Bretón - La Dolores / Domingo · Matos · Lanza · Beltrán · Ros Marbá

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Tomás Bretón's La Dolores from 1895--in which all the male characters love the heroine, Dolores, who works in an inn--is an opera espagnola: a full-blown opera, not a zarzuela, and its plot, characters, mood, and music could belong to no other country but Spain. Bretón's musical idiom is late romantic, and he's a fine composer. The opera's acts build with good intensity, and throughout he keeps the local flavor alive with dances and rhythms that are peculiarly Spanish. Elisabete Matos is a good, colorful singer, but since Dolores is so easy to fall in love with, so should her voice be; the role could have used Victoria de los Angeles's combination of earthiness and purity. The supporting roles are well, if occasionally roughly, taken. Tito Beltrán makes the most of the second-tenor role of Celemin, but the plum role of Lazaro goes to Placido Domingo, who is in good, generalized-ardency voice and demeanor. Antonio Ros-Marbá leads a lively, completely idiomatic performance. This is a worthy addition to the catalog. --Robert Levine

Bretón - La Dolores / Domingo · Matos · Lanza · Beltrán · Ros Marbá, Music, Tomas Breton, Antoni Ros-Marba, Plácido Domingo, Elisabete Matos, Manuel Lanza, Tito Beltrán, Raquel Pierotti, Stefano Palatchi, Orquestra Simfónica de Barcelona, Classical, Classical Music, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta, Spanish/Portuguese Romantic Opera
Bretón - La Dolores / Domingo · Matos · Lanza · Beltrán · Ros Marbá
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    Bretón - La Dolores / Domingo · Matos · Lanza · Beltrán · Ros Marbá

    Manufacturer: Decca
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00002R2T5
    Release Date: 2000-02-08

    Tracks:

    1. La Dolores: Preludio
    2. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Trabaja, trabaja, que es fiesta manana! (Alpargateros)
    3. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Soldados! (Vendedoras)
    4. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Por que a sus inferiores. . . ? (Patricio)
    5. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Por tu gracia! - Por tu aquel! (Patricio) (Rojas)
    6. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Dolores! - Bien vengas Lazaro (Lazaro) (Dolores)
    7. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Me han dicho que casabas (Dolores)
    8. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Pasacalle
    9. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Jota
    10. La Dolores: Acto Primero - Bravo, bravo! bien senores (Rojas)
    11. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Preludio
    12. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Ay que misa mayor! (Gaspara)
    13. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Que hacer, Senor, en situacion tan ruda! (Lazaro)
    14. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Adios curita! (Patricio)
    15. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Don Patricio, que esta haciendo? (Rojas)
    16. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - En cuanto de la musica (Rojas)

    Tracks:

    1. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Marchemos! (Patricio)
    2. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - La guitarra! - Prevenida, te la vengo yo a traer! (Melchor) (Dolores)
    3. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Dolores. . . si peque! (Melchor)
    4. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Sera posible, oh cielo, que mi alma dolorida. . . ! (Dolores)
    5. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - No eches la llave a todo evento (Rojas)
    6. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Vengan todos que es de ver! (Celemin)
    7. La Dolores: Acto Segundo - Viva Patricio, viva, viva! (Coro)
    8. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Preludio
    9. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Ora pr nobis. . . Stella Matutina (Coro) (Dolores) (Gaspara) (Celemin) (Lazaro)
    10. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - A las cinco salir debes manana (Gaspara)
    11. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Pues solos un momento quedamos por azar ( Celemin)
    12. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Yo le decia . . . - Callate! (Celemin) (Dolores)
    13. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Infame, infame sirvienta! (Gaspara)
    14. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Tarde senti cuitada (Dolores)
    15. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Ya no te temo, hora fatidica! (Dolores)
    16. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Jesus! - Que! - Sonabas, mujer infelice! (Dolores) (Lazaro)
    17. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Entra! - Tardaste! (Dolores) (Melchor)
    18. La Dolores: Acto Tercero - Ah! . . . Lazaro! - Yo soy! (Dolores) (Lazaro)

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    Tomás Bretón's La Dolores from 1895--in which all the male characters love the heroine, Dolores, who works in an inn--is an opera espagnola: a full-blown opera, not a zarzuela, and its plot, characters, mood, and music could belong to no other country but Spain. Bretón's musical idiom is late romantic, and he's a fine composer. The opera's acts build with good intensity, and throughout he keeps the local flavor alive with dances and rhythms that are peculiarly Spanish. Elisabete Matos is a good, colorful singer, but since Dolores is so easy to fall in love with, so should her voice be; the role could have used Victoria de los Angeles's combination of earthiness and purity. The supporting roles are well, if occasionally roughly, taken. Tito Beltrán makes the most of the second-tenor role of Celemin, but the plum role of Lazaro goes to Placido Domingo, who is in good, generalized-ardency voice and demeanor. Antonio Ros-Marbá leads a lively, completely idiomatic performance. This is a worthy addition to the catalog. --Robert Levine

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    6. Christophe Rousset ~ Bach - Goldberg Variations
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    10. Dreaming Wide Awake

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