Roberto Alagna - Opera Arias

Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Richard Armstrong (Conductor), The London Philharmonic (Orchestra), Roberto Alagna (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Roberto Alagna
• Orchestra: The London Philharmonic
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Jules Massenet, Francesco Cilea, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, et al.
• Audio CD (September 19, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000002RVI
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,839 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tombe Degl' Avi Miei

2. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 3: Fra Poco A me Ricovero

3. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Act 3: Toute Mon Ame Est Là...Pourquoi Me Réveil

4. L'Arlesiana, opera: Act 2: E La Solita Storia (Lamento Di Federico)

5. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera: Ne M'Abandonne Point...

6. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera: Act IV: Asile Héréditaire

7. Rigoletto, opera: Act III: La Donna E Mobile

8. Carmen, opera: Act II: La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetée

9. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Epilogue: Guinto Sul Passo Estremo

10. Mârouf, Savetier du Caire, opera: Act II: A Travers le Désert

11. Martha, opera: Act 3: M'apparì tutt'amor ('Ach, so fromm')

12. Polyeucte, opera: Act 4: Source Délicieuse

13. Don Pasquale, opera: Act 2: Povero Ernesto!

14. Don Pasquale, opera: Cercherò Lontana Terra..

15. Don Pasquale, opera: E Se Fia Che Ad Altro Oggetto

16. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 5: C'est La!...Salut! Tombeau Sombre

17. La bohème, opera: Act 1: Che Gelida Manina

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alagna is a supreme tenor,one of this generation's best., October 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Roberto Alagna - Opera Arias (Audio CD)

This record is one of the finest I have heard in recent times. The sound recording, the orchestra, everything is terrific. Roberto Alagna's interpretations are perfectly executed and carefully delivered in each and every aria. The program is really enjoyable and projects a wide range of Alagna's artistry, the melancholic sentiments of "Tombe degl'avi miei", "E la solita storia (Lamento di Federico")and "Pourquoi me rèveiller", the beatiful romantic arias from Carmen and La Bohème, and between others, the heroic lines from act IV of Guillaume Tell, with really powerful and solid high C's. His is a lyric tenor that expresses dramatism without exceses, a beautiful and clean voice which shows perfect technique. It also comes with a liric booklet with translations of the arias, very useful for the listener so he (she)can catch the very essence of each aria. This record is a jewel!!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Exquisite Performance by Alagna, March 18, 2000

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This review is from: Roberto Alagna - Opera Arias (Audio CD)

This recording, the first recital disc by Roberto Alagna, presents a talented and musical tenor in a beautiful program of Italian and French operatic arias. The program is a delight from start to finish: Alagna's lyric tenor is very well suited for bel canto and French opera. The tenor is also an expressive artist. Among the highlights of the recording are Alagna's impassioned rendition of Edgardo's aria and the moving interpretation of Ela solita storia del pastore from L'Arlesiana. Alagna is also very much in his element, both idiomatically and vocally, in the French repertoire. If Alagna survives all the hype, he can be the succesor of Alfredo Kraus in the French tenor roles, specially Werther.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still my Favourite., April 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Roberto Alagna - Opera Arias (Audio CD)

I bought this 6yrs ago,and still adore it,true its studio enhanced,what hits you is the perfect silvery timbre,that freshness,after so many dark italian voices.What astonishes you,is he has all their insticts,the one gripe,he seems to have a problem with making what is his, his own,if he finds that,THEN,THEN,THEN.