Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Performer: Javier Camarena, Alessia Pintossi, Coro Donizetti Opera, Edoardo Milletti
Orchestra: Gli Originali
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186886
Release: 2022
Size: 2.6 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Betly, A. 49
01. Ah!… È desso cospetto… E fia ver tu mia sarai
L’elisir d’amore, A. 36
02. Una furtiva lagrima
Maria de Rudenz, A. 53
03. Talor nel mio deliro… Tal segreto in petto io celo
Roberto Devereux, A. 52
04. Ed ancor la tremenda porta
05. A te dirò negli ultimi singhiozzi
06. Bagnato il sen di lagrime
Il giovedì grasso, A. 26
07. Servi, gente, non v’è alcuno
Don Pasquale, A. 64
08. Povero Ernesto!
09. Cercherò lontana terra
10. E se fia che ad altro oggetto
Marino Faliero, A. 45
11. Notte d’orrore
12. Io ti veggio
13. Quest’è l’ora
Caterina Cornaro, A. 63
14. Misera patria
15. Io trar non volgio campi ed onori
16. Guerra… Su, corriamo concordi
Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, A. 42
17. Dopo i lauri di Vittoria
18. Potessi vivere com’io vorrei
Carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti’s greatest tenor arias. Tenor Javier Camarena makes his Pentatone debut with this programme, together with Gli Originali under the baton of Italian opera specialist Riccardo Frizza, presenting a carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti’s greatest tenor arias.
Besides famous excerpts from L’elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale and Roberto Devereux, this project focuses on hidden gems from rarely-recorded works such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Il giovedì grasso. Camarena and Frizza’s exceptional sense of style is enhanced by the period instrument playing of Gli Originali.
The recording took place at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer’s hometown Bergamo, as part of the yearly Donizetti Festival, of which Frizza is the musical director.
Star tenor Javier Camarena makes his Pentatone debut with Signor Gaetano, together with Gli Originali under the baton of Italian opera specialist Riccardo Frizza, presenting a carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti’s greatest tenor arias. Besides famous excerpts from L’elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale and Roberto Devereux, this project focuses on hidden gems from rarely-recorded works such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Il giovedì grasso. Camarena and Frizza’s exceptional sense of style is enhanced by the period instrument playing of Gli Originali. The recording took place at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer’s hometown Bergamo, as part of the yearly Donizetti Festival, of which Frizza is the musical director. Javier Camarena is one of the most in-demand tenors of his generation, and one of the world’s leading bel canto specialists. Riccardo Frizza frequents major opera houses, was awarded the Best Conductor prize at the International Opera XXI Awards, and returns to Pentatone after having featured on The Three Queens (Donizetti) with Sondra Radvanovsky and Lyric Opera Chicago (2022). Gli Originali was founded within the context of the Bergamo Donizetti Festival, and aims to revive the sound world of early nineteenth-century opera with period instruments and a historically-informed approach.