Jenn79 was looking for a tragic, sad opera, and this really fits the bill!
I just discovered this opera a few days ago.
I was in Barnes & Noble, in their CD section, when I came across this opera, which is really different many other Puccini operas.
First, it is a one act opera, and second, there are no men in this opera!
This CD has Joan Sutherland in the title role of Sister Angelica, with The National Philhamonic Orchestra, on the London label, and was recorded back in 1978.
I love this one act opera!
The emtional power behind Joan Sutherland singing has to be heard to be believed. When Sister Angelica learns that the son she was forced to give up when she was forced into the convent, is dead, she screams and sobs in a maner I have never heard in an opera.
I got chills down my spine, my skin crawled, and I felt like sobing along with her.
This is a wonderful CD, and at the buget price of $12.00 (U.S.) it is one of the best opera buys you will ever make. And the analog to digital transfer is top rate, it is a crisp, clear sound sound, that will make you forget that it was recorded on analog tape.
Buy it, love it, and have a good cry along with Sister Angelica.
I just discovered this opera a few days ago.
I was in Barnes & Noble, in their CD section, when I came across this opera, which is really different many other Puccini operas.
First, it is a one act opera, and second, there are no men in this opera!
This CD has Joan Sutherland in the title role of Sister Angelica, with The National Philhamonic Orchestra, on the London label, and was recorded back in 1978.
I love this one act opera!
The emtional power behind Joan Sutherland singing has to be heard to be believed. When Sister Angelica learns that the son she was forced to give up when she was forced into the convent, is dead, she screams and sobs in a maner I have never heard in an opera.
I got chills down my spine, my skin crawled, and I felt like sobing along with her.
This is a wonderful CD, and at the buget price of $12.00 (U.S.) it is one of the best opera buys you will ever make. And the analog to digital transfer is top rate, it is a crisp, clear sound sound, that will make you forget that it was recorded on analog tape.
Buy it, love it, and have a good cry along with Sister Angelica.