Heroes of Opera

In the July 09 issue, we bring you all your favourite opera heroes, from the swashbuckling and swarthy to the romantic and in love.

Tracklisting:

 

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra – Il lacerato, spirito
Matti Salminen (bass), Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Eri Klas
Taken from Matti Salminen: Opera Arias
BIS BIS-CD-520

Beethoven: Fidelio – O namenlose Freude!
Christine Brewer (sop), John Mac Master (ten), LSO/Colin Davis
Taken from Beethoven: Fidelio
LSO Live LSO0593

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict – Ah! Je vais l’aimer
Kenneth Tarver (ten), LSO/Colin Davis
Taken from Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict
LSO Live LSO0004

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Aprite un po’quel’occhi
Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Concerto Köln/René Jacobs
Taken from Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901819

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov – Coronation Scene
Kenneth Riegel (ten), Ruggero Raimondi (bar), Choral Arts & Oratorio Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovitch
Taken from Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov
Erato 2292 45418-2

Wagner: Siegfried – Das ist kein Mann!
Siegfried Jerusalem (ten), Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival/Daniel Barenboim
Taken from Wagner: Seigfried
Teldec 4509-94193-2

Wagner: Lohengrin – Preludes to Act 1
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Marek Janowski
Taken from Wagner: Preludes & Overtures
Virgin Classics 562 0342

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito – Se all’impero, amici Dei
Mark Padmore (ten), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/René Jacobs
Taken from Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901923.24

Puccini: Tosca – Ah, quegli occhi…
Catherine Malfitano (sop), Plácido Domingo (ten), Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI/Zubin Mehta
Taken from Puccini: Tosca
Teldec 0630 12372-2

Verdi: Otello – Ave Maria
Katia Ricciarelli (sop), Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Lorin Maazel
Taken from Verdi: Otello
EMI Classics 358 6702

Rossini: William Tell – Sois immobile
Simon Keenlyside (bar), Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Ulf Schirmer
Taken from Tales of Opera
Sony Classical 82876 88482-2

Handel: Julius Caesar – Al lampo dell’armi
David Daniels (ct ten), OAE/Roger Norrington
Taken from David Daniels: Handel
Virgin Classics 545 3262

 

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