Tenor [Import]

Rolando Villazon (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B00313JV3K
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,719 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O Sole Mio - Di Capua

2. Maria From West Side Story - Bernstein

3. Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici (Brindisi) From La Traviata - Verdi

4. La Donne E Mobile - From Rigoletto - Verdi

5. Ombra Mai Fů - From Serse - Handel

6. The Impossible Dream - From Man Of La Mancha - Leigh

7. O Soave Fanciulla - From La Bohčme - Puccini

8. Music Of The Night - From The Phantom Of The Opera - Lloyd Webber

9. Una Furtiva Lagrima - From L'elisir D'amore - Donizetti

10. Questo O Quella - From Rigoletto - Verdi

11. Che Gelida Manina - From La Bohčme - Puccini

12. Cielo E Mar - From La Gioconda - Ponchielli

13. Lunge Da Lei - De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti - From La Traviata - Verdi

14. Ciel E Terra - From Tamerlano - Handel

Editorial Reviews

On Tenor, world-renowned tenor Rolando Villaz¢n showcases some of the leading arias, as popularised by operatic legends including The Three Tenors: Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras. The great arias on this album vary from sophisticated Handel, emotional operatic greats by Verdi and Puccini, through to 20th Century classics from Bernstein's West Side Story and Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rolando and His Voice are Back!, February 25, 2010

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RAWoFFtheWaLL "Workman" (Williamsport, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tenor (Audio CD)

Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for! Rolando Villazon has given us a good scare over the past two years...his voice was great, then it wasn't, then it was okay, then there was vocal surgery, and now finally, rest assured Rolando Villazon has regained his voice and without any sign of serious deterioration. Yes many of the tracks from this album have been taken from his previous DG discography, Cielo e Mar, Handel Arias, and the Duets album, La Boheme, and La Traviata with Anna Netrebko, but half of the tracks on this album are new recordings...O Sole Mio, L'Alba Separa dalla Luce Lombra, Maria, The Impossible Dream, The Music of the Night, Una Furtiva Lagrima, and La Donna e Mobile, for example, are new recordings. What's more, you can compare the new Una Furtiva Lagrima and La Donna e Mobile tracks with those from Rolando's Virgin discography to hear any difference in the voice. The purpose of this new "Tenor" album, I suppose was to reintroduce Rolando to the public and gain some album sales with repertoire popularized by the "Three Tenors" and Rolando's appearance as a mentor and judge on the British television program "Popstar to Operastar." I am so happy Rolando is back...the opera world needs an artist as charismatic and passionate as Rolando is, on stage today. He can still be the world's next best tenor, he just needs to mind over-using his glorious instrument which I pray will give us many more beautiful recordings and performances in the future. I am still anxious to hear Rolando at the Met...went to see him in Rigoletto, Romeo et Juliette, Lucia di Lammermoor, and L'Elisir d'Amore and he had to cancel for one reason or another for all of them on the dates that I had tickets for! Stay well Rolando, we need you!

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rolando Villazon a dream of Tenor/Bariton. You can't get more romantic than that!, March 8, 2010

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Kathryn K. Cade "grandmaK" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tenor (Audio CD)

This is more like movie than Opera singing. Rolando drives me crazy with his lyrical interpretations. He feels the music. He is the music. He drifts, he vocalizes, he is who he is and shares with all his listeners a magical trip within his self awareness of the beauty of his coloratura. His generosity knows no bounds. He holds nothing back. Just feel his soul and you will have achieved a new awareness of the realm of music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars rolando starts his impact in oz, April 18, 2011

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douglas diss - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tenor (Audio CD)

Tennor, the new cd from Orlando Villazon being hard to purchase in Australia, but easy to obtain by using Amazon, has started the awareness of this artist to Oz listeners. The album is a new challenge for Orlando, for the inclusion of popular tracks,i.e.West Side Story, Phantom , Man of La Mancha, as well as recognizable opera performances. A must have album for all classical fans.