Verdi: Aida
Katia Ricciarelli (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Elena Obraztsova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Ruggero Raimondi (Il Re di Egitto), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Una Sacerdotessa), Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero)
Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
A subtle and idiomatic performance benefits from a strong cast and a sensitive recording. But Abbado's sense of theatre also allows the opera's grandest scenes to resonate vividly.
Verdi: Aida
Katia Ricciarelli (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Elena Obraztsova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Ruggero Raimondi (Il Re di Egitto), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Una Sacerdotessa), Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero)
Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
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A subtle and idiomatic performance benefits from a strong cast and a sensitive recording. But Abbado's sense of theatre also allows the opera's grandest scenes to resonate vividly.
About
Studio recording, 1981
(3 CDs at top price now squeezed onto 2 - at budget)Contents and tracklist
- Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Lucia Valentini Terrani (soprano), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Romano Gandolfi (chorus master), Leo Nucci (baritone), Piero de Palma (tenor)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Claudio Abbado
- Recorded: 1981-01-12
- Recording Venue: Centro Telecinematografico Culturale, Milan
Awards and reviews
October 2005
A subtle and idiomatic performance benefits from a strong cast and a sensitive recording. But Abbado's sense of theatre also allows the opera's grandest scenes to resonate vividly.
None is better or more thoroughly and thoughtfully conducted – and in Verdi, that is of the essence
