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Packed with intrigue, jealousy and revenge, Beatrice di
Tenda is a tragic opera in two acts that retells the final months
of one of Renaissance history's most fascinating and ill-fated
charac...
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Packed with intrigue, jealousy and revenge, Beatrice di Tenda is a
tragic opera in two acts that retells the final months of one of
Renaissance history's most fascinating and ill-fated characters.The
work was written after Norma and before I puritani, and therefore
stands as Bellini's penultimate opera, a bel canto composition of
transitional flavour that drew on 15th-century accounts and more
recent studies of the Visconti era for its subject matter. Beatrice
di Tenda, widow of Facino Cane and a high-minded but
power-conscious woman of mature years, is married to the young
Filippo Maria Visconti, whose station has been considerably
improved by Beatrice's dowry of property and armies. Instead of
feeling grateful towards his wife, however, Filippo is tired of the
much older Beatrice, and decides to take Agnese del Maino - one of
her ladies-in-waiting - as his mistress. But Agnese is in love with
a nobleman called Orombello, who himself is enamoured of Beatrice.
Gradually becoming more suspecting of his wife's innocent
relationship with the signore of Ventimiglia, and increasingly
incensed by the rebellion of Facino's one-time followers who resent
their new ruler, Filippo finally decides to rid himself of Beatrice
by accusing her of adultery and conspiracy. Subjected to torture
along with Orombello, Beatrice was tried and eventually beheaded in
1418.First performed on 16 March 1833, Beatrice di Tenda, evidently
more reserved in terms of musical resources when compared to the
vocal pyrotechnics of its predecessor, was only half-heartedly
received by the public, its number of performances gradually
diminishing thereafter. In recent years, however, the work has
undergone a resurgence in popularity, thanks largely to the
American Opera Society's revival of the opera in 1961 (which
featured Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne among others). This
acclaimed recording is based on a production of the Deutsche Oper
Berlin, which presented Beatrice di Tenda in a series of concert
performances in 1992.Other information:- Recorded in June 1992 at
the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin-Dahlem.- Love, jealousy,
conspiracy, betrayal, torture and capital punishment: the perfect
ingredients for an opera in grand dramatic style, tailor-made for
Bellini, the opera genius pur sang.- A most welcome reissue from
the Berlin Classics catalogue, with excellent soloists of
international fame, conducted by a young Fabio Luisi, one of the
most sought-after opera conductors of today, working in the Met in
New York among others. He won a 2012 Grammy Award for the Deutsche
Grammophon production of Wagner's Ring.- Extensive liner notes and
synopsis in the booklet....