La Sonnambula
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Music CD Cover Composer: Vincenzo Bellini Conductor: Evelino Pido Orchestra: Orchestre & Choeurs de l'Opera de Lyon Performer: Natalie Dessay Performer: Francesco Meli Performer: Carlo Colombara Performer: Sara Mingardo Performer: Jael Azzaretti Performer: Paul Gay Performer: Gordon Gietz Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2007-09-25 Music Label: Virgin Classics Soundtracks: Music CD 1
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Free Music Notes for La Sonnambula Album
Free Music Review: "The New Amina"
Hit: 5 Stars
I approached listening to this new CD set with some trepidation, for while "La Sonnambula" is an opera of undeniably glorious melodies, these unfortunately are at the service of a frankly silly story. Further, in performance, melodies apart, the opera invariably rises or falls on the strengths of its central singer, the sleepwalker Amina, who stumbles, innocently, into strange men's bedrooms. More specifically, my worry here was over the casting of Natalie Dessay in the title role. While it's true she's a singer of remarkable coloratura gifts, some of her earlier work had convinced me she was of that school of harsh, astringent high voice only the French reportedly prefer. Her performance of "Lucia" on CD, for instance, was to my ears both overacted and undersung, manifestly short on requisite vocal beauty. Therefore, I had doubts whether she could do full justice to this taxing Bellini role which before all others rests on beautiful voice and elegant voice, along with suitably dramatic voice throughout.
Happily, my doubts turn out to have been unwarranted. Dessay here makes the role spectacularly her own, turning in one of the most remarkably sung and well-acted Aminas on record. She sings much of the role softly, emphasizing great tonal beauty and dexterity in fioriture, while sparing us any of those blood-curdling high notes which in her "Lucia" could have peeled the paint right off the walls. In my judgment, she joins the stellar company of Callas and Sutherland as a great Bellini interpreter.