Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco

The interpretation makes sense, but rather diminishes the grand scale of the drama…Musically, though, this is breathtaking. Chailly’s attention to detail scrubs up an iffy opera into something... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, / More…

Release Date: 15th Jun 2018
Catalogue No: 0743967
Label: Decca

International Opera Awards

2019

Nominated - Complete Opera Recording

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Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco

Anna Netrebko (Giovanna), Francesco Meli (Carlo VII), Carlos Álvarez (Giacomo), Michele Mauro (Delil) & Dmitry Beloselskiy (Talbot)
Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly

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Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier (production)

Definitive: Anna Netrebko as Verdi’s Joan of Arc in this audaciously imaginative production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier.

Historic: The inaugural production of Riccardo Chailly’s era as Music Director and the first performance of the opera at La Scala for over 150 years.

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October 2018

The interpretation makes sense, but rather diminishes the grand scale of the drama…Musically, though, this is breathtaking. Chailly’s attention to detail scrubs up an iffy opera into something frequently astounding. The orchestra and chorus are magnificent, and Anna Netrebko as Giovanna is simply a force of nature. Across her huge vocal range and the role’s giant proportions, her tone remains powerful and her charisma sweeps all before it.

December 2018

Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production was the 2015-16 season-opener at La Scala…It’s as camp as a row of tents, but visually striking all the same…Netrebko is in magnificent voice, especially in her strikingly rich lower register…Meli sings a good deal more sensitively than other recent outings…Chailly is alert to the drama in the score, leading a vivid orchestral performance.

July 2019

[Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier] interpret the while drama as the crazed fantasy of a mentally ill woman of Verdi’s era, who imagines being Joan of Arc in the well-guarded comfort of her bedroom…In the opera house the directors’ distancing device was countered to a degree by the sheer impact of Netrebko’s singing, combining power and purity in the upper octave to a degree not heard a La Scala for many a decade. The impact of the voice is less all-embracing on the recording, but certain achievements are astonishing all the same.

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