Special offer. Rossini: Bianca e Falliero
Laurent Kubla (Priuli), Kenneth Tarver (Contareno), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Capellio), Marcin Banaś (Loredano), Cinzia Forte (Bianca), Victoria Yarovaya (Falliero), Marina Viotti (Costanza), Artavazd Sargsyan (Pisani/Ufficiale)
Virtuosi Brunensis, Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań, Antonino Fogliani
Bianco e Falliero is a magnificent opera…it clothes a tautly drawn narrative with some of the most sumptuous yet theatrically pertinent vocal writing Rossini provided for the lyric stage…Tarver...
Special offer. Rossini: Bianca e Falliero
Laurent Kubla (Priuli), Kenneth Tarver (Contareno), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Capellio), Marcin Banaś (Loredano), Cinzia Forte (Bianca), Victoria Yarovaya (Falliero), Marina Viotti (Costanza), Artavazd Sargsyan (Pisani/Ufficiale)
Virtuosi Brunensis, Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań, Antonino Fogliani
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Bianco e Falliero is a magnificent opera…it clothes a tautly drawn narrative with some of the most sumptuous yet theatrically pertinent vocal writing Rossini provided for the lyric stage…Tarver...
About
Bianca e Falliero was commissioned by La Scala, Milan, for its prestigious Carnival season of 1819-20, enjoying a run of no fewer than 39 performances. Rossini responded with a score the virtuosity and expressivity of which outdid even his Neapolitan works. Prevailing tastes at La Scala meant that ensembles predominated over arias but behind the conventional dictates Rossini lavished the utmost care on his work, fashioning an opera full of dramatic coloratura and powerful theatrical craft and notable for its rich and often surprising harmony.
Contents and tracklist
- Baurzhan Anderzhanov (bass), Marcin Banaś (tenor), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Silvano Zabeo (fortepiano), Laurent Kubla (bass), Artavazd Sargsyan (tenor), Victoria Yarovaya (mezzo-soprano), Cinzia Forte (soprano), Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano)
- Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis
- Antonino Fogliani
Awards and reviews
November 2017
Bianco e Falliero is a magnificent opera…it clothes a tautly drawn narrative with some of the most sumptuous yet theatrically pertinent vocal writing Rossini provided for the lyric stage…Tarver is memorable as the father…The real hero is Antonino Fogliani, whose high-octane conducting points the music forwards to the more rapid dramaturgy of the Verdian age which Bianco e Falliero partly presages.
New Classics September 2017
On this two-CD recording, the acclaimed Russian mezzo-soprano Victoria Yarovaya is outstanding in the difficult role of Falliero and Italian soprano Cinzia Forte is the conflicted Bianca.
classicalsource.com January 2018
All the leading singers...are stylish in their variations and embellishments.
