OP3103. LUCREZIA (Respighi), Live Performance, 24 July, 1981, Respighi Musical Festival, Assisi, w.Gracis Cond. Junge Philarmonie de AMOR.; Jone Jori, Elisabeth Byrne, Andreas Jäggi, Giuseppe Morino, etc. (Italy) Bongiovanni 2013. Final sealed copy. - 8007068201327

CRITIC REVIEW:

“LUCREZIA is an opera in one act and three tableaux by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Claudio Guastalla, after Livy and William Shakespeare's THE RAPE OF LUCRECE. Respighi died before finishing the work, which was therefore completed by the wife of the composer, Elsa Respighi, and by one of his pupils, Ennio Porrino. Lucrezia premiered on 24 February 1937 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, in a production directed by Mario Frigerio with sets designed by Pietro Aschieri. The première had a good reception. LUCREZIA was much appreciated by the famous Italian musicologist Andrea Della Corte, who considered this opera as one of the best stage works of Respighi, thanks to the accomplished balance of expressivity and musical skill. One of the distinctive features of LUCREZIA is the presence of the Voice, a character that sings from within the orchestra and describes what is happening on the stage and the emotions of the other characters.”

- Hans Lick