My the most favourite and the best mezzosoprano TERESA BERGANZA sings cavatina from Rossini´s opera TANCREDI "Tu che accendi questo core" Concert Europamusicale 1993

Sara, Sara, it's all so clear, I could never forget. Sara, Sara, loving you is the one thing I'll never regret.

Not one compilation of Rossini's musical output would be complete without his first "hit tune": "Di tanti palpiti", the moderato section (a cabaletta of sorts) from the cavatina of Tancredi. In his biography of the Maestro, Stendhal wrote that the aria of Tancredi, known throughout Europe, was the most popular opera aria of its time... And also refered to as the "rice aria" because Rossini is supposed to have composed it while waiting for his risotto to cook one day in Venice (imagine: a hungry composer composing such a little masterpiece out of boredom :) )! The cavatina deals with Tancredi's return from exile Tancredi to defend his homeland against the Saracene besiegers (and to see Amenaide, of course). Although many recordings of the aria usually give us only the moderato, Tancredi's cavatina is actually a whole scene: an interlude (depicting Tancredi's boat dropping anchor in a port) - an impassioned recitative - a short (and rather boring) aria - a "cabaletta". It's also interesting to point out that the aria is quite "unrossinian" in character, it almost seems to come from another musical period: the moderato section could be attributed to any composer from the end of the 18th century. I decided to post only the "Di tanti palpiti" section for a number of reasons, chief amongst them being the fact that it is really the best part of Tancredi's cavatina. It's almost a suprise when it appears after the rather uninspired cantabile. I once had about ten versions of this aria (including two renditions sung by sopranists, Kowalsi and Manzotti) but I narrowed the choice to six versions: 1) Marilyn Horne (I presume that it's from her full recording of the score). A real classic, Horne just continues to pour out beautiful sound during the whole piece. I also the use of moderate ornamentation during the repeat which doesn't destroy the musical balance and the slow, relaxed tempo from the orchestra. 2) Lucia Valentini-Terrani (from her disk "Arie di Rossini" with Zedda). A good rendition but I find the voice a bit too light for the role. The additional coloratura is well integrated but a bit over the top in places (listen to the very beginning of the repeat, it's a bit too extroverted for a warrior returning to an "ungrateful homeland"). 3) Agnes Baltsa (from "Agnes Baltsa sings Rossini" with Marin). Baltsa really "gets" the situation and offers some relaxed singing though I don't like the intrusive mannerisms (there some unattractive glottal attacks). Marin seems to want to mute out the singer with a very loud orchestra. 4) Ewa Podles (from the complete recording with Zedda). I personally love the relaxed conducting here: no rushing. I also think that Podles comes close to Horne's standard. An excellent account. 5) Vesselina Kasarova (from the complete recording with Abbado). Again, as in the selections of the second act duet for the lovers, I find that Kasarova is somehow over the top: she paints almost every word and adds quite a lot of ornamentation, even to the first verse (though, most of it is tasteful; the problem is in quantity, rather than quality). She is good but quite overwhelming. 6) Jennifer Larmore (from her excellent album "Call me Mister"). I really do like Larmore, and she doesn't disappoint here: she really sounds like a warrior (compare with Valentini-Terrani who sounds rather tame by comparison). Ornamentation is good, even if it is familiar (though after listening to six versions of the same aria it is bound to be). The renditions are grouped into two uploads (just check the title to find the one you would like to hear :)). I also decided that a little appendix wouldn't hurt, so I am also uploading two replacement arias for "Di tanti palpiti": 7) Cecilia Bartoli (from her hit album "Maria"). The piece presented is actually Giovanni Pacini's own composition, "Dopo tante e tante pene" composed for "Tancredi" to show off Maria Malibran's wide vocal range. It's actually not bad, the cabaletta is even quite fun to listen too but it would seem out of place in Rossini's opera (to my mind it is too romantic for Rossini's more classically composed opera). 8) Vesselina Kasarova (again, from the full recording under Abbado). This aria is very similar to the replacement aria for Lindoro in "L'italiana in Algeri" ("Concedi, amor pietoso"), especially the cabaletta. It is quite good as a replacement because it features a much better cantabile section (a way better one, in fact) and the cabaletta is as passionate as in the original. Hope you enjoy :)! Do take your time and listen to all selections, it's quite interesting to compare them (though, again, this isn't a contest, rather a comparison). P.S. If you'd rather hear a countertenor sing the aria, then check David Daniel's excellent account on Youtube :).

