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Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1967)
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Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (CD review)
Cecilia Bartoli, Michele Pertusi, Alessandro Corbelli, Laura Polverelli; Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra and choir of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Decca 289 458 924-2 (2-disc set).Il Turco in Italia (1814) is one of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's (1792-1868) early comic operas, the kind that non-opera connoisseurs like myself find difficult to differentiate from others of its kind. Even though there are no big, really memorable tunes to program on my CD player for later listening, it all goes down agreeably in the moment. Yes, this mid-Nineties production is pleasantly entertaining at the time, beautifully sung by the soloists and choir, well accompanied by Maestro Chailly and his La Scala Orchestra, and reasonably well recorded. It's just that I am not sure I would ever return to it again willingly for a complete run-through. At least I haven't in the twenty-odd years since I first got the set. Riccardo Chailly […]
2017-09-09 23:00:00
Jommelli: Armida abbandonata (Rousset)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)Armida abbandonataEwa Malas-Godlewska, Claire Brua, Gilles Ragon, Véronique Gens, Laura Polverelli, Patricia Petibon, Cécile PerrinLes Talens LyriquesChristophe RoussetFnac Music 592326 (1994). MIMIC edition: see details below[flac, cue, log, scans]The review included here found the following flaws in the existing releases of this recording: "dreadfully managed side breaks at the end of the first two CDs, a poor English translation, and failure to give track numbering in the libretto".I have tried to solve two of the three problems.- The CD images have their tracks reorganized, so that the last scene of Act I and Scene X of Act II are not interrupted. The breaks now occur when the scene changes completely: the choice was easy so I think you can trust my work. No gaps added or removed anywhere.- The booklet was difficult to scan so I've tried to take acceptable photographs of the libretto, adding the track numbering. I've […]
2016-04-22 21:11:13
[…] when Maestro Muti and Ambrogio Maestri (in the title role of Falstaff) were practically singing right to each other – and the audience loved it. Maestri was definitely the star singer of the night, but every single soloist (Luca Salsi as Ford, Eleonora Buratto as Alice, Saimir Pirgu as Fenton, Rose Feola as Nannetta, Saverio Fiore as Doctor Caius, Daniela Barcellona as Mrs. Quickly, Luca Dall’Amico as Pistola, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani as Bardolfo, and Laura Polverelli as Meg) brought the drama and color of Verdi’s work through their voices. Maestro Muti truly draws the absolute best from every singer and musician he works with – the performance given by this all-Italian ensemble and the orchestra/chorus was rewarded with extended standing ovations and multiple curtain calls! A staged opera wasn’t necessary to bring Verdi’s work to life – not when you have the genius Verdi interpreter of Riccardo Muti leading it […]
2013-02-21 05:48:26
Seria business
[…] premiere recording” one would have hoped that the directors would have dramatized the opera’s plot more. The major misstep is the casting of Serena Malfi in the title role. Salustia is supposed to be the opera’s moral center, a beacon of goodness and forgiveness. Malfi for some reason plays Salustia as a bitchy, sullen brat. Malfi’s voice is inherently unlikable—shrill and with little beauty. Much more fun is her rival Giulia (Laura Polverelli) who seems to be relishing her turn as one of baroque opera’s best character types—the scheming, manipulative villainess. Her aria “Se tumida l’onda” has all the requisite aria di capo flights into the stratosphere, but more importantly, excellent musical acting. Polverelli seems to understand that this is a real drama, and should be played as such—she alone creates a flesh and blood character. The other singers do little dramatically, although they all sound fine. […]
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