20th Century there were very few who dared to challenge Lucrezia Borgia; among the successful were the Italian sopranos: Celestina Boninsegna, Maria de Macchi, and Ines de Frate. Their reputations as famous Lucrezias survive. To round out the list of the Century's famous Lucrezias, we can add Giannina Arangi Lombardi, Montserrat Caballe and Joan Sutherland, each of whom can be counted among the most lauded sopranos of all time.
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LUCREZIA BORGIA (Donizetti)
0:00 Com’è bello, quale incanto - Celestina BONINSEGNA, 1908
Pathé
2:53 Com’è bello, quale incanto - Maria DE MACCHI, Milano 1906-05-28
Fonotipia 39832 XPh 1916
6:30 Di pescatore ignobile - Alessandro BONCI, Milano 1906-05-18
Fonotipia 39673 33 XPh1888
9:14 Di pescatore ignobile - Francesco MARCONI, Roma 1907 (October)
Gramophone 052200 1417c
12:07 Di pescatore ignobile - Giuseppe ANSELMI, Milano 1907-11-08
Fonotipia 62273 XPh 2838
14:41 Vieni la mia vendetta - Qualunque sia l'evento - Francesco NAVARINI, Milano 1907-02-01
Vieni la mia vendetta Fonotipia 62026 XPh2398
Qualunque sia l'evento Fonotipia 62027 XPh2397
19:40 Guai se ti sfugge un moto - Alberto De BASSINI with Dante Del Papa and Rosalia Chalia, New York 1897-1899
Bettini cylinders
21:46 Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi) - Eugenia MANTELLI, 1905–1907
U. S. Zonophone Recording (I 5929) 12587/Transposed down a semi-tone to B
24:23 M'odi, ah m'odi - Elena TEODORINI, Milano 1903-02
G&T 53300 3088b
26:54 M'odi, ah m'odi - Ines DE FRATE, Milano 1908
Gramophone 53552 11302b
30:07 M'odi, ah m'odi - Gina MORETTI-STEFANI, Milano
Odeon Fonotipia 110266
32:56 Madre, se ognor lontano - Francesco MARCONI with Bice Mililotti, Roma 1907 (October)
Gramophone 054190 1419c
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LUCREZIA BORGIA - Montserrat Caballé 1968 (Complete Opera Donizetti):
• LUCREZIA BORGIA - Montserrat Caballé 1968 ...
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