Isabelle Kabatu News
Belgian opera singer and singer
- soprano
- Belgium
- opera singer
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[…] slack. In spite of his great skill as a Rossini interpreter however the cuts in this performance edition make this more of a guest appearance than an actual traversal of the operatic Moses. The remaining cast members never rise to the level of their esteemed colleague. Bogdan Mihai as Elisero, Moses’ brother, and Luciano Ganci as Pharaoh’s son Amenofi both display fine and bright voices with a clean line and reliable pitch. The formidable Isabelle Kabatu as the Pharaoh’s wife Sinaide seems to be warming up to an Abigaille (if she hasn’t already). She actually gets to keep her Act II aria, ’Ah! d’un’afflitta il duolo’ and woe to anyone who stands in her way. As the Pharaoh Filippo Polinelli suffers the worst of the cuts of all the major characters. He does however display an attractive voice in ensemble. Which brings us to the Anaide, Moses’ niece, of Lydia […]
2014-04-03 16:42:17
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[…] weak, simplistic and repetitive. Franck is at his best in the Act One and Two love duets for Stradella and Leonor, quite powerful and moving, lush with romantic ardor. There is only a struggle between the power of love and the amoral evil of the villains, no shades of grey or moral ambiguity to be found. The singing is competent but mostly undistinguished. Belgian singers play the leads—tenor Marc Laho as Stradella and soprano Isabelle Kabatu as Leonor. Laho’s tonal beauty and delicacy of phrasing makes him a standout in this production. He is stentorian in his passions, yet finds subtle shadings in his duets with Leonor. Ms. Kabatu certainly has her moments. She has gleaming top notes, where one can hear an Aida voice, one of her signature roles. But the voice becomes thick and cloudy in the middle and she just can’t produce the requisite volume in the […]
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