Verdi: Arias & Duets
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Performer: Giorgio ZancanaroPerformer: Sherrill Milnes
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Conductor: James Levine
Conductor: John Barker
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Performer: Fiorenza Cossotto
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden
Performer: Cheryl Studer
Performer: Montserrat Caball?
Performer: Reri Grist
Performer: Keith Erwen
Performer: Pl?cido Domingo
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Fontainebleau!... Lo La Vidi E Al Suo Sorriso
- Questo Arcano Dal Re... Dio, Che Nell'Alma Infondere Amor
- Il Re!... Sotto Una Quercia Parvemi...
- V'Ha Dunque...Pondo E Letal, Martiro
- Su, Profetessa... Di' Tu Se Fedele
- Forse La Soglia... Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti
- Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida
- O Terra, Addio
- Merce... Come Rugiada Al Cespite
- Dell'Esilio... O Tu Che L'Alma Adora
- La Vita E Inferno...O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli
- Le Minaccie
- O Figli... Ah, La Paterna Mano
- Gia Nella Notte Densa
- Niun Mi Tema
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Free Music Review: Placido Domingo, Verdi Master
Hit: 5 Stars
Tenor Placido Domingo has more than outdone himself in a lengthy career that shows no sign of ending though he is now in his 60's, though it's likely this is his last decade. EMI championed him through the 70's, a period in which he recorded several full-legnth operas with great success and was cast with the great singers of his time- Leontyne Price, Sherill Milnes, Montserrat Caballe, Mirella Freni, Shirley Verrett, Ruggero Raimondi and others. Singing Verdi was perfect for this purely lyric tenor, whose early raining as a baritone made his voice a beautiful mixture of dark tone and lower masculine register and high, booming top. He sang with gusto, there was never a role he did not enjoy and he found opera a pleasurable, sensual experience, and as a result provided his audience with equal pleasure. In this recent EMI Classics release, from the Great Artists of the Century label- Domingo sings great solo arias ands scenes from Verdi's most celebrated operas. Domingo lived every one of his roles, from Radames in Aida to the dishonored and jealous Otello. His Italian singing was unbeatable, and I have always preferred Domingo over Pavoratti, whose voice has the illusion of being big but is light lyric and furthere, he was never an intellectual singer. He never acted his parts. Domingo came to the opera scene in a blaze of glory, debuting at the Met in the late 60's. He has sung almost everything from Puccini, Beethoven, Spanish Zarzuela, French, German, Russian, new works and Wagner. Domingo is a seemingly tireless singer and he has done much for the cause of opera through the years.
Radames' bombastic aria "Celeste Aida" is a revelation in Domingo's vocal chords. He doesn't sing with too much force like Jon Vickers or Mario Del Monaco, but instead is a focused and character-driven singer. The hero in Un Ballo is a terrific vehicle for Domingo's Verdi/bel canto voice. Don Carlo was a signature role of his and here we get the excerpts from the legendary and first-rate EMI recording under the baton of Maestro Giulini, a recording he sang with Caballe, Milnes and Verrett. Giovanni D'Arco (Joan of Arc) is an early Verdi opera with difficult scales and vertiginous lines that Domingo sings with great ability. Macbeth was not a role for him (he's not a baritone) but he sang the heck out of the smalle role of Macduff. In fact, even in small Verdi roles (like Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco) Domingo sang with great acclaim. He made the same impact in small roles as he did with starring roles. Of course, his Otello was hailed as the finest and up there with the great interpretors of the part - Mario Del Monaco and Jon Vickers. Otello was a role that called for a heavier voice and Domingo not only stepped up to the challenge but once again lived the role of the madly jealous Moor with touching fatalism. Unfortunately they don't feature his Alfredo in Traviata, another great Verdi role, or his excellent Manrico in Trovatore. But this is a well-made recording that is a fine tribute to his superior work in opera.
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