El Gato Montes
• With Netrebko and Villazon
This recording of El Gato Montés is really terrific! It is a mixture of Puccini and Spanish music! Soaring vocal lines, humorous characters, mysterious prophecies… every moment is filled with drama. The Spanish-gypsy flavor penetrates everything. It is beautifully sung by Mr. Domingo, Ms. Villarroel and Mr. Pons, who capture the dramatic intent, as well as the inherent lyricism of each phrase.
It is such a shame that such a beautiful work should remain relatively unknown. Well worth buying for opera lovers everywhere.
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. El Gato Montes: Act I: Lo mesmito q’ er quere
2. El Gato Montes: Act I: !!Maresita!! !Solea!
3. El Gato Montes: Act I: !Salu p’a la gente guena!
4. El Gato Montes: Act I: Solea, toma esa cana de mansaniya
5. El Gato Montes: Act I: !Probe chiquiya!
6. El Gato Montes: Act I: Junto dende chavaliyo
7. El Gato Montes: Act I: Hasta cuando?
8. El Gato Montes: Act I: A una gitaniya quiero
Disc: 2
1. El Gato Montes: Act II: Preludio
2. El Gato Montes: Act II: Scene 1: No quiera nunca a un torero
3. El Gato Montes: Act II: Scene 1: ?Se pue pasa?
4. El Gato Montes: Act II: Intermedio
5. El Gato Montes: Act II: Scene 2: !Hormigon! Ha visto ya la plaza?
6. El Gato Montes: Act II: Scene 2: Seno q’e no me farte er valo
7. El Gato Montes: Act II: Scene 2: Seno maestro, la hora e ya
8. El Gato Montes: Act II: Pasodoble
9. El Gato Montes: Act III: Scene 1: Mucho tarda ya Hormigon
10. El Gato Montes: Act III: Scene 1: Ahi la tenei
Here are Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, and Rolando Villazón in ‘Sommer Nachtmusik’ (Vienna 2008)
And now… here is a real treat: Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon in El Gato Montes ‘Si torero quiero si’ (M. Penella)
Tags: El Gato Montes, Villazon, Netrebko, Spanish, Puccini