Verdi Gala - Greatest Opera Arias by Giuseppe Verdi 2-Blu-ray
In March 2001 some of the world's greatest lyric voices assembled in the cavernous Teatro Padiglione Palacassa in Parma for a Verdi Gala to commemorate the centenary of the composer's death. The works included in this concert are generally taken from his most famous operas, but there are one or two surprises too: it's not often you get the chance to hear the gorgeous "Dieu nous separe" from the Parisian grand opera Jerusalem (1847), for example, or arias from Il Corsaro (1848). The singing is mostly of a very high standard: Barbara Frittoli uses her glorious voice with intelligence in the excerpt from Il Trovatore, and Daniela Dessi is stunning in "Pace, pace" from La Forza del Destino.
Older singers like Carreras and Domingo are also still on superb form, too, and both men manage to sound heavenly while packing a mighty dramatic punch. But there are also some weak links: Mariella Devia is a little too slippy-slidy in her coloratura to be a convincing Violetta, and Leo Nucci simply shouts his way through Il Trovatore. Despite the familiarity of the material, Zubin Mehta conducts with a beguiling freshness of approach and plenty of warmth and wit: the playful phrasing in "La donna e mobile" is simply charming
Jose Carreras, Marcello Alvarez, Luca Casalin, Jose Cura,
Daniela Dessi, Mariella Devia, Luciana D'Intino,
Placido Domingo, Luca Dordolo, Granlua Floris,
Barbara Frittoli, Konstantin Gorny, Leo Nucci,
Elisabete Matos, Ruggero Raimondi, Rossana Rinaldi
Cinzia Rizzione, Gloria Scalchi, Riccardo Zanellato
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Coro del Festival Verdi
Recorded live at the Teatro Padiglione Palacassa, Parma, 11 March 2001
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