“Sarasota Opera presents stunning production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald Tribune Record companies haven't rushed to recorded either opera, and for decades the choice for 'luisa' has been between the Decca recording with Pavarotti and Caballe or the rCA set with Anna Moffo and Carlo Bergonzi. “Sarasota Opera’s production of this early Verdi work is splendid in both its vocal and orchestral performances.” Verdis masterpiece was written during the year 1849 in Paris and Busseto, completed in Naples, and first performed there on Decemat the citys Teatro San Carlo. For me, 'Luisa Miller' is an work like I vespri siciliana where owning one good version is enough. Quinn Kelsey’s regal voice can be heard in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s current production of Luisa Miller. Originally, Verdi was interested in adapting the novel The Siege of Florence by Francesco Domenico Guerazzi, but the censors in Naples had rejected this idea. Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 1 - Tamo damor chesprimere mal tenterebbe il detto Annette Celine, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, The London Opera Chorus, The National Philharmonic Orchestra & Peter Maag. “Luisa Miller will continue to deserve revival in presentations like Sarasota’s, with its honest, coherent direction by Gregory Keller, its wise, sympathetic musical direction by Victor DeRenzi and the work of a talented, youthful cast of singers.” Sherrill Milnes’ performance as Miller in Verdi’s Luisa Miller at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968 catapulted him to international fame. Opera Profile: Verdi’s Luisa Miller By Logan Martell Premiering on December 8 th, 1849, Luisa Miller is the 15 th opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
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