in Opera Now (Oct, 2016)
Anna Netrebko makes a long-heralded change of artistic direction with Verismo. The album reflects her move from bel canto works that have largely defined her career (never very convincingly to me) to the spinto repertoire. Netrebko’s voice is now richer, the production smoother, the timbre more even through her range. She sails through her arias with aplomb and delineates character well: her Gioconda sounds desperate, her Wally anguished, her Butterfly resolute. She differentiates well vocally between Turandot and Liù. She is truly involved in Act IV of Manon Lescaut, recorded in its entirety, where she is joined by the stentorian but throaty tenor of her husband, Yusif Eyvazov. Misjudgments are …
Verismo – Anna Netrebko
Cilea: Ecco: respiro appena … lo son l’umile ancella aus “Adriana Lecouvreur”
Giordano: La mamma morta aus “Andrea Chenier”
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo aus “Madama Butterfly”; Signore, ascolta! aus “Turandot”; Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore aus “Tosca”; In questa reggia aus “Turandot”; Arien & Szenen aus “Manon Lescaut”
Leoncavallo: Qual fiamma avea nel quardo! … Stridono lassu aus “Pagliacci”
Catalani: Ebben? … Ne andro lontana aus “La Wally”
Boito: L’altra notte in fondo al mare aus “Mefistofele”
Ponchielli: Suicidio! In questi fieri momenti aus “La Gioconda”
Yusif Eyvazov, Orchestra Anna Netrebko
18,90€
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