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

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

Act II

(71:04)

Scene 1

29

'She's shut up in that dark and dismal dungeon'

2:15

Antonio, Ninetta, Giannetto

30

'Maybe one day you'll forgive me'

5:34

Ninetta, Giannetto

31

'You'd better go, and quickly'

1:21

Antonio, Giannetto, Ninetta, Mayor

32

'You're so lovely, your eyes are sparkling'

3:44

Mayor, Ninetta, Villagers

33

'When you hear the sentence'

3:21

Mayor, Villagers, Ninetta, Court

34

'Mr Mayor, Mr Mayor - what are you up to?'

0:59

Antonio, Pippo, Ninetta

35

'Just think that tomorrow, even today'

0:37

36

'No, no, I beg you to take it'

5:43

37

'Lest my darling should forget me'

3:24

Ninetta, Pippo

38

'By unanimous verdict - we find her guilty'

3:06

Judge, Giannetto, Fabrizio

39

'The wheels of justice will crush the guilty'

4:40

Court

40

'Most unhappy of women, your fate is in the balance'

0:39

Judge, Ninetta

41

'God protect her!'

3:19

Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Ninetta

42

'But, your Honours, you're mistaken'

1:24

Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court, Ninetta, Judge, Fernando

43

'Release her!'

3:14

Fernando, Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court

44

'A chasm of sorrow is yawning before me'

3:46

Ninetta, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Mayor, Fernando, Court

45

'If I cried, I would weep forever'

3:42

Ninetta, Giannetto, Fernando, Fabrizio, Mayor, Court

Scene 2

46

'What a dump of a village!'

1:37

Ernesto, Pippo, Giorgio, Antonio

47

'Bitter torment burns within you'

2:06

Villagers

48

'God in heaven, Oh, God of justice'

5:26

Ninetta, Villagers

49

'Giorgio! Giorgio! Ah, we're so happy!'

2:36

Pippo, Antonio, Giorgio, Giannetto, Lucia, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor

50

'Oh, God preserve us'

1:06

Lucia, Mayor

51

'We can see her, she is coming!'

1:14

Pippo, Antonio, Villagers, Mayor, Giorgio, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio

52

'Though I hear your cries of gladness'

3:29

Ninetta, Lucia, Giannetto, Fabrizio, Fernando, Pippo, Villagers, Mayor, Antonio

53

'Now that the storm is over'

2:39

Ninetta, Lucia, Antonio, Fabrizio, Villagers, Mayor, Pippo, Giannetto, Fernando

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

David Parry

21-23 & 27-28 September 2002