Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in 2007)
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Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in 2007)
Natalie Dessay, Francesco Meli, Carlo Colombara, Sara Mingardo / Lyon Opera, Evelino Pidò
[ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 1 May 2017
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"Quite simply, Natalie Dessay is the most accomplished and the most affecting Amina on record since Callas," wrote BBC Music Magazine, awarding five stars to this recording of La sonnambula. Made in the soprano's native city of Lyon, it was conducted by Evelino Pidò, praised by Opera magazine for his "exquisite sensibility [in] shaping melodies and providing the principal singers with expressive opportunities". Two of today's finest Italian singers play the men whose lives become entangled with Amina's innocent sleepwalking: tenor Francesco Meli and bass Carlo Colombara.
'Rapture, passion, languor - the artists, and Dessay in particular - weave a magic web that illuminates Bellini's peculiar genius. Musicality, dramatic delivery and brilliance of technique combine to generate an emotional depth out of material often considered clichéd. With his robust top range, Melfi has electric exchanges with the heroine, while Dessay's performance is simply jaw-dropping.' BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2008: Opera
"The sound is splendid, deriving from live concert performances as well as some mopping up - I suppose - without an audience. Presentation is first-class and all in all this must now be regarded as the recommended version." (MusicWeb March 2008)
