'Gianni Schicchi' -- opera in one act; text by Giovacchino Forzano after Dante; recorded in April 2002 in Malaga; Alberto Rinaldi; Tatiana Lisnic; Mabel Perelstein; Stefano Secco; Malaga Symphony Orchestra; cond. Alexander Rahbari; 'Sheherazade' -- song-cycle; text by Arthur LeClère (alias Tristan Klingsor); Jennifer Larmore; Grant Park Orchestra; cond. Carlos Kalmar
opera in one act
Alexander Rahbari, conductor; Malaga Symphony Orchestra
recorded April 2002 at the Sala Carranque, Malaga, Spain
Cast:
Buoso Donati (dead)
Gianni Schicchi -- Alberto Rinaldi, baritone
Lauretta, his daughter -- Tatiana Lisnic, soprano
Zita ('La Vecchia'), cousin of Buoso Donati -- Mabel Perelstein, contralto
Rinuccio, Zita's nephew -- Stefano Secco, tenor
Gherardo, Buoso's nephew -- Gerardo Lopez, tenor
Nella, Gherardo's wife -- Sara Galli, soprano
Betto di Signa, Buoso's brother-in-law -- Jose A. Garcia Quijada, bass
Simone, cousin of Buoso -- Felipe Bou, bass
Marco, Simone's son -- Celestino Varela, baritone
La Ciesca, Marco's wife -- Claudia Marchi, mezzo-soprano
Maestro Spinelloccio, a doctor -- Carlos Ruiz, bass
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, a notary -- Javier Zorilla, baritone
Pinellino, a cobbler/Guccio, a dyer -- Antonio Torres, bass
Shéhérazade by Maurice Ravel; poems by Arthur LeClère (alias Tristan Klingsor)
song-cycle
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Carlos Kalmar, cond.; Grant Park Orchestra
recorded June 2007 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, Chicago
I. Asie
II. La flûte enchantée
III. L’indifférent
