Sono sempre stato colpito dalla particolare bellezza musicale di questa breve opera di Puccini, e per essere precisi dall'asciutta eleganza del suo tessuto melodico che quasi si nasconde dietro gli sviluppi comici-buffoneschi del libretto, riuscendo tuttavia nel contempo a esaltarli senza cadere nella minima sguaiatezza. E questa versione pianistica ne è la prova. È un Puccini molto novecentesco. A volte sembra di sentire Debussy, e soprattutto Ravel, anche se con qualche melodrammatica vampa di calore in più.
Thank you so much for posting this. I find it fascinating to read along with the vocal score. You are a brave man to deal with the page turning yourself! Is there a particular reason you decided to upload the videos with (apparently) monaural sound?
Thanks for commenting - yes the page turns are always a bit of a balancing act, particularly in Gianni schicchi when there might only be two bars to a page for the ensemble moments. I do record in stereo, but I think when UA-cam compresses them, it probably turns it monostereo. I remember in that room though it was extremely boomy.
I like how Puccini manages to ironically simultaneously embrace and poke fun at his own mannerisms and conventions. For example, every time the young couple proclaim their love for each other, the music swells with an expansive melody, even in the midst of the wild cacophony of competing claims to inheritance. The very insistent repeating motif that begins the opera seems to me as if it depicts a state of waiting (agitated, resigned, or even hopeful). Another compositional "trick" is the foreshadowing of fragments of the Big Tune at various points. I imagine the composer knew that by doing so, he would prime the audience, who of course would never have heard anything of the opera before, for the aria when it does arrive at 20:23
@@kurtkaufman I couldn't agree with you more - indeed Puccini, just like Wagner, Strauss and other contemporaries of the time, used Leitmotifs to distinguish characters and moments. What Puccini does exceptionally well though, is also using parts of those themes/Leitmotifs for emotional or dramatic purpose. As you rightly describe, the two young lovers' passion is often underscored by snippets of "O mio babbino". I think Puccini perfected this idea in "La Boheme", particularly in moments within the orchestration. Thanks for being so enthusiastic!
Rehearsal time stamps:
1- 0:39
2- 1:42
3- 2:03
4- 2:46
5- 3:10
6- 3:47
7- 4:37
8- 4:57
9- 5:27
10- 5:44
11- 6:22
12- 6:55
13-7:24
14- 8:10
15-9:25
16- 9:47
17- 9:58
18- 10:11
19- 10:22
20- 10:32
21- 10:59
22-11:24
23-11:40
24- 12:02
25- 12:27
26- 12:52
27- 13:13
28-13:34
29-14:17
30-14:30
31-15:03
32- 15:48
33-16:26
34- 16:58
35- 17:23
36- 18:10
37- 18:32
38- 18:39
39- 19:56
40- 20:23
41- 22:18
42- 22:37
43- 23:09
44-24:02
45- 25:02
46- 25:17
47- 26:14
48- 27:02
49- 27:17
50- 27:35
51- 28:06
52- 29:16
53- 29:40
54- 29:59
55-30:14
56- 30:58
57-31:24
58- 31:44
59- 31:44
60- 32:21
61- 33:17
62-34:29
63-25:56
64-36:39
65- 37:18
66- 38:03
67- 38:20
68- 39:07
69- 39:36
70-39:51
71- 40:12
72- 41:27
73- 41:57
74- 42:25
75- 43:16
76- 44:13
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Thank you!!!
Wow thank you so much for doing this Tabetha! So helpful and a timesaver for everyone. Thank you!
Thanks for doing this Tabitha! So thoughtful!
Thank you so much Tabetha. It is so helpful!!! All The best!
Bravissimo !
Grazie mille
Excelente ayuda para los cantantes. Muchas gracias. Santiago de Chile 🎶
My pleasure. Greetings from across the globe from Europe!
Thanks so much, need this for memorization!
The more you watch it, the better for my channel and your memorisation! Which role are you learning?
@MatthewToogood La Vecchia, just had rehearsal with the orchestra lol. We open next week!
Muchas gracias me encanta a musica de Puccini
Muchas gracias a mi tambien me encanta la musica de Puccini
Thank you so much!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Nice!! So helpful! Thank you!!!
You’re welcome. What role are you singing?
I’m singing as La Ciesca😊
@@maggiewang3767 fantastic. toitoitoi
❤❤❤ Merci ! Super pour le travail !
De rien:)
he is too good
🤣
bravo！
Grazie
Sono sempre stato colpito dalla particolare bellezza musicale di questa breve opera di Puccini, e per essere precisi dall'asciutta eleganza del suo tessuto melodico che quasi si nasconde dietro gli sviluppi comici-buffoneschi del libretto, riuscendo tuttavia nel contempo a esaltarli senza cadere nella minima sguaiatezza. E questa versione pianistica ne è la prova. È un Puccini molto novecentesco. A volte sembra di sentire Debussy, e soprattutto Ravel, anche se con qualche melodrammatica vampa di calore in più.
Grazie per aver commentato. Concordo sul fatto che i colori creati da Puccini siano davvero notevoli. Amo dirigere Gianni Schicchi.
NO olvides tambien Il Tabardo que a musica es hermosa tambien
por supuesto no. me encantaría aprender también Il tabarro pero necesito tiempo
34:00 mi parte favorita trio es bellisimo, a armonia con acordes delta
Thank you so much for posting this. I find it fascinating to read along with the vocal score. You are a brave man to deal with the page turning yourself!
Is there a particular reason you decided to upload the videos with (apparently) monaural sound?
Thanks for commenting - yes the page turns are always a bit of a balancing act, particularly in Gianni schicchi when there might only be two bars to a page for the ensemble moments.
I do record in stereo, but I think when UA-cam compresses them, it probably turns it monostereo. I remember in that room though it was extremely boomy.
I like how Puccini manages to ironically simultaneously embrace and poke fun at his own mannerisms and conventions. For example, every time the young couple proclaim their love for each other, the music swells with an expansive melody, even in the midst of the wild cacophony of competing claims to inheritance.
The very insistent repeating motif that begins the opera seems to me as if it depicts a state of waiting (agitated, resigned, or even hopeful).
Another compositional "trick" is the foreshadowing of fragments of the Big Tune at various points. I imagine the composer knew that by doing so, he would prime the audience, who of course would never have heard anything of the opera before, for the aria when it does arrive at 20:23
@@kurtkaufman I couldn't agree with you more - indeed Puccini, just like Wagner, Strauss and other contemporaries of the time, used Leitmotifs to distinguish characters and moments. What Puccini does exceptionally well though, is also using parts of those themes/Leitmotifs for emotional or dramatic purpose. As you rightly describe, the two young lovers' passion is often underscored by snippets of "O mio babbino". I think Puccini perfected this idea in "La Boheme", particularly in moments within the orchestration.
Thanks for being so enthusiastic!
36:11 parece una melodia de mahler
9.50dunque era vero!
Helpful for many, I'm sure. Thanks