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Artist: Filippa GiordanoEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-07-03
Music Label: Jvc Victor
Soundtracks:
- Norma: Casta Diva (Short Version) - Filippa Giordano, Bellini, Vincenzo
- Samson et Dalila: S'Apre Per Te il Mio Cuor - Filippa Giordano, Saint-Saens, Camill
- Tosca: Vissi d'Arte - Filippa Giordano, Puccini, Giacomo
- Carmen: Habanera - Filippa Giordano, Bizet, Georges
- Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Filippa Giordano, Puccini, Giacomo
- Ave Maria - Filippa Giordano, Schubert, Franz
- La Traviata: Addio del Passato - Filippa Giordano, Verdi, Giuseppe
- Lost Boys Calling - Filippa Giordano, Morricone, Ennio
- You Are the One (Sotto le Stelle) - Filippa Giordano, Sartori, Francesco
- Dissonanze (Mondo Trash) - Filippa Giordano, Sartori, Francesco
- Maria (By the Sea) - Filippa Giordano, Sartori, Francesco
- Norma: Casta Diva (Extended Version) - Filippa Giordano, Bellini, Vincenzo
Free Music Notes for Filippa Giordano
Free Music Review: Understand this album for what it is, and what it is not.
Hit: 2 Stars
Opera aficianados take note - she is not an opera singer. It is pointless to consider her as one. You might as well snipe at a nasturtium for not being a rose. She is a pop singer. If you are looking for nuanced interpretations of classic bel canto opera, why the heck did you pick this album up in the first place? You know where to look already.
I completely disagree with the opera buffs who say that it is a travesty that she recorded these albums and besmirched the great masters. She did not record this for *you*. She recorded this for listeners of pop music. Have you heard what passes for pop music? Evidently not, or you would realize her albums far surpass everything currently in play... and if that is damning to pop music, well, so it is.
If one person... a single soul... listens to this album and is inspired enough to go out and listen to "the real thing" then Filippa Giordano has done them a great service and made the world a richer place. Opera aficionados are not born knowing and appreciating opera. One must be exposed to the music in the first place. Many people grow up having NEVER heard opera. This sort of album has a chance at being played in venues where Callas and Fleming couldn't get feet in the door. To the uninitiated, opera can seem bewildering and unintelligible, full of unfamiliar conventions. Filippa Giordano uses pop conventions to put these arias in musical terms that pop music lovers can grasp. Melodic familiarity goes miles toward connecting people to the emotional core of an operatic performance. Before you spew venom, consider that you are potentially thwarting a pathway that may lead to genuine appreciation of "real" opera down the pike. Bite your tongue. Go listen to your own recordings of the masters. You are right. They are infinitely more sophisticated. But this album has considerable value despite its flaws, and it wasn't created for you.
Filippa Giordano Poster
This eponymous album from the Italian singer Filippa Giordano confounds expectations. Released on the classical label Erato, Giordano mixes arias with contemporary songs such as the Ennio Morricone-Roger Waters "Lost Boys Calling" from the 1999 Golden Globe-winning movie The Legend of 1900. Using a conventional orchestra sometimes supplemented by electronic keyboards and occasional drums, the production achieves a slick and glossy chart-friendly sound that will find favor with fans of Whitney Houston and Céline Dion. Key to the album are two versions of "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma, between which arias from Samson and Dalila, Tosca, Carmen, and La Traviata sit rather uncomfortably alongside several pop anthems. With the vocal flavor of Broadway and a hint of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the intention seems to be to add contemporary crossover appeal to opera in much the same way that Andrea Bocelli has done with such conspicuous success. It's doubtful that serious opera aficionados will care much for Filippa Giordano, though music lovers in general may well find the album an attractive entry into the sometimes-forbidding world of the classical diva. --Gary S. DalkinInternational Music CDs
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