A Previously Unknown Episode from the Stage Career of Antonina Campi: Luigi Cherubini’s Aria ‘Giusto Ciel’ Composed for the Polish Prima Donna (Vienna 1805)
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This article discusses the aria ‘Giusto Ciel’, written for Antonina Campi by Luigi Cherubini for the revival of the German-language adaptation of his Lodoïska at the Theater an der Wien (1805). The composer brought out the finest qualities of Campi’s vocal and acting talent (the liveliness of her coloratura soprano, with its high tessitura, her strong and sonorous high range, the recitative segments embedded in the aria), while concealing possible weaknesses (with relatively brief cantabile sections and no cantar di sbalzo technique). While not relinquishing virtuosity, Cherubini subordinated the aria to expressive aims.
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Antonina Campi née Miklaszewicz, Vienna, Theater an der Wien, Luigi Cherubini, Lodoïska, ‘Giusto Ciel’, Im Grabe versiegen’, ‘Oppresso… agitato…’, Sebastiano Nasolini, l’impasticciamentoReferences
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