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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Rolando Villazón - Italian Opera Arias

Rolando Villazón - Italian Opera Arias

CD - DDD - Cover - 61'19

Virgin 2004

Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Marcello Viotti
Composer: Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi

This is a glorious debut recital by a tenor, from whom, 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

01. L' Arlesiana: Lamento: E La Solita Storia (Federico)
02. Il Duca D'Alba, Act 4: Recitativo E Romanza: Inosservato...Angelo casto E Bel (Marcello)
03. L'Elisir D'amore: Aria: Quanto È Bella (Nemorino)
04. L'Elisir D'amore: Aria: Una Furtiva Lagrima (Nemorino)
05. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Recitativo Ed Aria: Tombe Degli Avi Miei...Fra Poco (Edgardo)
06. I Lombardi: Cavatina: La Mia Letizia (Oronte)
07. Don Carlo: Aria: O L'ho Perduta ..Lo La Vidi (Carlo)
08. Macbeth: Aria: O Figli ... Ah! La Paterna Mano (Macduff)
09. Rigoletto: Scena Ed Aria: Ella Mi Fu Rapita...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime (Il Duca)
10. Rigoletto: Canzone: La Donna È Mobile ( Il Duca)
11. La Traviata: Scena, Aria E Cabaletta: Lunge Dlei...De' Miei Bollenti...O Mio Rimorso (Alfredo)
12. La Bohème: Aria: Che Gelida Manina (Rodolfo)
13. Tosca: Aria: E lucevan Le Stelle (Mario Cavaradossi)
14. L'amico Fritz, Act Three: Aria: Anche Tu Beppe Giungi ... O Amore (Fritz)
15. Nerone: Aria: Vergini Muse ... Quando Al Soave Anelito (Nerone)

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