Siberia: Maria Caniglia

Product Details

Performer: Maria Caniglia, Tancredi Pasero
Orchestra: E.I.A.R. Symphony Orchestra Turin, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Rome Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Gino Marinuzzi, Giuseppe Antonicelli, Lorenzo Molajoli, Luigi Ricci, Umberto Berrettoni
Composer: Alfredo Catalani, Francesco Cilea, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni, Amilcare Ponchielli, et al.
Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Preiser Records
ASIN: B0000023OT
In-Print Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download

By : Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Gino Marinuzzi (Conductor), Giuseppe Antonicelli (Conductor), Lorenzo Molajoli (Conductor), Luigi Ricci (Conductor), Umberto Berrettoni (Conductor), E.I.A.R. Symphony Orchestra Turin (Orchestra), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Rome Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Maria Caniglia (Performer), Tancredi Pasero (Performer)|Format:Audio CD
Price : $19.96

Maria Caniglia

Client Critiques

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Maria Caniglia was the actual point, an truthful-to-gosh, red-blooded, thrilling, Verdi-Puccini soprano who flourished in the 1930s and 40s. Her superb contemporary was Zinka Milanov, who firmly reigned at the Met in New York whereas Madame Caniglia appears to have taken the well-known line from Verdi's Attila to heart: "Take all the world but leave Italy to me."
She was the chosen partner with the tenor, Benjiamino Gigli, in magnificent total recordings--Puccini's Tosca, Verdi's Requiem, Ballo in maschera, Aida and the non-Gigli Forza del destino, all on the market on CD--that readily hold their personal against subsequent contenders. Even though her partnership with Gigli was lengthy and effective, both in the recording studio and on stage, there was 1 peculiarity in it, or so the story goes: Gigli would in no way speak a word to her. And Madame Caniglia never knew why.
La Caniglia was characterized by burning intensity as a singing actor in the let-it-all-hang-out school of the very first half of the Twentieth Century. At her best, her voice had an thrilling, full, lush sound, not to be identified in our piping instances. At her worst, her larger warblings had been dramatic, if not overly gorgeous or precise. In the style of her time, she tended to be less caring about a composer's written notes than is prevalent amongst the present generation of singers.

However, I can not carry a note. I'm sorry that my family by no means got to see her. You see, Maria and my grandmother were cousins. Maria could actually hit the High C. Exceptional, CD.