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As my pseudonym has already given away, I'm an admirer of Rossini's music, in particular :). And yet, I realized today that I don't have that much Rossini's music on my channel. I'm going to change that :). I'm going to start uploading my favorite pieces from the operas of the maestro not only as single uploads, but also as compilations and small comparisons (such as the present one). Thankfully, I have most of Rossini's operas and cantatas :)! So, here is the first of a series of uploads entitled "The Master of Belcanto". "Tancredi" was the young composer's first real "hit" and it's easy to understand why. Of course, "Di tanti palpiti" is the opera's best known tune, but it's only the tip of the iceberg: a couple of good arias for the father, two meltingly beautiful duets for the lovers, a prison scene for Amenaide which is wonderfully expressive and a good final aria before the finale for the hero. What more could anyone want? Granted, this still isn't, in my opinion, Rossini's best work as good as it is: a couple of uninspired arias for second characters, absence of a real villain, a rather flat finale to the First Act... But such sceptisism only underlines the fact how the highlights of the opera are beyond critisism. I decided to first upload the Second Act Duet of the lovers. The situation is tipical of a Romantic opera. Tancredi believes himself betrayed by Amenaide and, naturally, ignores her pleas. The duet is built around the standart Rossini model: a moderato to set the mood, a gentle pensive adantino and a finishing allegro. I personally love the allegro, it's just so full of hopelessness. Both characters sure that their happeness has ended. I hope you'll enjoy this (the music, I mean :)). I am posting three different takes on this duet: 1) Ewa Podles & Sumi Jo. From the complete recording with Alberto Zedda. My personal favorite; the conducting is superb here. 2) Jennifer Larmore & Hei-Kyung Hong. From their joint recital "Bellezza vocale". I actually prefer Hong's voice to Jo's, the latter is a bit cooler vocally. 3) Vesselina Kasarova & Eva Mei. From the complete recording with Roberto Abbado. Not really my favorite. A good take, but Kasarova just isn't a Tancredi for me. Mei is good, but Hong is better. I really don't like the excessive ornaments here. They disrupt the music itself.

Vesselina Kasarova Recital Schwetzingen 2005 Rundfunkorhester Kaiserslautern

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chamber Orchestra, Brian Hughes, Conductor

I veery like this video - I don't know why:)

David Daniels performs "Oh Patria!... Tu che accendi questo core... Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi by Rossini. Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.

Prison Break - Sara Tancredi And Michael Scofield with Sarah Wayne Callies and Wentworth Miller. all the image and video belong the fox.

short but dangerous sytuacions with Sara:*:*

This except is taken from the Bel Canto Society DVD of the 1943 film Rossini, which includes music from Elisabetta, Barbiere, Otello, Mosè, Zelmira and Tell and stars Gianna Pederzini, Tancredi Pasero, Gabriella Gatti, Mariano Stabile, Enzo De Muro Lomanto, Piero Pauli, Vito De Taranto; with Vittorio Gui conducting and the actors Nino Besozzi, Paola Barbara and Paolo Stoppa. The film contains the only footage of a number of these artists and is an engrossing, accurate dramatization of the composer's life from Elisabetta to Tell--Stefan Zucker

This a video to save sara tancredi ... I want her back in season 4 and if you want so watch this video... there are information what you can do, if you want her back... pictures copyright by: http://community.livejournal.com/savethegooddr clips copyright by: FOX sign the petition on : http://www.save-sara-tancredi.org/ [UPDATE]I read a few minutes ago, that Sarah Wayne Callies will play Dr. Tancredi in Season 4, too!!!! This is soooooo great!!! I'm soo happy!!!!

[ Gioacchino Rossini ] - Tancredi, Opera Lasciami...Ah! come mai quell'anima...Si, tu sol, crudel ( Duet ) ------------------------ Edita Gruberova, soprano Yoshikazu Mera, counter-tenor Falloni Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Friedrich Haider, conductor ♬~~~~~~~~ 日本語 ~~~~~~~~♬ [ジョアキーノ・ロッシーニ] - タンクレディ、オペラ ほっといてくれ ああ! 彼女の心はなぜまた/ええそうです、貴方だけが ------------------------ エディタ・グルベローヴァ、ソプラノ 米良美一、カウンターテナー ファイロニー室内管弦楽団、オーケストラ フリードリヒ・ハイダー、指揮

It's official! She is SO coming back to season 4 of Prison Break - the good doctor has been saved! Woot woot! Sarah Wayne Callies will be returning as Dr.Sara Tancredi for the WHOLE season! Yay! I feel like I've won such a victory lol. Read about it! http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=3fd3e7cf-0758-484e-beca-5d5b7e09cae0#addcomment http://community.tvguide.com/blog/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/700000049 P.S. Be careful around 0:15. (at least you've been warned lol)

aria in concert from Tandredi Rossini "di mia vita infelice" by marvellous Lella Cuberli , one of the most exciting soprano in Rossini

++ NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY ++ I DON'T OWN THE CLIPS I USED.. IT BELONGS TO FOX.. NEITHER THE SONG.. IT BELONGS TO IT'S RESPECTIVE SINGER/COMPOSER/COMPANY.. SHE"S BACK!!!!!!!! woooooooooooow this is the best thing EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

quick random dumb video i made. first part is sara's death second is the tribute itself. i am pissed she is gone i hope susan b gets whats comming to her for beheading sara tancredi. and i blame dean from supernatural for jinxing sara with his damn box line the same week she died. starring: []michael scofield []lincoln burrows []bill kim []black prisoner []lara croft []fernando sucre []paul kellerman []dean winchester []and off course sara tancredi R.I.P. sara tancredi from prison break (2004-2007) u will b missed

Prison Break show, characters and images are property of their respective owners. This video has been made by a fan, only for fun. No profit has been made and no copyright infringement is intended. This is purely for fun.

