Opera - The Thieving Magpie

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)


The Thieving Magpie 151:02
Melodramma in two acts
Libretto by Giovanni Gherardini after La Pie vouleuse, by J.M.T. Badouin and Louis-Charles Caigniez
English translation by Jeremy Sams

COMPACT DISC ONE
Overture (8:58)
1 Maestoso marziale - 2:23
2 Allegro 6:35

Act I (70:56)
Scene 1
3 'What a day of celebration' 2:39
Servants, Pippo, Magpie
4 'Get moving - do something' 4:07
Lucia, Pippo, Servants, Fabrizio, Magpie
5 'I can see my beloved Giannetto' 2:12
Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo, Servants
6 'Oh, my heart is full of joy!' 3:05
7 'Spring is returning' 3:15
Ninetta
8 'Dearest Ninetta, today's a special day!' 0:59
Fabrizio, Ninetta, Lucia
9 'Penknives and needles, leather patches' 1:09
Isacco
10 'I thought so, it's old Isacco' 0:29
Pippo, Isacco
11 'What's that shouting?' 1:21
Ninetta, Servants, Villagers, Pippo
12 'Darling! Darling, let me embrace you' 2:24
Giannetto, Villagers, Servants
13 'Yes, even in the battle' 2:35
Giannetto, Villagers
14 'Goodbye for now, my darling' 1:08
Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Fernando
15 'Yesterday, just as the sun was setting' 1:51
Fernando, Ninetta
16 'I can be strong no longer' 2:39
Ninetta, Fernando
17 'Oh, daughter, let me embrace you' 5:31
Fernando, Ninetta
18 'Good morning, my pretty lady' 2:01
Mayor, Ninetta, Giorgio, Fernando
19 'THIS IS MOST URGENT' 2:27
20 'Thank heavens!' 3:21
Ninetta, Mayor, Fernando
21 'We're alone here' 5:08
Mayor, Ninetta, Fernando
22 'Such madness and confusion' 2:14
Fernando, Ninetta, Mayor

Scene 2
23 'Penknives and needles, leather patches' 3:20
Isacco, Ninetta, Pippo, Lucia, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Magpie
24 'This morning in the house of Fabrizio Vingradito' 6:08
Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Fabrizio, Lucia, Pippo
25 'Did somebody want me?' 2:04
Isacco, Mayor, Giannetto, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Ninetta
26 'Grief and calamity tumble around me' 5:14
Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Mayor, Giannetto, Fabrizio
27 'Someone is coming' 0:29
Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio
28 'Take this girl away and throw her into prison!' 3:06
Mayor, Giannetto, Ninetta, Lucia, Pippo, Fabrizio, Servants, Villagers, Isacco
79:58

COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II (71:04)
Scene 1
1 'She's shut up in that dark and dismal dungeon' 2:15
Antonio, Ninetta, Giannetto
2 'Maybe one day you'll forgive me' 5:34
Ninetta, Giannetto
3 'You'd better go, and quickly' 1:21
Antonio, Giannetto, Ninetta, Mayor
4 'You're so lovely, your eyes are sparkling' 3:44
Mayor, Ninetta, Villagers
5 'When you hear the sentence' 3:21
Mayor, Villagers, Ninetta, Court
6 'Mr Mayor, Mr Mayor - what are you up to?' 0:59
Antonio, Pippo, Ninetta
7 'Just think that tomorrow, even today' 0:37
8 'No, no, I beg you to take it' 5:43
9 'Lest my darling should forget me' 3:24
Ninetta, Pippo
10 'By unanimous verdict - we find her guilty' 3:06
Judge, Giannetto, Fabrizio
11 'The wheels of justice will crush the guilty' 4:40
Court
12 'Most unhappy of women, your fate is in the balance' 0:39
Judge, Ninetta
13 'God protect her!' 3:19
Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Ninetta
14 'But, your Honours, you're mistaken' 1:24
Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court, Ninetta, Judge, Fernando
15 'Release her!' 3:14
Fernando, Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court
16 'A chasm of sorrow is yawning before me' 3:46
Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Fernando, Court
17 'If I cried, I would weep forever' 3:42
Ninetta, Giannetto, Fernando, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court

Scene 2
18 'What a dump of a village!' 1:37
Ernesto, Pippo, Giorgio, Antonio
19 'Bitter torment burns within you' 2:06
Villagers
20 'God in heaven, Oh, God of justice' 5:26
Ninetta, Villagers
21 'Giorgio! Giorgio! Ah, we're so happy!' 2:36
Pippo, Antonio, Giorgio, Giannetto, Lucia, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor
22 'Oh, God preserve us' 1:06
Lucia, Mayor
23 'We can see her, she is coming!' 1:14
Pippo, Antonio, Villagers, Mayor, Giorgio, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio
24 'Though I hear your cries of gladness' 3:29
Ninetta, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Fernando, Pippo, Villagers, Mayor, Antonio
25 'Now that the storm is over' 2:39
Ninetta, Lucia, Antonio, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor, Pippo, Giannetto, Fernando
71:04
Jeremy White bass - Fabrizio Vingradito
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano - Lucia
Barry Banks tenor - Giannetto
Majella Cullagh soprano - Ninetta
Russell Smythe baritone - Fernando Villabella
Christopher Purves baritone - Gottardo
Nerys Jones mezzo-soprano - Pippo
John Graham-Hall tenor - Isacco
Stuart Kale tenor - Antonio
Toby Stafford-Allen baritone - Giorgio
Nicholas Garrett bass - Ernesto
Darren Jeffery baritone - Judge
Philip Tebb bass - Judge
Daniel Slater - Clerk
Prunella Scales - Magpie
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
21-23 & 27-28 September 2002
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Matthew Walker (Assistant)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K