MERCADANTE, S.: Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio (Guagliardo, Colaianni, Catrani, Mirabelli, Ever, Mastrototaro, Fogliani)
A contemporary of Rossini and Donizetti, Saverio Mercadante was one of Italy’s most productive 19th-century operatic composers. Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio was written during the composer’s stay in Spain, and is based on a chapter of Cervante’s Don Quixote in which the hero prevents the forced marriage of a poor farm girl to the wealthy Camacho. Magnificently entertaining and dramatically innovative, Don Chisciotte combines fashionable Neapolitan style with Spanish folk music elements in an unforgettable melodramma giocoso. It is heard on this recording in its first modern performance.
Tracklist
Ferrero, Stefano - Lyricist
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
| 7 | Scene 4: Recitativo: Che far dovro? (Chiteria) - Scene 5: Scena: Chi veggo? Chi e mai costui? (Chiteria, Basilio) | 01:58 |
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
| 9 | Scene 6: Recitativo: Oh caro il mio Gamaccio (Bernardo, Gamaccio, Chiteria, Don Diego, Cristina) - Scene 8: Recitativo: Di poche ore ho preceduto (Don Diego, Cristina, Chorus) | 02:43 |
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
| 10 | Scene 8: Coro e cavatina: Viva, viva, Don Chisciotte (Chorus, Don Chisciotte, Sancio, Cristina) - Scene 9: Recitativo: Cielo, che miro? (Don Chisciotte) | 03:57 |
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
| 11 | Scene 9: Cavatina: Perdon ti chiedo, o donna (Don Chisciotte, Chorus, Cristina, Don Diego, Sancio) | 07:00 |
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Guagliardo, Ugo (bass)
| 12 | Scene 10: Recitativo: In bando cavalier, le tristi idee (Don Diego, Sancio, Don Chisciotte, Cristina) | 01:51 |
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
| 1 | Scene 12: Recitativo: Tutto tentar sapro (Basilio) - Scene 13: Recitativo: Dove trovar potrassi uno scudier più fino? (Sancio, Don Chisciotte) | 01:40 |
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
| 3 | Scene 14: Recitativo: Entri signor (Cristina, Gamaccio, Sancio) - Scene 15: Eppur da quel (Don Diego) - Scene 16: Io sfido (Sancio) - Scene 17: Ecco lo trovo alfin (Don Diego, Sancio, Basilio) | 03:28 |
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Di Benedetto, Fausto (harpsichord)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
| 5 | Final scene: Coro e finale: Viva i sposi (Chorus, Gamaccio, Bernardo, Don Chisciotte, Sancio, Basilio, Chiteria, Cristina, Don Diego) | 06:03 |
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)
| 6 | Final scene: Quanto imponi la sacra legge (Basilio, Gamaccio, Don Chisciotte, Chiteria, Cristina, Don Diego, Bernardo, Sancio, Chorus) | 10:14 |
Colaianni, Domenico (bass)
Catrani, Laura (soprano)
Mirabelli, Ricardo (tenor)
Ever Mogollon, Hans (tenor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Bove, Marisa (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Fogliani, Antonino (Conductor)





























