Verdi: Luisa Miller (Live) Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Ivan Repušić

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Luisa Miller:
• 1 Sinfonia 05:35
• Act I:
• 2 Ti desta, Luisa, regina de' cori 12:57
• 3 Ferma ed ascolta 08:04
• 4 Che mai narrasti! 04:58
• 5 Padre! M'abbraccia 04:42
• 6 Duchessa! Duchessa tu m'appelli! 06:08
• 7 Sciogliete i levrieri 13:55
• Act II:
• 8 Ah! Luisa, Luisa, ove sei? (Live) 02:44
• 9 Il padre tuo 11:45
• 10 Egli delira, sul mattin degli anni 07:13
• 11 Vien la duchessa! 06:48
• 12 Il foglio dunque? 11:25
• Act III:
• 13 Come in un giorno solo 04:51
• 14 Pallida, mesta sei! 12:38
• 15 Ah! L'ultima preghiera 20:01
• Total Runtime 02:13:44

Info for Verdi: Luisa Miller (Live)

Ivan Repušic made his debut as Chief Conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on September 24, 2017 at the city’s Prinzregententheater with a concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller". The Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka – the orchestra’s Artist in Residence during the 2017/18 season – was successfully engaged for the title role of the tragic opera, based on Friedrich Schiller's "Kabale und Liebe". This highlight of the Munich music scene has now been released by BR-KLASSIK. Verdi's masterpiece was written during the year 1849 in Paris and Busseto, completed in Naples, and first performed there on December 8, 1849 at the city's Teatro San Carlo. Schiller's tragedy tells the story of the calamitous love of the nobleman Ferdinand for the musician's daughter Luisa Miller, who falls victim to a terrible court intrigue that ultimately drives both to their deaths. To turn the play into an opera Verdi worked intensively with his librettist Salvadore Cammarano; both men were fascinated by Schiller's tableau-like dramaturgy, which matched their own ideas of an "epic drama". The tragedy was given three acts, entitled "Amore" (Love), "Intrigo" (Intrigue) and "Veleno" (Poison). After its successful premiere, the work soon established itself and has remained a fixed part of the international opera repertoire to this day. In this concert performance at Munich’s Prinzregententheater, Marina Rebeka made her role debut as Luisa Miller. Marina Rebeka sings the challenging role with technical perfection, giving it a sparkling vocal splendor.

Marina Rebeka, soprano
Judit Kutasi, mezzo
Corinna Scheurle, mezzo
Ivan Magrì, tenor
George Petean, baritone
Ante Jerkunica, bass
Marko Mimica, bass baritone
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Ivan Repušić, conductor

Ivan Repušić
Croatian conductor Ivan Repušić (1978) made his debut in 2011 at the Deutsche Oper with Puccini's opera La bohème, becoming the Kapellmeister for that distinguished institution the following season, and has since conducted numerous operas, including Tosca, A Masked Ball, Traviata, Macbeth, The Magic Flute, Lucia di Lammermoor, etc.

From 2010 to 2013, he served as the first Kapellmeister of the Staatsoper Hannover, where he successfully conducted performances of operas Falstaff, Otello, Tannhäuser, Eugene Onegin, La bohème, Carmen, The Obduction from the Seraglio, Faust and many others. He also made successful debuts and continued conducting at other important German opera houses, such as the Hamburg State Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, and Staatsoper Hannover.

He has conducted all the major Croatian orchestras and opera ensembles, as well as the Berlin Deutsche Oper, Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan, Prague Symphony Orchestra, the State Opera Orchestra Hannover, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He performed at all the major Croatian festivals, as well as held guest performances at numerous European halls and festivals, including the famous Musikverein in Vienna, Baden Baden Festspielehaus, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Smetana Hall in Prague, and Festival Verdi Parma.

Ivan Repušić studied conducting at the Zagreb Music Academy with Igor Gjadrov and Vjekoslav Šutej, continuing his studies with renowned conductors such as Jorma Panula and Gianluigi Gelmetti, as well as assisting Kazushi Ono (Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe) and Donald Runnicles (Deutsche Oper Berlin). He began conducting in 2002, as conductor and from 2006 to 2008 as Opera Director at the Croatian National Theatre Split which resulted in an array of successful opera performances, such as Don Carlos, Aida, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, La bohème, Manon Lescaut, Simon Boccanegra, Nabucco, Pagliacci, Eugene Onegin, etc. He was Music Director of the Split Summer Festival from 2006 to 2009, and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival from 2010 to 2012. Since 2005, he has been Chief Conductor of the Zadar Chamber Orchestra.

He was the recipient of some of the most prestigious awards in Croatia.

Beside his conducting endeavors, Repušić continually pursues his pedagogical work as Adjunct Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Split. His upcoming performances include Deutsche Oper Berlin (Tosca, Lucia di Lammermoor, Turandot, Traviata), Semperoper Dresden (Simon Boccanegra), Hamburg State Opera (La bohème), Aalto Musiktheater Essen (Falstaff), Nationaltheater Mannheim (Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci), concerts with Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Brussels Philharmonic, Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra and many others.

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