Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Caballé · Vanzo · Paskalis · Perlea

Gaetano Donizetti (Artist), Jonel Perlea (Artist), Montserrat Caballé (Artist), Alain Vanzo (Artist), Kostas Paskalis (Artist), Jane Berbié (Artist), Arnold Voketaitis (Artist), L.D. Clements (Artist), Adib Fazah (Artist), Mauro Lampi (Artist), Vern Shinall (Artist), Jerold Siena (Artist), William Wiederanders (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Opera D'oro
• ASIN: B00000K0W2
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,356 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

2. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

3. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

4. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

5. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

6. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

7. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

8. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

9. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

10. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

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Disc: 2

1. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

2. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

3. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

4. Lucrezia Borgia, opera - G. Donizetti

5. Lucrezia Borgia, opera

6. Lucrezia Borgia, opera

7. Lucrezia Borgia, opera

8. Lucrezia Borgia, opera

9. Lucrezia Borgia, opera

10. Lucrezia Borgia, opera

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Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS PERFORMANCE, November 21, 2002

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Music lover "VM" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Caballé · Vanzo · Paskalis · Perlea (Audio CD)

This is truly one of the greatest bargains available. Opera D'Oro has released many live performances, some of them very valuable, and some of them actually in decent sound, but this is one of their best. Caballe's Carnegie Hall, as well as American, debut, has always been somewhat of a legend. Here one can actually hear why. This performance easily surpasses her studio one. The sheer beauty of voice, her legato, coloratura, heavenly pianissimi, sense of line, and identification with the role are incredible. Her opening "Come e bello" brings the house down, and she actually gets better and better as the night progresses. A must have.
As if this were not enough the Gennaro of Alain Vanzo, much under recorded, especially in bel canto, is nearly as revelatory. The other singers don't quite match up but are quite fine. Perlea conducts excellently as usual. Good sound considering th source. Highly recommended. Could even be your sole Lucrezia Brogia.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An "emotional typhoon", April 24, 2002

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This review is from: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Caballé · Vanzo · Paskalis · Perlea (Audio CD)

First of all, we all must express gratitude to Opera d'Oro for releasing this live recording on their label. Heretofore, it was evidently very hard to find, as stated in the Rough Guide to Opera. To pay so little for such a legendary performance- what a steal.

There are always drawbacks to listening to live recordings versus studio recordings, not the least of which is the person in the audience that feels the need to cough at the most dramatic moments(!) However, live recordings can lend an immediacy that is often missing from studio recordings, and this is the case here. You literally here the audience shift from a tepid, unenthusiastic response in the beginning to roaring applause by the opera's end.

As for Caballe, she blows you away with her arsenal of pianissimi and filati. Caballe is known for her sweet, creamy tone, but she is also capable of great drama, as she expresses in the climatic final scene, where she lifts to the stratosphere.

Of course, Caballe isn't the only star on the stage. Barbie gives a sweet rendition of the organ-grinder-sounding tune "Il Segreto per Esser Felici."

I think that ANYONE with even a passing interest in opera, bel canto, and/or Donizetti MUST buy this recording. You will NOT be disappointed.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What all the fuss is about, March 11, 2001

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"mrzee256" (Long Beach, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Caballé · Vanzo · Paskalis · Perlea (Audio CD)

This is the performance that pretty well put Caballe on the world stage as a premiere performer. Here is some of the most beautiful singing you will ever hear, and it will be a treasure in my collection as long as I listen to opera. Having sat through many Caballe performances, I have to say that sometimes I wished for a little meaning put into the sound, but much of the time all you could do was surrender to the glorious sound. This is one of those times--listen and marvel. Certainly one of the great live performances of the last 50 years.