Leoncavallo: Zingari
Krassimira Stoyanova (Fleana), Arsen Soghomonyan (Radu), Stephen Gaertner (Tamar), Lukasz Golinski (The Old Man), Opera Rara Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
As expert an interpreter of Italian opera as one will find anywhere, conductor Carlo Rizzi seeks out the score’s full potential and his musical forces – the Opera Rara Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic...
Leoncavallo: Zingari
Krassimira Stoyanova (Fleana), Arsen Soghomonyan (Radu), Stephen Gaertner (Tamar), Lukasz Golinski (The Old Man), Opera Rara Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
As expert an interpreter of Italian opera as one will find anywhere, conductor Carlo Rizzi seeks out the score’s full potential and his musical forces – the Opera Rara Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic...
About
Based on a poem written in 1827 by Alexander Pushkin, Zingari is a tale of passion, jealousy and crime in a Gypsy camp on the banks of the Danube.
This one-act opera was a huge success immediately after its creation in London in 1912 and had an incredibly long run, both in London and the United States. Marking Leoncavallo’s return to the verismo style of Pagliacci, Opera Rara’s version of Zingari showcases rich, colourful orchestral music with powerful choral moments and seductive arias.
The great Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova brings life to the beautiful temptress Fleana, who encourages and later rejects the passionate advances of aristocrat Radu, powerfully sung by tenor Arsen Soghomonyan. The American baritone Stephen Gaertner completes the fatal love triangle as Tamar, the brooding Gypsy poet
Contents and tracklist
- Lukasz Golinski (bass), Stephen Gaertner (baritone), Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Arsen Soghomonyan (tenor)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus
- Carlo Rizzi
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Carlo Rizzi on Mercadante, Leoncavallo and Donizetti
28th Dec 2023
The Italian conductor looks back on his first few years as Artistic Director of Opera Rara, including recordings of Leoncavallo's Zingari and Mercadante's Il Proscritto - plus a new mission to record the complete Donizetti songs with singers including Lawrence Brownlee and William Thomas.
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Leoncavallo's Zingari on Opera Rara
23rd Sep 2022
Carlo Rizzi conducts a scintillating account of the Pushkin-inspired one-act opera from 1912, starring Krassimira Stoyanova and Arsen Soghomonyan.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week23rd September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards2023Nominated - Opera
December 2022
As expert an interpreter of Italian opera as one will find anywhere, conductor Carlo Rizzi seeks out the score’s full potential and his musical forces – the Opera Rara Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – respond with constant dynamism. Strong voices in the impassioned major roles offer the right set of colours for a score containing several moments of heightened lyricism.
Jan/Feb 2023
This performance is lovely and thrilling as well. Krassimira Stoyanova is a passionate Fleana, singing with glowing tone. Armenian tenor Arsen Soghomonyan...is splendid here, sustaining the role’s long lines with intensity. Carlo Rizzi leads an impassioned performance…anyone with an interest in Italian opera of the verismo school is likely to find this a wonderful discovery.
23rd September 2022
The spirit of 'Già nella notte' from Otello hovers over the glorious wedding-night duet which closes the first ‘episode’ of the opera, and its rapt twilit magic is beautifully captured by Krassimira Stoyanova and Arsen Soghomonyan...But the chief glory of this set is the orchestral playing, with superb solo work from the principal flute and the ‘viola pomposa’ who joins Fleana and Tamar in their love-duet; it all augurs brilliantly for Rizzi’s future with the label.
