#luigi cherubini

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OTD in Music History: Composer Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (1760 - 1842) -- better known as Luigi Cherubini -- is born in Italy. Although Cherubini is now largely relegated to the pages of music history books, in his own time he commanded widespread praise from the highest quarters. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) regarded Cherubini as his "greatest" contemporary, and at his specific request, Cherubini's 1st Requiem Mass (1816) was performed at Beethoven's funeral. Giaochino Rossini (1792 - 1868) hailed Cherubini's operas, and Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) and Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) both praised them in the press. Cherubini was also good friends with Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849), and in 1841 he became the first musician to be awarded the prestigious "Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur." Cherubini's "posterity problem" stems in large part from the fact that after he assumed the directorship of the Paris Conservatoire in 1822, he discharged his duties in a highly reactionary manner and thus came into intense conflict with Berlioz (who studied there from 1824 to 1830). The two men personally despised each other, and Berlioz's deeply unflattering portrayal of Cherubini in his "Memoirs" (1865) went a long way towards tarnishing the older man's reputation. Nevertheless, despite his posthumous fall from grace, Cherubini’s work has never entirely faded from view; for example, Maria Callas (1923 - 1977) performed his opera “Medea” dozens of times over the course of her career. PICTURED: An autograph receipt that Cherubini wrote out and signed in 1837, accounting for royalties from the publication of his 2nd Requiem Mass (1836). Cherubini actually wrote the 2nd Requiem Mass -- which only employs male voices -- for use at his *own* funeral, after his 1st Requiem Mass came in for criticism by Catholic authorities for utilizing female voices.

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absolutely utterly perfect social media content from the met opera actors as usual

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Thanks to b-d-e for this submission :-

Requiem in do minore per Coro e Orchestra di Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842), Introitus et Kyrie.

Esegue un ensemble composto da: Coro Grande del Concentus Musicus Patavinus, Coro Polifonico di Piove di Sacco, Coro Polifonico Vincenzo Gianferrari, Orchestra i Filarmonici di Trento, Orchestra del Concentus Musicus Patavinus. Dirige il Maestro Fabrizio Cunial.

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“He did not understand [music],” said Cherubini, in his old age, to his granddaughter Mme. Durat. . . . “He asked me for music without common sense.”

— Cherubini about Napoleon, who was quite a music enthusiast

From Cherubini: Memorials Illustrative of His Life and Work by Edward Bellasis

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Happy birthday Luigi Cherubini

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Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) String Quartet No.2, in C major (1829)

Performed by the Melos Quartett

I. Lento – Allegro [00:00] II. Larghetto [10:07] III. Scherzo. Allegro assai [18:46] IV. Finale. Allegro vivace [22:42]

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Gluck / Boccherini: Suite from "Orfeo ed Euridice" and "Semiramis" / "La...

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2023-07-16 Medea @Staatsoper

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Requiem in C Minor - Luigi Cherubini

(Featured in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me)

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23年コンサート#69

5月27日　日生劇場

NISSAY OPERA

ケルビーニ「メデア」（日本初演、イタリア語版）

演出　栗山民也

指揮　園田隆一郎

メデア　岡田昌子

ジャゾーネ　清水徹太郎

グラウチェ　小川栞菜

ネリス　中島郁子

クレオンテ　伊藤貴之

合唱　C.ヴィレッジシンガーズ

合唱指揮　キハラ良尚

管弦楽　新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団

「メデア」といえばマリア・カラスの録音（ジャケットにバーンとカラスの写真のヤツ）で有名なので、チケットを買う少し前までこれが日本初演とは知らなかった。が、陰惨な劇内容なので、メデア役の難しさだけでなく、日本の団体が手を出せなかったのかも、とも感じた。

ケルビーニの古典派の装いをしながら、恐るべき心理描写を表している音楽が凄い。特に一気呵成の第3幕。

歌手では、必死にメデアの人の心をつなぎ止めようとするネリスの中島郁子が素晴らしい。第2幕のアリアは、今日の上演の音楽面での白眉。岡田昌子のメデアは、人間らしさを残した場面（通常のベルカント）と、復讐心の塊となる悪魔的な場面（より地声、台詞的）とで発声を使い分けていた。

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This is a small box packaging for sweeties ca. 1920 from Italy. A rare to find item. On this you see the portrait from the Opera Diva Giuseppina Grassini (1773-1850). Take a look on her live that was really special.

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this is definitely not yesterday’s met hd broadcast of medea definitely don’t click and watch it

edit: this is definitely not part one and part two

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Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) - String Quintet in E Minor: III. Allegro ma non troppo ·

Manuel van der Nahmer · Diogenes Quartet

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MET 2022/2023: MEDEA (RADVANOVSKY, POLENZANI, PERTUSI, BRUGGER, GUBANOVA; MCVICAR-RIZZI)

MET 2022/2023: MEDEA (RADVANOVSKY, POLENZANI, PERTUSI, BRUGGER, GUBANOVA; MCVICAR-RIZZI)

La temporada del Metropolitan Opera House de New York s’ha estrenat amb la Medea de Cherubini, òpera mai representada al teatre novaiorquès i, per tant, han fet de la inauguració, no com altres, festa grossa ja només programant un títol clàssic per primera vegada i si a més a més han comptat amb un dels veritables estels de l’òpera actual, com és Sondra Radvanovsky, molt ben envoltada per un cast…

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Through the Years → Queen Letizia of Spain (2,305/∞) 19 September 2023 | Queen Letizia arrives at the Teatro Real to preside over the inauguration of the 2023/2024 season, where the opera "Medea", by Luigi Cherubini, will be performed, in Madrid, Spain. (Photo By Jose Oliva/Europa Press via Getty Images)