Track Listing

1. Questa o quella from Rigoletto
2. "Ella mi fu rapita!... Parmi veder le lagrime... Possente amor mi chiama from Rigoletto (Act II, No. 8)"
3. La donna ? mobile from Rigoletto
4. Una furtiva lagrima from L'elisir d'amore
5. Inosservato penetrava... Angelo casto e bel from Il Duca d'Alba (Act IV)
6. "Opening scene from I puritani (Act III, No. 9)*"
7. "Tombe degli avi miei... Fra poco a me ricovero from Lucia di Lammermoor (Act II, No. 15)"
8. "Linda! si ritiro... Se tanto in ira agli uomini from Linda di Chomounix (Act II, No. 8)"
9. Lunge da lei... De' miei bollenti spiriti... oh mio rimorso! from La traviata
10. "Favorita del Re!... Spirto gentil from La favorita (Act III, Scene 2)"

Product Details

• Released on: 1998-10-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

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Though he came to professional singing comparatively late and began to attract the attention of the operatic world only fairly recently, Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez already seems launched on a successful career. On this debut recording of Italian arias, he displays a light, sweet voice; a ringing, easy top; a basically lyrical temperament; and honestly felt, natural expressiveness--only the three familiar arias from Verdi's Rigoletto are a bit fussy and exaggerated. Though the mixed program does not give him much opportunity for sustained characterization, he does match the color and intensity of his voice to the situation. Among the highlights are a beautiful extended scene from Bellini's I puritani with soprano Ying Huang; arias from Donizetti's Linda di Chamonix and La favorita, the latter culminating in a splendid high C; and a lively cabaletta from Verdi's La traviata. The orchestra tends to be too discreet. --Edith Eisler