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Hector PANIZZA (1875-1967)
Aurora (1907): Canción a la Bandera; Intermezzo epico Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835) Norma (1831): Act I Scene II: Pollione’s recitative and cavatina Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Il Corsaro (1848): Act I Scene I: Corrado’s recitative and aria Luisa Miller (1849): Act II Finale II: Rodolfo’s scene and aria Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791-1864) L’Africana (1864): Act IV:q< Vasco da Gama’s aria Arrigo BOITO (1842-1918) Mefistofele (1868): Act IV, Epilogue: Faust’s romance Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) La Gioconda (1876): Act II: Enzo’s recitative and romance Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945) L’amico Fritz (1891): Act III Scene III: Fritz’s aria Umberto GIORDANO (1867-1948) Siberia (1903): Act II: Prelude, Vassili’s aria Bonus track: recording back stage ![]() Sinfonia Varsovia/José Cura, with Gabriel Anechina (tenor) (Bellini) Location: Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio, Polish Radio Dates: 18th-19th February, 1st-2nd March 2002 ![]() |
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Although the post-Three Tenors generation has still to produce a universally adulated figure able to fill the football stadiums of the world, the claims of José Cura are quite high. His is a strong baritonal tenor – nearer to Domingo than to Pavarotti, therefore – and it is the sort of tenor voice people like to hear, ringing, vibrant and reliable, right up to a high-quality top C. Moreover he phrases musically and naturally. Hear him in the Canción a la Bandera which opens and closes this programme and his qualities are evident (example 1: track 1 from beginning). He also arouses our curiosity about the opera itself. Hector Panizza is that same Ettore Panizza remembered as a conductor for his fiery interpretations of Italian operas at the Metropolitan in the 1930s, some of which have been transferred to CD. |
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