Signor Gaetano

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The voice is elegant, flexible and carefully controlled, with sympathetic support provided by Gli Originali under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 11th Nov 2022
Catalogue No: PTC5186886
Label: Pentatone
Length: 75 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

11th November 2022
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2022
Gramophone Magazine

January 2023

Recording of the Month
International Opera Awards

2023

Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Vocal Music
Gramophone Magazine

Critics' Choice 2023

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Donizetti: Ah!...È desso cospetto…E fia ver tu mia sarai (from Betly)

Work length7:42

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali, Coro Donizetti Opera
Riccardo Frizza

Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Work length4:56

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali
Riccardo Frizza

Donizetti: Talor nel mio delirio (from Maria de Rudenz)

Work length7:46

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Javier Camarena (tenor), Alessia Pintossi (soprano)
Gli Originali
Riccardo Frizza

Excerpt, Donizetti: Roberto Devereux

Work length12:33

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali, Coro Donizetti Opera
Riccardo Frizza

Ed ancor la tremenda porta

Track length3:58

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A te dirò negli ultimi singhiozzi

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Bagnato il sen di lagrime

Track length3:52

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Donizetti: Servi, gente, non v'è alcuno (from Il giovedì grasso)

Work length5:49

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali
Riccardo Frizza

Excerpt, Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Work length9:07

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali
Riccardo Frizza

Povero Ernesto!

Track length3:57

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Cercherò lontana terra

Track length2:05

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E se fia che ad altro oggetto

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Excerpt, Donizetti: Marino Faliero

Work length11:57

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali
Riccardo Frizza

Notte d'orrore

Track length2:35

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Io ti veggio

Track length4:01

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Quest'è l'ora

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Excerpt, Donizetti: Caterina Cornaro

Work length9:05

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Javier Camarena (tenor), Edoardo Milletti (tenor)
Gli Originali, Coro Donizetti Opera
Riccardo Frizza

Misera patria

Track length2:06

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Io trar non volgio campi ed onori

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Guerra… Su, corriamo concordi

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Excerpt, Donizetti: Rosmonda d'lnghilterra

Work length6:58

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Javier Camarena (tenor)
Gli Originali, Coro Donizetti Opera
Riccardo Frizza

Dopo i lauri di Vittoria

Track length2:55

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Potessi vivere com'io vorrei

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Interview, Javier Camarena on Signor Gaetano

28th December 2022

The Mexican tenor discusses his recent Pentatone album exploring Donizetti's Italian operas (including rarities such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Giovedì Grasso), and explains why singing these works leaves him 'feeling satisfied and happy, rather than mentally exhausted!'.

Recording of the Week, Signor Gaetano from Javier Camarena and Gli Originali

11th November 2022

On the first of two albums devoted to the many and varied operas of Donizetti, the Mexican tenor brings fresh-faced charm to the comic heroes of L'elisir d'amore and Betly - but also excels in the darker and stormier waters of Roberto Devereux, Caterina Cornaro and Maria de Rudenz.

Star tenor Javier Camarena makes his Pentatone debut with Signor Gaetano, together with Gli Originali under the baton of Italian opera specialist Riccardo Frizza, presenting a carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti's greatest tenor arias. Besides famous excerpts from L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale and Roberto Devereux, this project focuses on hidden gems from rarely-recorded works such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Il giovedì grasso. Camarena and Frizza's exceptional sense of style is enhanced by the period instrument playing of Gli Originali. The recording took place at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer's hometown Bergamo, as part of the yearly Donizetti Festival, of which Frizza is the musical director. Javier Camarena is one of the most in-demand tenors of his generation, and one of the world's leading bel canto specialists. Riccardo Frizza frequents major opera houses, was awarded the Best Conductor prize at the International Opera XXI Awards, and returns to Pentatone after having featured on The Three Queens (Donizetti) with Sondra Radvanovsky and Lyric Opera Chicago (2022). Gli Originali was founded within the context of the Bergamo Donizetti Festival, and aims to revive the sound world of early nineteenth-century opera with period instruments and a historically-informed approach.

Reviews

Christmas Issue 2022

The voice is elegant, flexible and carefully controlled, with sympathetic support provided by Gli Originali under the baton of Riccardo Frizza.

May/June 2023

This CD displays as near to perfect tenor singing as is possible, in repertoire that suits Camarena to perfection. This is done together with a conductor that without a doubt paces his period instrument band to perfection, so that the music flows naturally, much in that way Tullio Serafin managed in most of his recordings. For all Donizetti fans and any fans of bel canto, it is simple: Treat yourselves!

January 2023

This is a hugely enjoyable and unusually satisfying and engaging operatic recital from a singer at the top of his game – a superb album that does Signor Gaetano himself proud.

11th November 2022

With his sweet, warm timbre (rounder and less astringent than that of his slightly older contemporary Juan Diego Flórez) and endearing stage-presence, Camarena is ideal casting for Donizetti’s wide-eyed comic heroes - but it's a thrilling shock to the system to hear him unsheath the vocal steel that lurks within the velvet in the more dramatic roles here, especially once the high Cs, Ds and even E flats start flying.

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Interview, Javier Camarena on Signor Gaetano

Recording of the Week, Signor Gaetano from Javier Camarena and Gli Originali

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