Sciutti, Graziella: Graziella Sciutti: A Portrait
Sciutti, Graziella: Graziella Sciutti: A Portrait
Format: CD
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Artist: Sciutti, Graziella
Label: Eloquence Australia
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 028948296378
Genre: Classical Vocal Crossover
A cherishable Mozart soprano of the 1950s and 60s, celebrated with the complete reissue of a Decca recital album, newly remastered. The quality that defined Graziella Sciutti as a singer was lightness - of voice, of bearing and presence on stage. Her vivacious intelligence was no less suited to the Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti roles which began what was remarkably her only operatic recital album, recorded by Decca in Vienna in 1961. There is Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), which marked her debut at Glyndebourne in 1953 and Norina (Don Pasquale), which in Milan saw her unofficially crowned as the 'Queen of the Piccola Scala'. As Maria in La figlia del reggimento, she had made her Wexford Festival debut in 1957, at a time when Donizetti's opera was virtually unknown; the critic of the Musical Times was entirely won over by 'both the personality and singing of Graziella Sciutti. Her voice and her use of it were a sheer delight. Her acting combined the tomboyishness of Maria's regimental upbringing with a sprightly, vivacious femininity'. Nonetheless, it is for Mozart that Sciutti is most affectionately remembered: the director John Copley recalled her as 'the best Susanna I ever saw'. Her winning and deliciously witty portrayals of both Susanna and Despina were sampled on side B of the Decca recital which concluded with Chi sà, chi sà qual sia, an 'insertion' aria written by Mozart for a Figaro revival in Vienna, and the concert aria Nehmt meinen Dank. Filling out this Eloquence reissue are Marzelline's aria from the complete Fidelio conducted by Lorin Maazel, and three excerpts from the Alcina, led by Dame Joan Sutherland, in which Sciutti sang the role of the sorceress's sister, Morgana, with a complete sense of Handelian style as if by second nature.
Tracks:
1.1 O S'apre Al Riso (Act I)
1.2 Ama, Sospira, Ma Non T'offende
1.3 Credete Al Mio Dolore
1.4 Fidelio: O WÄR' Ich Schon Mit Dir Vereint
1.5 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa
1.6 La Fille Du Regiment: Convien Parti
1.7 Don Pasquale: Quel Guardo Di Cavaliere... So Anch'io la Virtù Magica
1.8 I Capuleti E I Montecchi: Eccomi... Oh! Quante Volte
1.9 In Uomini, in Soldati
1.10 Una Donna a Quindici Anni
1.11 Le Nozze Di Figaro, KV 492: Giunse Alfin Il Momento... Deh Vieni Non Tardar
1.12 Chi SÀ, Chi SÀ Qual Sia, KV 582
1.13 Nehmt Meinen Dank, KV 383
