Dusolina Giannini (1902-1986)
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Composer or Director: Eduardo Di Capua, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Traditional, Vincenzo Valente, Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini
Label: Lebendige Vergangenheit
Magazine Review Date: 4/1993
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: 89044
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Norma, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Carlo Sabajno, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Milan La Scala Orchestra Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer John Barbirolli, Conductor |
(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: Pace, pace, mio Dio |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer John Barbirolli, Conductor |
Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Carlo Sabajno, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Otello, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Carlo Sabajno, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Otello, Movement: Ave Maria |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Carlo Sabajno, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Carmen, Movement: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Carlo Sabajno, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Carlo Sabajno, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Berlin State Opera Orchestra Clemens Schmalstich, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
Madama Butterfly, Movement: Un bel dì vedremo |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Berlin State Opera Orchestra Clemens Schmalstich, Conductor Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
'O sole mio |
Eduardo Di Capua, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dusolina Giannini, Soprano Eduardo Di Capua, Composer George W. Byng, Conductor |
Manella mia |
Vincenzo Valente, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dusolina Giannini, Soprano George W. Byng, Conductor Vincenzo Valente, Composer |
Luisé |
Traditional, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dusolina Giannini, Soprano George W. Byng, Conductor Traditional, Composer |
Ohie Meneche (La fiera del Mast' Andrea) |
Traditional, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dusolina Giannini, Soprano George W. Byng, Conductor Traditional, Composer |
Author: Alan Blyth
At the same time, Giannini isn't a 'deep' interpreter in the Ponselle or Callas mould. Rather she sings instinctively, bravely—but then most of the records included here were made in 1928 when she was only 26, and one imagines at the Metropolitan a few years later she may have matured as an interpreter. There are signs of that development in the two Carmen pieces recorded in 1932. The Habanera reveals a spirited gipsy, one who is provoking yet never in an exaggerated way—each note is truly struck and the character comes from the inflexion of the text—in excellent French— while the Card scene benefits from being sung evenly and accurately, as Bizet commands, thus emphasizing its fatalistic nature. These are readings that deserve to rank with the best in the Carmen discography. As to Manon Lescaut and Butterfly, there is no nonsense about these being wilting heroines: the singing is full-blooded and soaring. And how many sopranos, aged 26, could project them with such generous and expansive tone?
The songs fill in the picture of a vivid and attractive artist. Manella mia suggests the eternal feminine of Latin women. The Neapolitan folk-song,
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