Roberto Alagna
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
An almost ideal account of Puccini's least-performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le Villi, too. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Recording of the Year
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Comte des Grieux)
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Building a Library, March 2018, First Choice
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Elîna Garanča: Habanera
RecommendedElîna Garanča (mezzo), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon
Garanča's is a medium-scale mezzo approach, elegant and devoid of ugly lurches into chest voice. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mulla Tchako, William Matteuzzi
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
It couldn't be more welcome when a recording transforms a work, as this one does, setting it on a new plane. Larondine ('The Swallow'), Puccini's ill-timed attempt to emulate Lehár in the world... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Recording of the Year
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My Life Is An Opera: Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna (tenor), with Aleksandra Kurzak
London Orchestra, Yvan Cassar
loud, no-holds-barred singing that thrives on passion at any cost...Goldmark’s Die Königin von Saba sounds strained, but rare French arias by Gounod and Reyer come across vividly and he makes... — More…
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Le Compte des Grieux), Sophie Koch (Javotte), Anne Maria Panzarella (Poussette), Susanne Schimmack (Rosette), Nicolas Rivenq (De Brétigny), Nicolas Cavallier (L'Hôtelier), Gilles Ragon (Guillot...
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Angela Gheorghiu - Puccini
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Anton Coppola
Angela Gheorghiu delivers some of her finest singing on a disk full of Puccinian gems — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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Puccini - Il Trittico
RecommendedNeil Shicoff, Maria Guleghia, Carlo Guelfi, Christian Gallardo-Domas, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Dorothea Röschmann, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Damm
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
No previous recordings bring such warmth or beauty or so powerful a drawing of the contrasts between each of the three one-acters in Puccini's triptych as these. It's Pappano above all, with... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2005, Highly Recommended
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
José Van Dam (Philippe II), Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Csaba Airizer (Un moine), Karita Mattila (Élisabeth de Valois), Waltraud Meier (La princesse Eboli), Anat Efraty (Thibault), Scot Weir (Le Comte de Lerme) & Donna Brown...
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
Roberto Alagna (Carlos), Karita Mattila (Elisabeth de Valois), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Jose van Dam (Philippe), Waltraud Meier (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquisitor)
Paris Theatre du Chatelet, Antonio Pappano
This performance appeared on VHS back in March 1997. On a new, wide-screen television, it makes a far more arresting effect. The action seems to be happening in the room with you.
That's due... — More…
