Orchestra Donizetti Opera
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Donizetti: L'aio nell'imbarazzo
Alessandro Corbelli (Il marchese Giulio Antiquati), Alex Esposito (Gregorio Cordebono), Francesco Lucii (Enrico), Marilena Ruta, Lorenzo Martelli (Pippetto), Caterina Dellaere (Leonarda), Lorenzo Liberali (Simone)
Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera, Vincenzo Milletarì, Francesco Micheli
The authoritarian Don Giulio is sung by Alessandro Corbelli, ageing now, but the technique is intact. However, it’s Alex Esposito’s Don Gregorio who really steals the show as the soft-hearted... —
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Special offer. Donizetti: Rosmonda d'lnghilterra
Jessica Pratt (Rosmonda), Eva Mei (Leonora), Dario Schmunck (Enrico), Nicola Ulivieri (Clifford), Raffaella Lupinacci (Arturo)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Sebastiano Rolli
…this a very well-sung performance with lots of wonderful music and except for a rather mediocre Enrico it should appeal to all Donizetti lovers. —
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Donizetti: Il diluvio universale
Nahuel Di Pierro (bass), Enea Scala (tenor), Giuliana Gianfaldoni (soprano), Maria Elena Pepi (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Coro dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Frizza
Who knew Donizetti wrote an opera about Noah's Ark?...Nahuel di Pierro is a stately Noè, Enea Scala an ardent Cadmo, and tribute must above all be paid to the mellow-voiced Giuliana Gianfaldoni,... —
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Roberto de Candia (Don Pasquale), Giulia Mazzola (Norina), Javier Camarena (Ernesto), Dario Sogos (Malatesta)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Coro dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Iván López-Reynoso, Amélie Niermeyer
the revelation is Giulia Mazzola, a member (like Sogos) of the festival's young artist scheme, a sparky actress who convinces as a workingclass confidence trickster but sings with the most tender,... —
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Roberto de Candia (Don Pasquale), Giulia Mazzola (Norina), Javier Camarena (Ernesto), Dario Sogos (Malatesta)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Coro dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Iván López-Reynoso, Amélie Niermeyer
the revelation is Giulia Mazzola, a member (like Sogos) of the festival's young artist scheme, a sparky actress who convinces as a workingclass confidence trickster but sings with the most tender,... —
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Special offer. Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite
Annalisa Stroppa (Léonor de Guzman), Javier Camarena (Fernand), Florian Sempey (Alphonse XI), Evgeny Stavinsky (Balthazar), Edoardo Milletti (Don Gaspar)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Coro Donizetti Opera and Coro dell’Accademia Teatro Alla Scala, Valentina Carrasco, Riccardo Frizza
Javier Camarena is exemplary as Fernand, every inch the bel canto tenor in his celebrated final act aria ‘Ange si pur’. Florian Sempey’s Alphonse is a gravel-voiced villain.. Annalisa Stroppa’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Opera Choice
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Gaetano Donizetti: Alfredo Il Grande
Antonino Siragusa (Alfredo), Gilda Fiume (Amalia), Lodovico Filippo Ravizza (Eduardo), Adolfo Corrado (Atkins); Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Corrado Rovaris, Stefano Simone Pintor
Donizetti’s score is a fully worked-through composition, painted in military colours, swift-moving where necessary...Rovaris directs it with point and precision. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Donizetti: L'Ange de Nisida
Florian Sempey (Don Fernand d'Aragon), Roberto Lorenzi (Don Gaspar), Konu Kim (Leone de Casaldi), Lidia Fridman (La comtesse Sylvia de Linares), Federico Benetti (Le Moine), Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Jean-Luc Tingaud, Francesco Micheli
Though the orchestral pacing here is slow at times, the three principals perform with vocal and dramatic commitment. Konu Kim has a light, pure tenor voice expressive of great anguish; baritone... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Special offer. Donizetti: L'Ange de Nisida
Florian Sempey (Don Fernand d'Aragon), Roberto Lorenzi (Don Gaspar), Konu Kim (Leone de Casaldi), Lidia Fridman (La comtesse Sylvia de Linares), Federico Benetti (Le Moine), Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Jean-Luc Tingaud, Francesco Micheli
Though the orchestral pacing here is slow at times, the three principals perform with vocal and dramatic commitment. Konu Kim has a light, pure tenor voice expressive of great anguish; baritone... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gaetano Donizetti: Alfredo Il Grande
Antonino Siragusa (Alfredo), Gilda Fiume (Amalia), Lodovico Filippo Ravizza (Eduardo), Adolfo Corrado (Atkins)
Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Corrado Rovaris, Stefano Simone Pintor
Donizetti’s score is a fully worked-through composition, painted in military colours, swift-moving where necessary...Rovaris directs it with point and precision. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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