Rossini: Three Early Operas: Ermione / La Donna del Lago / Bianca e Falliero

 
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Three Early Operas: Ermione / La Donna del Lago / Bianca e Falliero
Gregory Kunde, Carmen Giannattasio, Douglas d'Angus, Patricia Bardon, Majella Cullagh, Jennifer Larmore / David Parry, Maurizio Benini (conds)

[ Opera Rara / 8 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 18 February 2022

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Opera Rara presents a new Opera Rara Classics boxset with a limited edition of three sought-after opere serie by Gioachino Rossini, performed by international bel canto champions, including Gregory Kunde, Jennifer Larmore, Carmen Giannattasio and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo.

Premiered only ten months apart in 1819, these three operas fell out of the repertoire soon after Rossini's death but have, over the last few decades, been rehabilitated in the operatic canon for the joy of Rossini lovers.

Remastered to the best audio quality and featuring a specially commissioned essay by Rossini specialist Eleonora Di Cintio, these recordings, unavailable for many years, will delight opera collectors and Rossini fans.

"Carmen Giannattasio's warm soprano scales the vocal challenges of the role. She conveys Ermione's various complex emotions to near perfection. Her singing in the act two finale is of the highest standard conveying the character's over-wrought state prior to her collapse." MusicWeb (Ermione)

"the orchestra is well to the fore, and their playing is certainly a main strength, Maurizio Benini conducting with spirit and finesse. Offstage band and chorus are also more effectively recorded here, and a better version of the text is presented." Gramophone (La Donna del Lago)

"The role of Contareno is one of those fiendishly high tenor roles that Rossini seemed to take a delight in writing in his Naples period. Barry Banks sings it here. Banks' skills have taken him to Paris, the Met and many other distinguished venues. In the fiendishly florid high tessitura his open-toned singing shows why he can stand alongside the North Americans who have dominated this fach for the last twenty five years of the Rossini revival." MusicWeb (Bianca e Falliero)