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Release Date: 06/30/2009 Label: Tdk Catalog #: 6 Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada) Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi Performer: Francesca Franci, Fiorenza Cedolins, Juan Pons, Marcello Giordani, Carlo Striuli, Carlo Bosi, Mina Blum, Alessandro Battiato, Fabio Previati, Enrico Facini, Marcelo Alvarez, Marco Spotti, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiuselev, Dolora Zajic, Kristijan Johannsson, Maria Chiara Conductor: Daniel Oren, Nello Santi Orchestra/Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra, Verona Teatro Arena Chorus
Number of Discs: 3 
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What made this performance stand out was the intense interplay between the protagonists... Marcelo Alvarez’s beautiful voice has grown in heft since I first heard him, six or seven years ago and he has not his lyric qualities. Thus he delivered an arduous Recondita armonia and was truly impassioned in the long duet with Tosca in the first act. His cries of Vittoria! in the second act were blood-chilling and then he showed his real mastery in the last act with a sincere È lucevan le stelle and an O dolci mani that could make an iceberg melt. He acted the role as well as any tenor in my experience... Ruggero Raimondi has all the attributes necessary to depict [Scarpia]... [I]t’s almost thirty years since he first recorded it with Karajan and he still retains so much of a voice that can express nobility and warmth as well as evil...
Fiorenza Cedolins is well equipped to make her an ideal Tosca. She has the prima donna looks and bearing. Her gestures and facial expressions are full of life. She works with small means: just a quick glance, a twist in the corner of her mouth and one knows her feelings... A superb actress! Besides all this she is a superb singer with a Callas-like intensity in the big dramatic moments and a ravishing pianissimo to make time stand still in Vissi d’arte... I don’t know what’s coming up during the remaining months this year, but I feel quite certain that this will be my opera DVD of 2007. -- Göran Forsling, MusicWeb International [reviewing the original release of this performance of Tosca, TDK OPTOV] -------------------------------
Giacomo Puccini
Cio-Cio-San - Fiorenza Cedolins
Coro dell'Arena di Verona Franco Zeffirelli, stage director Recorded at the Arena di Verona, July 2004 -------------------------------
Giacomo Puccini
Floria Tosca – Fiorenza Cedolins
Coro dell'Arena di Verona Hugo de Ana, stage director Recorded live at the Arena di Verona, July 2006 -------------------------------
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida – Maria Chiara
Coro dell'Arena di Verona Gianfranco de Bosio, stage director Recorded at the Arena di Verona, 1992 -------------------------------
Picture format: NTSC 16:9 (Butterfly, Tosca), 4:3 (Aida) |
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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini | ||||
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Performer:
Francesca Franci (Mezzo Soprano),
Fiorenza Cedolins (Soprano),
Juan Pons (Baritone),
Marcello Giordani (Tenor), Carlo Striuli (Bass), Carlo Bosi (Tenor), Mina Blum (Soprano), Alessandro Battiato (Bass Baritone) Conductor: Daniel Oren Orchestra/Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra, Verona Teatro Arena Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1904; Italy |
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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini | ||||
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Performer:
Fabio Previati (Baritone),
Enrico Facini (Tenor),
Marcelo Alvarez (Tenor),
Fiorenza Cedolins (Soprano), Marco Spotti (Bass), Ruggero Raimondi (Bass) Conductor: Daniel Oren Orchestra/Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra, Verona Teatro Arena Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy |
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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Nicolai Ghiuselev (Bass),
Dolora Zajic (Mezzo Soprano),
Kristijan Johannsson (Tenor),
Juan Pons (Baritone), Maria Chiara (Soprano) Conductor: Nello Santi Orchestra/Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra, Verona Teatro Arena Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1871; Italy |
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