Marcelo Alvarez: 20 Years on the Opera Stage
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CILEA / PUCCINI / GIORDANO / MASCAGNI / GOMES / MASSENET
Marcelo Alvarez: 20 Years on the Opera Stage
Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
[ Delos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 2 October 2002
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"Marcelo Alvarez gave his usual passionate and thrilling performance … taking advantage of his beautiful voice by phrasing the musical lines with elegance." Ingrid Haas
This review excerpt, covering a recent Metropolitan Opera performance, is entirely typical of the acclaim that Alvarez - one of the supreme tenors of our time - consistently inspires in his many appearances worldwide. We at Delos offer this album as a richly deserved tribute to a legendary artist, now celebrating his twentieth year of distinguished operatic achievement.
In this sterling collection of arias from mostly "Verismo" operas, Alvarez delivers electrifying accounts of both popular and lesser-known selections by masters like Puccini, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Mascagni and Massenet. You will also hear - possibly for the first time - a fascinating array of choice rarities by Verismo-era composers (Gomes, Cilea, Zandonai, and Halévy) who were prominent in their day, but whose music has since fallen into comparative neglect. Maestro Constantine Orbelian - leading the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra - provides skillful and sensitive support.
Tracks:
Cilea:
L'anima ho stanca (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
Giordano, U:
Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier)
Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)
Gomes:
Quando nascesti tu
Halévy:
Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive)
Leoncavallo:
Testa adorata (from La bohème)
O mio piccolo tavolo (from Zaza)
Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)
Mascagni:
Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Massenet:
Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid)
Puccini:
Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West)
Non piangere, Liù! (from Turandot)
Nessun dorma (from Turandot)
Zandonai:
Giulietta, son io (from Giulietta e Romeo)
