Composer: Umberto Giordano, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner
Performer: George Gagnidze
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar
Conductor: Stefan Solyom
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orfeo
Catalogue: C210221
Release: 2021
Size: 208 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Leoncavallo: Si può? (from I Pagliacci)
02. Giordano: Nemico della patria (from Andrea Chénier)
03. Verdi: Di Provenza il mar (from La Traviata)
04. Verdi: Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth)
05. Verdi: Ah, prigioniero io sono…Dio di Giuda! (from Nabucco)
06. Verdi: Tutto è deserto (from Il Trovatore)
07. Verdi: Alzati…Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima (from Un Ballo in Maschera)
08. Verdi: O Carlo, ascolta (from Don Carlo)
09. Wagner: Wie Todesahnung…O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser)
10. Mozart: Fin ch’han dal vino (from Don Giovanni)
Georg Gagnidze’s long-awaited debut album Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, characterized by the American opera magazine Opera Now as a “gentle bear of a man,” has been singing around the world since many years and in numerous renowned roles. On his long-awaited debut album he presents celebrated and diverse opera characters: Verdi’s murderous Count di Luna (Il trovatore), the vengeful Renato (Un ballo in maschera), the loyal friend Posa (Don Carlos), the great king Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco) and – outside the Verdi canon – Andrea Chénier’s revolutionary colleague Gérard, Mozart’s notorious seducer Don Giovanni and Wolfram (Tannhäuser), who pines for the love of Elisabeth. He is accompanied by the Staatskapelle Weimar under the direction of Stefan Solyom.
Georgian baritone George Gagnidze – characterized by the American opera magazine Opera Now as a “gentle bear of a man” – on his long-awaited debut album presents celebrated and diverse opera characters such as Verdi’s murderous Count di Luna (Il trovatore), the vengeful Renato (Un ballo in maschera), the loyal friend Posa (Don Carlos), the great kink Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco) and – outside the Verdi canon – Andrea Chénier’s revolutionary colleague Gérard, Mozart’s notorious seducer Don Giovanni and Wolfram (Tannhäuser), who pines for the love of Elisabeth.