"Il Tabarro"

© Oliver Killig
© Oliver Killig

Giacomo Puccini: Il Tabarro
Studio Recording with concerts
March 2019 in Dresden, Germany
the cast includes Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Brian Jadge & conductor Marek Janowski with the Dresdner Philharmonie & MDR-Rundfunkchor

Besmirched male honor ends in a gruesome murder:  Puccini’s gem "Il Tabarro" (The Cloak) is unprecedented in his long body of stage works. Marek Janowski counts this brief opera among his favorites, conducting the Dresdner Philharmonie joined by American soloists Melody Moore, Brian Jagde, and Lester Lynch, together with the men of the MDR-Rundfunkchor.

Giacomo Puccini: Il Tabarro
Opera in one act
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami

Cast/Artists

Melody Moore (Giorgetta, Soprano)
Lester Lynch (Michele, Baritone)
Brian Jagde (Luigi, Tenor)
Roxana Constantinescu (Frugola, Mezzo-soprano)
Khanyiso Gwenxane (Song seller, Tenor)
Simeon Esper (Il Tinca, Tenor)
Martin-Jan Nijhof (Il Talpa, Bass)
Joanne Marie D’Mello (Voce di Sopranino & Un’amante, Soprano)
Yongkeun Kim (Voce di Tenorino & Un amante, Tenor)
Men of MDR-Rundfunkchor (MDR Leipzig Radio Choir)
Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Chorus Master)
Dresdner Philharmonie
Wolfgang Hentrich (Concertmaster)
Andreas Henning (Assistant Conductor)
Marek Janowski (Conductor)

Production Team

Executive Producers: Frauke Roth (Dresdner Philharmonie) & Job Maarse (SFCRC)
Recording Producer: Job Maarse (SFCRC)
Balance Engineer & Editing: Jean-Marie Geijsen (Polyhymnia International)
Recording Engineer & Editing: Erdo Groot (Polyhymnia International)

Organization: Adelheid Schloemann &
Almut Placke (Dresdner Philharmonie)

Italian Language Coach: Matelda Cappelletti


A San Francisco Classical Recording Company Production

Recording Location

Dresdner Philharmonie, Dresden, Germany
March 5-13, 2019