Special offer. Massenet: Don Quichotte
José Van Dam (Don Quichotte), Teresa Berganza (Dulcinée), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Garcias), Christian Papis (Rodriguez), Isabelle Vernet (Pedro), Nicolas Rivenq (Juan)
Orchestre et Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Special offer. Massenet: Don Quichotte
José Van Dam (Don Quichotte), Teresa Berganza (Dulcinée), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Garcias), Christian Papis (Rodriguez), Isabelle Vernet (Pedro), Nicolas Rivenq (Juan)
Orchestre et Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson
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Van Dam, Berganza and Fondary sing beautifully.
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"Massenet's Don Quichotte marks the ripe maturity of his art…Van Dam has sung beautifully throughout…Berganza as Dulcinée has the appropriate maturity of tone…while chorus and orchestra both do good work under an able conductor." Gramophone
Three new releases in the new mid-price opera packaging. Verdi's Attila with Riccardo Muti and 2 Massenet operas, Werther and Don Quichotte with idiomatic cast and orchestras under the direction of Michel Plasson.
Each opera appears in a multipack with separate booklet of 16 pages. New introduction in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Original booklet material with extensive notes and complete libretto with translations is on a separate bonus disc (CDROM).
Contents and tracklist
- Wolff (lead vocals), Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse (vocals), José van Dam (baritone), Alain Fondary (baritone), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Isabelle Vernet (soprano), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (soprano), Christian Papis (tenor), Gérard Blatt (vocals), Jean-Luc Antoine (vocals), Thierry Vincent (vocals), Jean-Claude Barbier (vocals), Gerald Thomas (vocals), Alain Carcy (lead vocals), Albert Fesquet (lead vocals)
- Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
- Michel Plasson
- Recorded: 1992-01-01
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Awards and reviews
May 2010
Van Dam, Berganza and Fondary sing beautifully.