Riccardo Frizza
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The voice is elegant, flexible and carefully controlled, with sympathetic support provided by Gli Originali under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Rossini: Matilde di Shabran
RecommendedAnnick Massis (Matilde), Juan Diego Florez (Corradino Cuor di Ferro), Bruno Taddia (Raimondo Lopez), Hadar Halevy (Edoardo), Marco Vinco (Aliprando), Bruno de Simone (Isidoro), Chiara Chialli (Contessa d'Arco), Carlo Lepore (Ginardo), Gregory Bonfatti (Egoldo), Lubomir Moravec (Rodrigo)
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Here is treasure indeed: a memorable recording of Rossini's grand, exhilarating, yet down the years too-little-noticed Matilde di Shabran. A comic-heroic romp written for the 1821 Roman carnival... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Opera
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Bellini: I Puritani
Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbo), Lisette Oropesa (Elvira), Anthony Clark Evans (Sir Riccardo Forth), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio Valton), Roxana Constantinescu (Enrichetta di Francia)
Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Frizza
Brownlee once again takes on some extremely high notes written for the legendary Giovanni Rubini – and with complete confidence. Dramatically engaged, his tone is ardent and convincingly Italianate..[Oropesa]... —
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Special offer. Donizetti: The Three Queens
Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Lyric Opera of Chicago, Riccardo Frizza
She is at her best as Maria Stuarda with a fine version of Mary’s prayer soaring over the chorus. —
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Special offer. Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
Salome Jicia (Suzel), Charles Castronovo (Fritz), Teresa Iervolino (Beppe), Massimo Cavalletti (Davide)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Frizza, Rosetta Cucchi
Charles Castronovo is an admirable Fritz. His last-act aria has great style, and for a moment you can believe this is a man who has fallen in love but is terrified of marriage. Salome Jicia's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Una furtiva lagrima
Arias from Bellini and Donizetti operas
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor)
Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Editor's Choice
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he sounds ripe for bigger Verdi here...The “standards” from Puccini and Cilea suggest that Vargas has the heroic heft so lacking among today’s leading tenorini. If not subtle, always exciting. —
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Opera, July 2013, Recording of the Month
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Brusa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Dorottya Láng (soloist), Réka Kristóf (soloist), István Horváth (soloist), Marcell Bakonyi (soloist), Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Duke of Mantua), Desirée Rancatore (Gilda), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Maddalena), Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Riccardo Frizza, Monique Wagemakers
There’s some formidable singing, though Rancatore is not at her best here...Camarena and Álvarez, however, are both magnificent. —
