Composer(s): Mascagni, Pietro
Conductor(s): Krieger, Felix
Label: Oehms Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: OC993
Barcode: 4260034869936
Release Date: 02/2026

MASCAGNI, P.: Zanetto [Opera] (Yajie Zhang, Yeghiyan, Berliner Operngruppe Choir and Orchestra, Krieger)

Since its foundation in 2013, the Berlin opera group has made a name for itself with Berlin premieres such as Donizetti’s Deux Hommes et une Femme and Betly and other operatic rarities. This album is a Deutschlandfunk Kultur recording of the 2021 performance of Pietro Mascagni Zanetto from the Konzerthaus Berlin.

Yajie Zhang was also heard in the role of UGO D’ASTI (OC989). The orchestra of the Berlin Opera Group plays under the direction of Felix Krieger.

Tracklist

Mascagni, Pietro
Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni - Lyricist
Menasci, Guido - Lyricist
Berliner Operngruppe Chor (Choir)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
1Introduction (Chorus)03:24
Berliner Operngruppe Chor (Choir)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
2Scene 1: Maledetto l'amor (Silvia)04:15
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
3Scene 1: Cuore, come un fiore (Zanetto)01:53
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
4Scene 1: Dolce è la melodia (Silvia, Zanetto)05:10
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
5Scene 2: Silvia, sii buona! (Silvia, Zanetto)02:30
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
6Scene 2: Firenze è la tua meta? (Silvia, Zanetto)04:23
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
7Scene 2: Io qui potrei forse restare (Zanetto, Silvia)05:13
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
8Scene 2: Poi che vani furono i preghi miei (Zanetto, Silvia)02:34
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
9Scene 2: Senti bambino (Silvia, Zanetto)05:52
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
10Scene 2: Io partirò, portando meco un balsamo (Zanetto, Silvia)03:43
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)
11Scene 2: O madonna, di grazia… (Zanetto, Silvia)03:45
Zhang, Yajie (mezzo-soprano)
Yeghiyan, Narine (soprano)
Berliner Operngruppe Orchester (Orchestra)
Krieger, Felix (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 42:42