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Barber - Vanessa Steber · Gedda · Elias · Tozzi · Resnik · MET · Mitropoulos
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Barber - Vanessa Steber · Gedda · Elias · Tozzi · Resnik · MET · Mitropoulos
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by Samuel Barber, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eleonor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Price:$23.98
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Listener Reviews & Comments
This may be one of the greatest American operas of all time. It is shocking that a work of this quality isn't more widely performed. It is a vocal showcase. Vanessa suffers perhaps from a bit overwrought libretto. Menotti is guilty of his usual excesses. But Barber more than makes up for this in the sweep of his melodies. Musically, the piece is tonal, but harmonically adventureous. Interestingly, some of the piece calls to mind composers such as Bernard Herrmann or Miklas Rosza...high praise indeed for dramatic music in my mind. The final quintet at the end of the fourth act is rapturous. I find myself listening to it again and again. The performance is as close to perfect as a composer could wish for. Steber is brilliant as Vanessa and Rosalind Elias is a moving Ericka. Mitropoulos conducts with sweep and power. I wish opera companies would revive this work. It really deserves it.
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Barber - Vanessa Steber · Gedda · Elias · Tozzi · Resnik · MET · Mitropoulos
by Samuel Barber, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eleonor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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