Maria

Bound hardcover booklet (146 numbered pages) with disc in sleeve "Cecilia Bartoli leads a tribute to the extraordinary life of Maria Malibran, the first female superstar in music history. A meteoric career, which ended abruptly with her death at the age of only 28, made Maria Malibran an international celebrity. Surrounded by scandal and mystique, she was muse to the most important opera composers of the era. She was worshipped as the public goddess of Romanticism. Cecilia Bartoli follows La Malibran's unique journey through the musical capitals of the world." —————— MARIA MALIBRAN 1808–1836 LONDON 1825–1836: Vincenzo Bellini, "La Sonnambula" Johann Nepomuk Hummel, "Air à la Tirolienne avec variations" Felix Mendelssohn, "Infelice" (London version) [world premiere recording] NEW YORK 1825–1827 Manuel García, "La Figlia dell'Aria" [world premiere recording] • "El Poeta Clculista" PARIS 1827–1832 Vincenzo Bellini, "I Puritani" (Malibran version) Jacques Fromental Halévy, "Clari"[world premiere recording] BRUXELLES 1829–1836 Maria Malibran, "Rataplan" [world premiere recording] NAPOLI 1832–1835 Giovanni Pacini, "Irene" [world premiere recording] • "Tancredi" [world premiere recording] Giuseppi Persiani, "Ines de Castro" Lauro Rossi, "Amelia" [world premiere recording] MILANO 11834–1836 Vincenzo Bellini, "Norma" Maria Malibran, "L'Elisir d'Amore" [world premiere recording] —————— (Maxim Vergerov appears courtesy of EMI Classics)