Great Stars of Opera - Shicoff, Aliberti, Baltsa, Tomowa-Sintow, Rydl, Barcellona, Sasson, Emmerlich, Schwarzhaupt, La Scola (2005)Favorite Arias and Scenes by Rossini, Mozart, Bizet, J. Strauss II, Puccini, Cilea, Verdi & Lehar, recorded live at the Theatre Square, Dresden
Agnes Baltsa · Neil Shicoff · Lucia Aliberti · Anna Tomowa-Sintow · Kurt Rydl · Deborah Sasson · Gunther Emmerlich · Sandra Schwarzhaupt · Daniela Barcellona · Vincenzo La Scola
* A gathering of some of the most important and popular opera singers of our time
* The program presents favourite scenes and arias from Tosca (Puccini), La Traviata (Puccini), Carmen (Bizet), Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss II), etc.
* The highlight appearances include Agnes Baltsa and Neil Shicoff singing the final scene from Carmen (both artists can be heard in solo arias as well) and Anna Tomowa-Sintow singing Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur
* Vast open-air event from the Theatre Square in Dresden with over 15,000 in attendance.
"Agnes Baltsa is the most exciting mezzo of our day. As with fellow Greek, Maria Callas, she has tremendous energy and a simply gorgeous voice." -- www.musicweb.uk.net, 2003
"Shicoff is essentially a communicative artist … the expressiveness of his singing is, to him, all-important. It's quite right: he gives himself fully and generously to everything he sings." -- Gramophone Magazine, 2003
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