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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Massenet: Manon --
Paris Opera/Lopez-Cobos
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Puccini: La Boheme
Teatro alla Scala
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Puccini: Tosca
Floria Tosca a famous singer - Fiorenza Cedolins
Mario Cavaradossi painter - Marcelo Alvarez
Il barone Scarpia chief of police - Ruggero Raimondi
Cesare Angelotti an escaped political prisoner - Marco Spotti
The sacristan - Fabio Previati
Police agent - Enrico Facini
Police officer - Giuliano Pelizon
A jailer - Angelo Nardinocchi
A shepherd boy - Ottavia Dorrucci
Coro e Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona
DANIEL OREN
Staging Director: Hugo de Ana
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"Marcelo Álvarez est un Cavaradossi plutôt
lyrique, á la voix inhabituellement claire, plus héros romantique que
révolutionnaire audacieux. Mais, grâce á une projection idéale de la voix, il
triomphe même des passages les plus dramatiques avec une facilité inattendue.
Néanmoins, son interprétation atteint son apogée au troisième acte oò il nous
offre un fleuron de piani et diminuendi à couper le souffle."--Andreas
Laska,
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
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Rigoletto Gran
Teatre del Liceu
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amazon.co.uk Dominic McHugh at
musicomh.com writes of this DVD:
There's quite a number of DVDs of Verdi's
Rigoletto available on the market, so while
this addition to the catalogue is acceptable,
its shortcomings mean that it's not essential
viewing.
It has a huge plus, though, in the form of
Marcelo Alvarez's assumption of the role of
the Duke of Mantua. Few live performances
capture such technical brilliance -- or so much
tangible excitement in the audience -- as in
these performances of Questa o quella,
La donna è mobile and particularly the
exquisite Parmi veder le lagrime. The
phrasing, the secure intonation and the sheer
beauty of sound make Alvarez's singing a wonder
to behold; I have little doubt that he will
spice up the Royal Opera's revival of Elijah
Moshinsky's solid production of Il trovatore
in late January.
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The final verdict: it's perfectly watchable,
but I prefer the musical performances on the Ponselle film version and the
dark atmosphere of David McVicar's production on the DVD from Covent
Garden.
Songs of Love and Desire
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