Donizetti | Amor marinaro ‘Me voglio fa' na casa' | Lawrence Brownlee, tenor & Carlo Rizzi piano

Support great operatic discoveries: https://opera-rara.com/support Purchase the recording: https://opera-rara.com/product-tag/do... ARTISTS Lawrence Brownlee tenor Carlo Rizzi piano DESCRIPTION This is one of Donizetti’s most popular songs. It probably dates from the 1830s and is in the vein of a “canzone napoletana” in Neapolitan dialect words: a young man sings to his beloved Nennella in an energetic tarantella rhythm, ending on a slow and triumphant ascent to a high A flat, when he compares Nennella to the sunrise. The song’s most memorable feature is the extended “tra-la-la-le-la” refrain that closes off each verse. The prolific and versatile Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, one of the central figures of Italian bel canto opera, also wrote around 200 songs. Most of them are rarely performed and some, until recently, completely unknown. Curated by musicologist Roger Parker and under the leadership of Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi, Opera Rara presents the complete solo songs in a series of eight recital albums. The project makes a powerful case for Donizetti as a key figure in 19th-century song repertoire, and for the importance of the Italian school in a field long dominated by German and French composers. #donizetti #raresong #opera #artsong #lawrencebrownlee