DVD Video, Javier Camarena (tenor)
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Duke of Mantua), Desirée Rancatore (Gilda), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Maddalena), Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Riccardo Frizza, Monique Wagemakers
There’s some formidable singing, though Rancatore is not at her best here...Camarena and Álvarez, however, are both magnificent. —
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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... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
Diana Damrau (Elvira), Javier Camarena (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Riccardo), Nicolas Testé (Sir Giorgio), Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta) & Fernando Radó (Gualtiero)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real - Madrid, Evelino Pidò (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)
Emilio Sagi’s production is monochrome and beautifully lit, blends traditional costumes with an abstract setting, frames his soloists with elegance, and draws detailed performances from them,... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Falstaff
Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Meg Page (Judith Schmid), Mistress Quickly (Yvonne Naef), Massimo Cavalletti (Ford), Eva Liebau (Nannetta), Javier Camarena (Fenton), Peter Straka (Dr. Cajus), Martin Zysset (Bardolfo), Davide Fersini (Pistola)
Orchester der Oper Zürich...
the conductor starts apparently quite steadily. But this lack of a certain flick and bounce is compensated for by the focus of Daniele Gatti...places on Verdi's radically forward-looking orchestration...The... —
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Special offer. Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Il Duca di Mantova), Enkeleda Kamani (Gilda), Alessio Cacciamani (Sparafucile), Caterina Piva (Maddalena)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Davide Livermore
Camarena, a star of the bel canto repertoire, eschews the ‘bravado’ approach taken by many tenors and brings a beautiful light, silvery tone to the role of the Duke. His voice pairs perfectly... —
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Special offer. Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Caterina Sala (Adina), Javier Camarena (Nemorino), Florian Sempey (Belcore), Roberto Frontali (Dulcamara)
Orchestra Gli Originali, Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza, Frederic Wake-Walker
If this DVD will interest the Donizetti specialist, it also has much to offer to the opera neophyte...The acting is genial and the vocal casting luxurious, featuring singers at the forefront... —
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Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert
Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Javier Camarena (tenor), Paolo Fanale (tenor) & Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra Mozart Bologna & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado
the presentation is suave and refined, the camerawork standard for this style of concert performance (ideal for those intent on studying the late conductor's technique). —
