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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Agnes Baltsa (Isabella), Ruggero Raimondi (Mustafà), Enzo Dara (Taddeo), Frank Lopardo (Lindoro), Patrizia Pace (Elvira), Anna Gonda (Zulma), Alessandro Corbelli (Haly)
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
Baltsa's imperious, piquant Isabella is a delight, especially when sparring with Enzo Dara's bumbling Taddeo and Ruggero Raimondi's formidable Mustafà. The onomatopoeic finale of Act One - in...
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Agnes Baltsa (Isabella), Ruggero Raimondi (Mustafà), Enzo Dara (Taddeo), Frank Lopardo (Lindoro), Patrizia Pace (Elvira), Anna Gonda (Zulma), Alessandro Corbelli (Haly)
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
Baltsa's imperious, piquant Isabella is a delight, especially when sparring with Enzo Dara's bumbling Taddeo and Ruggero Raimondi's formidable Mustafà. The onomatopoeic finale of Act One - in...
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- Patrizia Pace (soprano), Anna Gonda (soprano), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Frank Lopardo (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Enzo Dara (baritone), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1987-10
- Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
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Awards and reviews
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Penguin GuideRosette
May 2014
Baltsa's imperious, piquant Isabella is a delight, especially when sparring with Enzo Dara's bumbling Taddeo and Ruggero Raimondi's formidable Mustafà. The onomatopoeic finale of Act One - in which all the characters sing of the various noises invading their heads - is superbly orchestrated chaos!
