Bellini - Norma - Zampieri, Bumbry, Dvorsky, Siepi, Gertner - Latham Koenig - (live) Vienna - 1994

Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
Norma, Mara Zampieri
Adalgisa, Grace Bumbry
Pollione, Peter Dvorsky
Oroveso, Cesare Siepi
Clotilde, Agnes Gertner
Flavio, Miroslav Dvorsky
Conductor, Jan Latham Koenig
Austria Center Vienna - 13.11.1994

[@antoniogomes-wq6kf]

I love Zampieri from the first opera she gave in Lisbon D. Carlos, Portuguese fans were crazy about her... she gave many opera roles...La Scala no i don,t no why... Thank you for sharing, Greatings from Portugal.

[@achmedmohamed4708]

Thank you very much! I am the greatest admirer since more than 60 years of Cesare Siepi whom I know in the wolrd. This performance I was not able to hear. But I heared his last concert in Parma and taped it in professional sound

[@operamusic3116]

Where can I find this tape? I would be very interested in...

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Cesare Siepi stole the show.

[@petergraham8681]

I always wondered how long that Siepi sang in public. I had thought around 1988. I guess he retired officially around that time so imagine my surprise to have heard about this 1994 performance & to have now found it on KZbin. Although the recording quality leaves something to be desired it is still worth hearing Siepi at this age (anywhere between 71 & 75 as some reports go) sounding pretty much in superior form. Thanks for the posting & now I will search for that last Siepi Parma recital whenever that was. Mr. Mohamed: Any chance you might download Siepi’s last concert in Parma onto You tube? It would be greatly appreciated.

[@rodianabuiuc6646]

What a great joy with this uploading of yours! Thank you. I had absolutely no idea Peter Dvorsky sang Pollione. I also should like very much to listen to him within a complete performance La Fanciulla del West. I couldn't find it so far. He portrayed Dick Johnson at Covent Garden in 1985, if I'm not mistaken.

[@MrQwerty88]

1994?

[@stefantanzer4485]

Yes, that's true. It was a concert version and I was there myself. I can prove it.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Come hanno potuto sopportare tanti anni la Zampieri a Berlino e a Vienna? E alla Scala no?

[@barahona68]

La sopportavano perché lei era una cantante fantastica, con una voce magnifica e un'ottima attrice.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@barahona68 , i tedeschi amano i suoni fissi per cui...

[@antoniogomes-wq6kf]

Bravoo!@@barahona68

[@varaldoampelio34]

La Zampieri piace o non piace, ha una voce particolarissima che non si adatta a tutti i ruoli probabilmente. Sicuramente dal vivo rapiva il pubblico ed era una grande attrice

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@varaldoampelio34 lei crede? L'ho vista dal vivo, non era grande attrice e non ricordo i pubblici rapiti...