Italian Opera Arias (Viotti, Villazon)

Product description VILLAZON ROLANDO Amazon.co.uk This disc of Italian Opera Arias is a glorious debut recital by a tenor, who, if he sings the right roles and keeps way from jet-setting and too much singing, might just be the lyrico-spinto tenor we've been waiting for. He has the class of Carlo Bergonzi and a ringing tone which is somewhere between Domingo's big, dark sound and Pavarotti's brightness; he sings with a true mezza voce (not a falsetto); he always obeys the composer's markings and delineates character. He seems incapable of vulgarity, refusing to gulp or sob when a musically expressive gesture will do. The opening aria here--from L'Arlesiana --is so beautifully, touchingly sung that it's a heartbreaker; he doesn't take the usually opted-for high note near the end, but never fear: in the Traviata and Bohème excerpts, Villazon offers big, whopping high Cs. This CD is a knockout; let's hope it's only the beginning of an illustrious career, both recorded and live. --Robert Levine, Amazon.com

1: L'Arlesiana E la solita storia
2: Il duca d'Alba Inosservato.....Angelo casto e bel
3: L'elisir d'amore Quanto e bella
4: Una Furtiva Lagrima
5: Lucia di Lammermoor Tombe degli avi miei...Fra poco
6: I Lombardi La mia letizia
7: Don Carlo lo l'ho perduta...lo la vidi
8: Macbeth O figli....Ah! La paterna mano
9: Rigoletta Ella mi fu rapita...Parmi veder
10: La Donna E Mobile
11: La traviata Lunge da lei....De' miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso
12: La Boheme Che gelida manina
13: Tosca E lucevan le stelle
14: L'amico Fritz Anche tu Beppe giungi...O amore
15: Nerone Vergini, Muse....Quando al soave anelito

Composer: Various

Conductor: Marcello Viotti

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Munchner Rundfunkorchester

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