Donizetti: The Three Queens Beverly Sills

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CD - 7-Disc Set

  • Release Date: 11/07/2000
  • 7 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 32,042
  • Label: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
  • UPC: 028946596722

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Donizetti: The Three Queens

Disc 1
1LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
2LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
3LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
4LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
5LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
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Disc 2
1LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
2LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
3LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
4LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
5LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 1
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Disc 3
1LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 2
2LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 2
3LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 2
4LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 2
5LISTENAnna Bolena, opera: Act 2
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Disc 4
1LISTENMaria Stuarda, opera: Act
2LISTENMaria Stuarda, opera: Act
3LISTENMaria Stuarda, opera: Act
4LISTENMaria Stuarda, opera: Act
5LISTENMaria Stuarda, opera: Act
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Editorial Reviews

The publication in digital form of these three recordings restores to circulation a long-neglected document of one of the last half-century's greatest achievements in operatic performance. Starting in 1969, the New York City Opera's then-reigning prima donna, Beverly Sills, took on the formidable assignment of singing all three heroines of Donizetti's "Tudor Operas": the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda); the equally doomed second wife of Henry VIII (Anna Bolena); and the aging but still formidable Elizabeth I (Roberto Devereux). Recordings of Sills in these roles were made by ABC from 1969 to 1973, but the present remasterings prove those murky LP pressings were highly unworthy of their master tapes. Onstage, Sills was unforgettable, a singer of high drama and bravura. However, the general opinion in her day was that on her studio recordings, especially as the three queens, Sills was less memorable. True, the Bolena, last to be recorded, shows the singer to be not in such fine form; illness and overwork rapidly curtailed Sills' career, and by the end of the '70s, she had to retire. But, heard in remarkably better sound, the two earlier operas offer thrilling examples of singing acting -- always sharp and original, and often beautiful. Sills took her naturally light soprano and extended it through the force of her technique and imagination into a powerful, versatile instrument. Using words, timing, and timbre with superlative flair, she brings her characters to vivid life. On these records you will also hear two other under-recorded American divas: Shirley Verrett as Jane Seymour, and the utterly magnificent Eileen Farrell -- one of the most impressive yet least-appreciated American singers of all -- as Elizabeth I in Stuarda. (Incredibly, and absurdly, this Stuarda is Farrell's only complete studio recording of an opera role!) Packaged in a handsome box set, this Three Queens is the operatic recording event of the season, and a chance to rediscover just what made Sills the American prima donna for a generation. Patrick Giles, Barnes & Noble



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August 21, 2008: As I recall reading in Sills' bio, she was determined to tackle all three of Donizetti's monarchs and leave her mark on them. Boy, did she ever. These spectacular recordings show Sills at her best, but she is also joined by terrific colleagues: Robert Lloyd, Robert Tear and Shirley Verrett in the Bolena Eileen Farrell in the Stuarda and Peter Glossop and Gwynne Howell in the Devereux, who all turn in terrific performances. These three recordings can't be beat and I highly recommend them.

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January 03, 2001: SILLS IS GREAT AS ALWAYS .I LIKE HER ANYWAY< SHE IS ALSO VERY TALENTED AND HAS A GREAT VOICE STILL IN MY OPINION.IWOULD PURCHASE THIS TAPE.


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