A video about Sara Tancredi

Not one compilation of Rossini's musical output would be complete without his first "hit tune": "Di tanti palpiti", the moderato section (a cabaletta of sorts) from the cavatina of Tancredi. In his biography of the Maestro, Stendhal wrote that the aria of Tancredi, known throughout Europe, was the most popular opera aria of its time... And also refered to as the "rice aria" because Rossini is supposed to have composed it while waiting for his risotto to cook one day in Venice (imagine: a hungry composer composing such a little masterpiece out of boredom :) )! The cavatina deals with Tancredi's return from exile Tancredi to defend his homeland against the Saracene besiegers (and to see Amenaide, of course). Although many recordings of the aria usually give us only the moderato, Tancredi's cavatina is actually a whole scene: an interlude (depicting Tancredi's boat dropping anchor in a port) - an impassioned recitative - a short (and rather boring) aria - a "cabaletta". It's also interesting to point out that the aria is quite "unrossinian" in character, it almost seems to come from another musical period: the moderato section could be attributed to any composer from the end of the 18th century. I decided to post only the "Di tanti palpiti" section for a number of reasons, chief amongst them being the fact that it is really the best part of Tancredi's cavatina. It's almost a suprise when it appears after the rather uninspired cantabile. I once had about ten versions of this aria (including two renditions sung by sopranists, Kowalsi and Manzotti) but I narrowed the choice to six versions: 1) Marilyn Horne (I presume that it's from her full recording of the score). A real classic, Horne just continues to pour out beautiful sound during the whole piece. I also the use of moderate ornamentation during the repeat which doesn't destroy the musical balance and the slow, relaxed tempo from the orchestra. 2) Lucia Valentini-Terrani (from her disk "Arie di Rossini" with Zedda). A good rendition but I find the voice a bit too light for the role. The additional coloratura is well integrated but a bit over the top in places (listen to the very beginning of the repeat, it's a bit too extroverted for a warrior returning to an "ungrateful homeland"). 3) Agnes Baltsa (from "Agnes Baltsa sings Rossini" with Marin). Baltsa really "gets" the situation and offers some relaxed singing though I don't like the intrusive mannerisms (there some unattractive glottal attacks). Marin seems to want to mute out the singer with a very loud orchestra. 4) Ewa Podles (from the complete recording with Zedda). I personally love the relaxed conducting here: no rushing. I also think that Podles comes close to Horne's standard. An excellent account. 5) Vesselina Kasarova (from the complete recording with Abbado). Again, as in the selections of the second act duet for the lovers, I find that Kasarova is somehow over the top: she paints almost every word and adds quite a lot of ornamentation, even to the first verse (though, most of it is tasteful; the problem is in quantity, rather than quality). She is good but quite overwhelming. 6) Jennifer Larmore (from her excellent album "Call me Mister"). I really do like Larmore, and she doesn't disappoint here: she really sounds like a warrior (compare with Valentini-Terrani who sounds rather tame by comparison). Ornamentation is good, even if it is familiar (though after listening to six versions of the same aria it is bound to be). The renditions are grouped into two uploads (just check the title to find the one you would like to hear :)). I also decided that a little appendix wouldn't hurt, so I am also uploading two replacement arias for "Di tanti palpiti": 7) Cecilia Bartoli (from her hit album "Maria"). The piece presented is actually Giovanni Pacini's own composition, "Dopo tante e tante pene" composed for "Tancredi" to show off Maria Malibran's wide vocal range. It's actually not bad, the cabaletta is even quite fun to listen too but it would seem out of place in Rossini's opera (to my mind it is too romantic for Rossini's more classically composed opera). 8) Vesselina Kasarova (again, from the full recording under Abbado). This aria is very similar to the replacement aria for Lindoro in "L'italiana in Algeri" ("Concedi, amor pietoso"), especially the cabaletta. It is quite good as a replacement because it features a much better cantabile section (a way better one, in fact) and the cabaletta is as passionate as in the original. Hope you enjoy :)! Do take your time and listen to all selections, it's quite interesting to compare them (though, again, this isn't a contest, rather a comparison). P.S. If you'd rather hear a countertenor sing the aria, then check David Daniel's excellent account on Youtube :).

La Guerra d'Amore Cond. Rene Jacobs /Dir. Joachim Schloemer Testo, Víctor Torres; Tancredi, Kobie van Rensburg; Clorinda, Marisa Martins

Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona. 1989