Ivan Repusic, who made his debut as Principal Conductor of the Munchner Rundfunkorchester in the autumn of 2017 with Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller", now presents a further and lesser-known masterpiece by the famous Italian opera composer. The concert performance of Verdi's early stage work "I due Foscari" was recorded on November 25, 2018 at the Munich Prinzregententheater. Outstanding performers provide an authentic atmosphere and vocal magnificence, and no less a person than the multiple-award-winning Italian baritone Leo Nucci was successfully engaged for the role of the Doge of Venice. This highlight of the Munich music scene from late last year is now available from BR-KLASSIK as a double album. Verdi's early masterpiece "I due Foscari" was the first of the operas he wrote for the Teatro Argentina in Rome. He had already worked on the material (Lord Byron's drama "The Two Foscari"), and, after a first subject had been rejected by the Roman censors, Verdi returned to it and had the libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave. Although the opera's premiere on November 3, 1844 was only moderately successful and Verdi would even distance himself from it later on, the work was still frequently performed up to the 1870s. It was rediscovered during the early 1950s and has since become a fixed part of the international opera repertoire. The concert performance (sung in the Italian original) in Munich's Prinzregententheater received great acclaim from audience and critics alike, again justifying the Munchner Rundfunkorchester's strategy of successfully reviving underrated music-theatrical works by means of standard-setting performances. Ivan Repusic conducts a genuine theatrical Verdi here: vital, robust, fiery and extremely lively.

Tracklist:

I Due Foscari, Act I: Prelude (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act I: Introduction - Silenzio, Mistero (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act I: Que Ti Rimani Alquanto - Dal Più Remoto Esilio - Del Consiglio All Presenza - Odio Solo, Ed Odio At
I Due Foscari, Act I: No... Mi Lasciate - Tu Al Cui Sguardo Onnipossente - Che Mi Rechi? - O Patrizi, Tremate (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act I: Tacque Il Reo (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act I: Eccomi Solo Alfine - O Vecchio Cor, Che Batti (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act II: L’illustre Dama Foscari - Tu Pur Lo Sai - Di Sua Innocenza Dubiti? - Se Tu Dunque Potere Non Hai (L
I Due Foscari, Act II: Prelude - Notte! Perpetua Notte - Non Maledirmi, O Prode (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act II: Ah, Sposo Mio! - No, Non Morrai - Tutta È Calma La Laguna - Speranza Dolce Ancora (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act II: Ah Padre! - Nel Tuo Paterno Amplesso - Addio - Ah Si, Il Tempo Che Mai Non S'arresta (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act II: Che Più Si Tarda? - O Patrizi - Queste Innocenti Lagrime - Parti, T’è Forza Cedere (L
I Due Foscari, Act III: Introduzione E Barcarola - Alla Gioia! - Ve’! Come Il Popolo Gode - Tace Il Vento, È Queta
I Due Foscari, Act III: La Giustizia Del Leone! - All'infelice Veglio - Messner, A Che Più Indugiasi? - Ah Padre, Fig
I Due Foscari, Act III: Egli Ora Parte! - Più Non Vive! (Live)
I Due Foscari, Act III: Signor, Chiedono Parlarti I Dieci - Questa È Dunque L'iniqua Mercede - Che Venga A Me, Se Lic

UPC: 4035719003284
Label: Br Klassiks
Release Date: 7.5.19
Format: CD

Verdi / Nucci / Repusic - I Due Foscari (2 CD)