Leo Nucci
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Verdi: La Traviata
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont), Leah-Marian Jones (Flora), Gillian Knight (Annina), Robin Leggate (Gastone), Mark Beesley (Dottore Grenvil), Richard Van Allan (Baron Douphol), Roderick Earle (Marchese d'Obigny)
Chorus & Orchestra of Royal...
For Angela Gheorghiu, Violetta was the right role at the right time. The whole drama is there in her voice, every expression in the eyes and beat of the heart reflected in the way she shapes... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Rosina), Leo Nucci (Figaro), William Matteuzzi (Almaviva), Enrico Fissore (Bartolo), Paata Burchuladze (Basilio)
Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè
Cecilia Bartoli's rich, vibrant voice copes brilliantly with the technical demands. Like the conductor, Bartoli is wonderful at bringing out the fun. So is Leo Nucci and he gives a beautifully... —
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Building a Library, December 2001, First Choice
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Pavarotti - The Greatest Hits
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor, vocals), Vienna Opera Chorus, Mirella Freni (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Stefano "Tellus" Nanni (piano), Kameron Brown (double bass), Michele Centonze (guitar), Fabio Sartoni (drums, drum), Marco Tamburini (trumpet), Piero Odorici (saxophone), Roberto Rossi...
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Special offer. Verdi: I Due Foscari
Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Guanqun Yu (Lucrezia), Bernadett Fodor (Pisana), Ivan Magrì (Jacopo Foscari), István Horváth (Barbarigo), Miklós Sebestyén (Loredano), Moon Yung Oh (Servant), Matthias Ettmayr (Servant)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ivan Repušic
Nucci can still deliver in the title-role. He brings real dramatic authority and displays impressive residual heft in his baritone. There’s no hiding the signs of age, though…[Magrì] is an appealing... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Nucci)
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Special offer. Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
RecommendedKatia Ricciarelli (Adina), Susanna Rigacci (Giannetta), José Carreras (Nemorino), Leo Nucci (Belcore), Domenico Trimarchi (Dulcamara)
Orchestra Sinfonica Della Rai Di Torino, Coro della RAI di Torino, Claudio Scimone
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedMaria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (Ramfis), Luigi Roni (Il Re di Egitto), Madelyn Renée (Una Sacerdotessa), Ernesto Gavazzi (Un Messaggero)
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel
Pavarotti was well into the autumn of his career when this recording under Lorin Maazel was made in 1985, but the golden lustre of the voice remains undimmed; starrier sopranos have recorded... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
RecommendedKatia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault...
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Verdi: Otello
Luciano Pavarotti (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Leo Nucci (Iago), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Cassio), John Keyes (Rodrigo), Dimitri Kavrakos (Lodovico), Alan Opie (Montano), Elzbieta Ardam (Emilia), Richard Cohn (Un Araldo)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
this is a memorable reading, heightened by Pavarotti's keen feeling for the words and consistently golden tone...he offers a vital, animated Otello, always individual...Te Kanawa produces consistently... —
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
RecommendedKatia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault...
Domingo easily outshines his earlier recording with Giulini...while Katia Ricciarelli as the Queen gives a tenderly moving performance, if not quite commanding enough in the Act V aria. Ruggero... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Verdi: Nabucco
Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Maria Guleghina (Abigaille), Miroslav Dvorský (Ismaele), Giacomo Prestia (Zaccaria), Marina Domashenko (Fenena), Renate Pitscheider (Anna), Walter Pauritsch (Abdallo), Goran Simic (Gran Sacerdote)
Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Günter Krämer (director)
