Verdi: Aida
Maria 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
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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...
Verdi: Aida
Maria 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
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Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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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Recorded in 1985-6
Contents and tracklist
- Paata Burchuladze (bass), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Ghena Dimitrova (mezzo-soprano), Maria Chiara (soprano), Luigi Roni (bass), Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor), Madelyn Renee (soprano), Leo Nucci (baritone)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Lorin Maazel
- Recorded: 1985-12-08
- Recording Venue: Sala Abanella, Milan
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Awards and reviews
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Presto FavouritesRecommended Recording
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 the title-role, but for me Maria Chiara is one of the most engaging on disc. The real laurels, though, go to Ghena Dimitrova (herself a celebrated Aida earlier in her career), sweeping all before her as a lacerating Amneris.
