Ombra Compagna - Mozart Concert Arias
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Ombra Compagna - Mozart Concert Arias
Lisette Oropesa (soprano) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Antonello Manacorda
[ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Friday 7 May 2021
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Soprano Lisette Oropesa presents her solo debut album Ombra Compagna, a kaleidoscope of concert arias by Mozart, whose music is very dear to her heart. These concert arias, written for important sopranos in his life, contain the most lavish and virtuosic music Mozart composed, both for the voice and for the orchestra. The emotional centre of the album is the aria "Ah, lo previdi", in whichthe most sublime music accompanies the journey between life and death, as the spirit of a loved one slips away. For Oropesa, to be an "Ombra compagna" means to be with someone in spirit, a comforting yet heart-breaking testament of love.
Lisette Oropesa is one of the most in demand lyric coloraturas today, who has triumphed in various roles throughout the most important houses in Europe and the US. She is accompanied by the multi-award-winning players of il pomo d'oro under the baton of Antonello Manacorda, who is a frequent guest at opera houses all over the world
"Oropesa sings with exquisite emotional restraint, subtly shading her vibrato and colouring her mezzo range with a Schwarzkopf-like radiance and intensity." BBC Music
"Unlike Aloysia, whose voice was reportedly small, Oropesa combines high-wire coloratura brilliance with a lyric fullness and depth…[her] vocal finesse and dramatic insight make this a debut recital of rare pedigree." Gramophone
"There is an instrumental quality to her beguiling soprano that makes light of the demands of these mini-masterpieces...Oropesa's dazzling debut recital whets the appetite for more." Sunday Times
Tracks:
A Berenice ... Sol nascente, K70
Alcandro, lo confesso - Non so d'onde viene, K294
Bella mia fiamma, addio... Resta, oh cara, K528
Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K418
Chi sà, chi sà qual sia, K582
Misera, dove son? - Ah! non son' io che parlo! K369
Voi avete un cor fedele, K217
Ah, lo previdi... Ah, t'invola agl'occhi miei, K272
Vado, ma dove? oh Dei!, K583
Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle, K538
