{"id":1081256,"date":"2025-03-31T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/?p=1081256"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:31:24","slug":"critique-de-disque-rare-donizetti-alfredo-il-grande-chez-naxos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/pascal-blanchet\/critique-de-disque-rare-donizetti-alfredo-il-grande-chez-naxos\/","title":{"rendered":"Critique de disque | Rare Donizetti, <em>Alfredo il Grande<\/em> chez Naxos"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><b>Donizetti\u00a0: <\/b><b><i>Alfredo il Grande<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antonino Siragusa, t\u00e9nor (Alfredo), Gilda Fiume, soprano (Amalia), Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, baryton (Eduardo), Adolfo Corrado, basse (Atkins), Valeria Girardello, mezzo-soprano (Enrichetta), Antonio Gar\u00e9s, t\u00e9nor (Guglielmo), Orchestre du Donizetti Opera, Ch\u0153ur de la Radio hongroise, Corrado Rovaris, chef<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naxos, 2025<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 1823, le jeune Donizetti, 25 ans, fait ses d\u00e9buts sur une des sc\u00e8nes les plus importantes d\u2019Italie, le Teatro San Carlo de Naples, avec <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alfredo il Grande<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Son illustre devancier Rossini vient de quitter les lieux, apr\u00e8s plusieurs triomphes. La pression est forte sur le nouveau venu qui a de tr\u00e8s grands cothurnes \u00e0 chausser\u00a0!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le public napolitain accueille tr\u00e8s mal cet op\u00e9ra qui raconte les fuites et les combats d\u2019un roi d\u2019Angleterre menac\u00e9 d\u2019invasion par des ennemis venus du Danemark, si bien que l\u2019\u0153uvre n\u2019est jou\u00e9e qu\u2019une seule fois avant de dispara\u00eetre de l\u2019affiche pendant deux si\u00e8cles. Donizetti sera plus heureux par la suite avec ses autres op\u00e9ras tir\u00e9s de l\u2019histoire d\u2019Angleterre, notamment sa \u00ab\u00a0trilogie des reines\u00a0\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donizetti.org\/en\/festival-donizetti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">le Festival Donizetti de Bergame<\/a>, ville natale du compositeur, donne l\u2019occasion de r\u00e9viser le jugement s\u00e9v\u00e8re des premiers spectateurs. L\u2019\u0153uvre, mont\u00e9e dans une mise en sc\u00e8ne tr\u00e8s simple, a \u00e9t\u00e9 capt\u00e9e pour un DVD d\u00e9j\u00e0 paru. La version audio qui nous arrive aujourd\u2019hui donne \u00e0 entendre une musique bien s\u00fbr marqu\u00e9e par l\u2019influence de Rossini, mais d\u2019une f\u00e9brilit\u00e9 juv\u00e9nile et r\u00e9jouissante. L\u2019amateur de Donizetti reconna\u00eetra en passant un motif qui deviendra plus tard le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre \u00ab Chacun le sait \u00a0\u00bb de <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/myscena.org\/paul-e-robinson\/austin-opera-beats-band-donizettis-daughter-regiment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La fille du r\u00e9giment<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le livret jug\u00e9 un peu primaire \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque s\u2019av\u00e8re plut\u00f4t d\u2019une redoutable efficacit\u00e9 en proposant seulement des sc\u00e8nes fortes, sans temps mort. Chacun des personnages a ainsi l\u2019occasion de faire preuve de noblesse, de courage et de vaillance, tant dans ses actions que dans son chant\u00a0! Cavatines pleines d\u2019\u00e9lan, cabalettes enlevantes, ch\u0153urs vibrants, bref tout Donizetti est d\u00e9j\u00e0 l\u00e0 et on ne s\u2019ennuie pas une minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D\u2019une partition tr\u00e8s concentr\u00e9e, on retient surtout les ensembles, dont un trio et un quintette tr\u00e8s r\u00e9ussis. Les airs d\u2019Alfredo sont aussi fort convaincants, dont l\u2019un avec un envo\u00fbtant obligato de clarinette. De m\u00eame, le finale de l\u2019op\u00e9ra se d\u00e9marque\u00a0: un impressionnant rondo que chante la reine Amalia, accompagn\u00e9e par un petit orchestre sur sc\u00e8ne en plus du grand dans la fosse, ce qui donne des sonorit\u00e9s assez originales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La prise de son sur le vif manque de velout\u00e9, mais elle rend bien l\u2019urgence de cette recr\u00e9ation o\u00f9 tous les interpr\u00e8tes devaient \u00eatre un peu nerveux. En roi Alfred, Antonino Siragusa n\u2019a peut-\u00eatre pas la voix id\u00e9ale pour une tessiture qui demanderait plus de coffre, mais il tire bien son \u00e9pingle du jeu gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son aisance dans la virtuosit\u00e9. Sa partenaire Gilda Fiume, davantage \u00e0 sa place, d\u00e9ploie une voix d\u2019une belle ampleur tout en ma\u00eetrisant l\u2019art des ornements. Quant \u00e0 l\u2019ennemi danois Atkins, il est tellement m\u00e9chant qu\u2019il n\u2019a m\u00eame pas droit \u00e0 un seul air\u00a0!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_30236\"  width=\"702\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"702\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TpeH_dlZDwA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donizetti\u00a0: Alfredo il Grande Antonino Siragusa, t\u00e9nor (Alfredo), Gilda Fiume, soprano (Amalia), Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, baryton (Eduardo), Adolfo Corrado, basse (Atkins), Valeria Girardello, mezzo-soprano (Enrichetta), Antonio Gar\u00e9s, t\u00e9nor (Guglielmo), Orchestre du Donizetti Opera, Ch\u0153ur de la Radio hongroise, Corrado Rovaris, chef Naxos, 2025 En 1823, le jeune Donizetti, 25 ans, fait ses d\u00e9buts sur une<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/pascal-blanchet\/critique-de-disque-rare-donizetti-alfredo-il-grande-chez-naxos\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":39320,"featured_media":1081246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"rating_form_position":"","rating_results_position":"","mr_structured_data_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55152,17038,394],"tags":[61405,61402,61403,60508,61407,61406,38253,61404],"class_list":{"0":"post-1081256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-critique-de-disques-et-livres","8":"category-critiques-de-disques-et-livres","9":"category-musique-classique","10":"tag-antonino-siragusa-fr","11":"tag-bel-canto-fr","12":"tag-corrado-rovaris-fr","13":"tag-donizetti-fr","14":"tag-donizetti-festival-fr","15":"tag-gilda-fiume-fr","16":"tag-naxos-fr","17":"tag-italian-opera-fr","18":"type-critique-de-disque","19":"volume-volume-30","20":"issue-vol-30-issue-6-fr","21":"section-critiques"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Alfredo-il-Grande.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Alfredo-il-Grande-300x144.jpg","large":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Alfredo-il-Grande.jpg"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"ams_acf":[{"key":"le_volume","label":"Le volume","value":[]},{"key":"numero","label":"Num\u00e9ro","value":[]},{"key":"source_url","label":"Source URL","value":""},{"key":"author_name","label":"Author","value":""},{"key":"editchoice","label":"Edit Choice","value":[]},{"key":"is_cover_story","label":"Is Cover Story","value":[]},{"key":"performer_1","label":"Performer 1","value":""},{"key":"performer_2","label":"Performer 2","value":""},{"key":"other_info","label":"Other info","value":""},{"key":"ink_amazon","label":"Ink Amazon","value":""},{"key":"archambault","label":"archambault link","value":""},{"key":"price","label":"Price","value":""}],"multi-rating":{"mr_rating_results":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}