"Il Tabarro"
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.
To be released on November 20, 2020
PENTATONE / PTC 5186773
1 SACD (49'42)
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