L’elisir d’amore

~ Release by Gaetano Donizetti; Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Enzo Dara, Dawn Upshaw, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, James Levine (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Conductor James Levine - 1990
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adina - Kathleen Battle
Nemorino - Luciano Pavarotti
Dulcamara - Enzo Dara
Belcore - Leo Nucci
Giannetta - Dawn Upshaw

Luciano Pavarotti and Leo Nucci appear courtesy of the Decca Record Company, Ltd.

Annotation last modified on 2020-01-20 11:06 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: CD 1
2▼CD: CD 2
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1L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Coro d’introduzione “Cantiamo, facciam brindisi” (Belcore, Dulcamara, Gianetta, Adina, Coro)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
baritone vocals:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
bass vocals:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano) and Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Coro d’introduzione “Cantiamo, facciam brindisi” (Belcore, Dulcamara, Giannetta, Adina, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti2:22
2L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Poiché cantar vi alletta” (Dulcamara, Belcore, Gianetta, Coro)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-09)
baritone vocals [Belcore]:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
bass vocals [Dulcamara]:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Giannetta]:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Poiché cantar vi alletta” (Dulcamara, Belcore, Giannetta, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti0:55
3L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Barcaruola “Io son ricco e tu sei bella” (Dulcamara, Adina, Coro) / Recitativo “Silenzio! È qua il notaro” (Belcore, Dulcamara, Adina, Gianetta, Coro) / Recitativo “Le feste nuziali” (Dulcamara, Nemorino)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
baritone vocals:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
bass vocals:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano) and Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Barcaruola “Io son ricco e tu sei bella” (Dulcamara, Adina, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Le feste nuziali” (Dulcamara, Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Silenzio! È qua il notaro”… “Cantiamo, facciam brindisi (reprise)” (Belcore, Dulcamara, Adina, Gianetta, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti4:50
4L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Scena e Duetto “La donna è un animale stravagante” … “Venti scudi!” (Belcore, Nemorino)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
baritone vocals:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Scena e Duetto “La donna è un animale stravagante” … “Venti scudi!” (Belcore, Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti5:22
5L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Qua la mano, giovinotto” (Belcore, Nemorino)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
baritone vocals:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Qua la mano, giovinotto” (Belcore, Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti1:57
6L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Coro “Saria possibile?” (Coro, Gianetta)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Coro “Saria possibile?” (Coro, Giannetta)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti4:27
7L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Quartetto “Dell’ elisir mirabile” (Nemorino, Gianetta, Adina, Dulcamara, Coro)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-09)
bass vocals [Dulcamara]:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Adina]:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
soprano vocals [Giannetta]:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
tenor vocals [Nemorino]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Quartetto “Dell’elisir mirabile” … “Io già m’immagino” (Nemorino, Giannetta, Adina, Dulcamara, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti6:44
8L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Come sen va contento!” (Adina, Dulcamara)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
bass vocals:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Come sen va contento!” (Adina, Dulcamara)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti1:05
9L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Duetto “Quanto amore! Ed io, spietata!” (Adina, Dulcamara)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
bass vocals:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Duetto “Quanto amore! Ed io, spietata!” (Adina, Dulcamara)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti3:56
10L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. “Una tenera occhiatina” (Adina, Dulcamara)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
bass vocals:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. “Una tenera occhiatina” (Adina, Dulcamara)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti2:30
11L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-09)
tenor vocals [Nemorino]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1989-09)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (in 1989-09)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (in 1989-09)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) (in 1832)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti4:11
12L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Eccola. Oh! qual le accresce beltà” (Nemorino, Adina)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Eccola. Oh! qual le accresce beltà” (Nemorino, Adina)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti1:11
13L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Aria “Prendi, per me sei libero” (Adina, Nemorino)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-05)
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-05, in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Aria “Prendi, per me sei libero” (Adina, Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti7:17
14L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Alto! Fronte!” (Belcore, Adina, Dulcamara, Nemorino, Gianetta, Coro)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-09)
baritone vocals [Belcore]:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
bass vocals [Dulcamara]:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Adina]:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
soprano vocals [Giannetta]:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
tenor vocals [Nemorino]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Recitativo “Alto! Fronte! Che vedo?” (Belcore, Adina, Dulcamara, Nemorino, Giannetta, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti1:30
15L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Aria finale “Ei corregge ogni difetto” (Dulcamara, Adina, Nemorino, Belcore, Coro)
co-producer:
Claudia Hamann
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
editor:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1989-09)
baritone vocals [Belcore]:
Leo Nucci (baritone)
bass vocals [Dulcamara]:
Enzo Dara (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals [Adina]:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
tenor vocals [Nemorino]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1989-09)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Aria finale “Ei corregge ogni difetto” (Dulcamara, Adina, Nemorino, Belcore, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti2:13

Credits

Release

art direction:Franz Neuß (in 1990)
design/illustration:Werner Koberstein (designer) (in 1990)
photography:Robert Cahen (French composer and video artist, also credited as a photographer) (in 1990)
copyrighted (©) by:Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1990)
ASIN:US: B000001GD4 [info]
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