Johan Botha: Italian Opera Arias

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The late South African tenor is never less than impressive, negotiating even the most taxing vocal lines smoothly and stylishly. The voice is focused and well supported throughout its range:... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

Release Date: 10th May 2019
Catalogue No: C967192
Label: Orfeo
Series: Wiener Staatsoper Live
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

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Excerpt, Verdi: Don Carlo

Work length12:54

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Johan Botha (tenor), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Wiener Staatsoper
Philippe Jordan

Don Carlo: Io l’ho perduta - È lui! Desso l'infante! (Live)

Track length12:54

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Excerpt, Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani

Work length30:11

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Johan Botha (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone)
Wiener Staatsoper
Roberto Abbado, Fabio Luisi

I vespri siciliani (Excerpts): Qual è il tuo nome? [Live]

Track length9:35

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I vespri siciliani (Excerpts): Sogno, o son desto? [Live]

Track length12:03

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I vespri siciliani (Excerpts): È di Monforte il cenno - Giorno di pianto, di fier dolore [Live]

Track length8:33

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Excerpt, Verdi: Aida

Work length4:58

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Johan Botha (tenor)
Wiener Staatsoper
Stefan Soltesz

Aida: Celeste, Aida (Live)

Track length4:58

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Excerpt, Verdi: Otello

Work length22:45

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Johan Botha (tenor), Krassimira Soyanova (soprano), Falk Struckmann (bass)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper
Daniele Gatti

Otello (Excerpts): Esultate! [Live]

Track length1:16

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Otello (Excerpts): Già nella notte densa [Live]

Track length10:13

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Otello (Excerpts): Dio! Mi potevi scagliar [Live]

Track length4:58

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Otello (Excerpts): Niun mi tema [Live]

Track length6:18

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Excerpt, Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier

Work length24:32

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Johan Botha (tenor), Violeta Urmana (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Ádám Fischer

Andrea Chénier (Excerpts): Un di all'azzurro spazio [Live]

Track length5:20

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Andrea Chénier (Excerpts): Ecco l'altare [Live]

Track length8:18

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Andrea Chénier (Excerpts): Come un bel dì di maggio [Live]

Track length3:26

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Andrea Chénier (Excerpts): Vicino a te s'acqueta [Live]

Track length7:28

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Excerpt, Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Work length18:15

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Johan Botha (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (soprano), Svetlana Serdar (soprano), Regina Mauel (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Simone Young

Cavalleria rusticana (Excerpts): Tu qui, Santuzza? [Live]

Track length12:01

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Cavalleria rusticana (Excerpts): Mamma, quel vino è generoso [Live]

Track length6:14

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Excerpt, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Work length12:53

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Johan Botha (tenor), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano), Leo Nucci (baritone), Manuel Lanza (baritone), Herwig Pecoraro (tenor)
Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Simone Young

Pagliacci (Excerpts): Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio - Vesti la giubba [Live]

Track length4:25

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Pagliacci (Excerpts): Nome di Dio! Quelle stesse parole! [Live]

Track length8:28

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Excerpt, Puccini: Tosca

Work length6:45

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Johan Botha (tenor), Alfred Sramek (bass)
Wiener Staatsoper
Plácido Domingo

Tosca, SC 69 (Excerpts): Recondita armonia [Live]

Track length3:04

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Tosca, SC 69 (Excerps): E lucevan le stelle [Live]

Track length3:41

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Excerpt, Puccini: Turandot

Work length6:16

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Johan Botha (tenor), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Goran Simić (bass)
Wiener Staatsoper
Leopold Hager

Turandot, SC 91 (Excerpts): Non piangere Liù [Live]

Track length2:24

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Turandot, SC 91 (Excerpts): Nessun dorma [Live]

Track length3:52

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In total 222 times Johan Botha was to be heard at the Vienna Staatsoper before his untimely death. His powerful, truly great voice shone like a beacon across the world of the opera. Mostly identified as a singer in German Repertoire he also had amazing successful evenings with Italian Operas which is documented on this Double-CD Album. Together with partners like Krassimira Stoyanova, Violeta Urmana or Dmitri Hvorostovsky he has known how to enthusiast the Vienna Opera Community.

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July 2019

The late South African tenor is never less than impressive, negotiating even the most taxing vocal lines smoothly and stylishly. The voice is focused and well supported throughout its range: this is a singer whose well-schooled technique can be heard in every phrase…the Italian repertoire highlights what the tenor was less adept at.

July 2019

Botha’s many admirers should doubtless invest without delay.

September 2019

The voice’s firm core and its consistency throughout the range constantly impress. Botha could skilfully brighten or darken the colour in relation to character…He displays exceptional legato, anchored in an endless supply of breath. For this singer, there were seemingly no limits…Here, then, is a truly fitting memorial to Botha’s artistry.

Opera Now July 2019

Caught live, the voice is obviously large and incredibly well-produced, and nothing seems to faze him, plus he is attentive to the score (floating the final B flat of ‘Celeste Aida’, for example). Where there is a chink in the armour is the interpretative skill, which flickers in and out of focus. His Turridu (Cav) and Canio (Pag) both have drama, but then he was onstage with the whirlwinds of Agnes Baltsa and Cristina Gallardo-Domas respectively.

Johan Botha: Italian Opera Arias

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