Donizetti: Gemma Di Vergy
Montserrat Caballé (Gemma), Natalya Chudy (Ida), Luis Lima (Tamas), Louis Quilico (Conte di Vergy), Paul Plishka (Guido)
Schola Cantorum, New York Opera Orchestra, Eve Queler
An uneven opera with wonderful passages, and perhaps Montserrat Caballé’s finest recording, with stunning singing from the underrated Argentine tenor Luis Lima, and excellent supporting cast.
Donizetti: Gemma Di Vergy
Montserrat Caballé (Gemma), Natalya Chudy (Ida), Luis Lima (Tamas), Louis Quilico (Conte di Vergy), Paul Plishka (Guido)
Schola Cantorum, New York Opera Orchestra, Eve Queler
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An uneven opera with wonderful passages, and perhaps Montserrat Caballé’s finest recording, with stunning singing from the underrated Argentine tenor Luis Lima, and excellent supporting cast.
About
Another great coloratura artist, Montserrat Caballé, is heard in another prodigious Donizetti role, Gemma di Vergy, probably the most demanding he ever wrote for the soprano voice. It remained immensely popular in Italy during much of the 19th cen-tury. In Caballé’s 1976 live recording, never before released on CD, the “floated, ethereal tone for which she is renowned” was acclaimed by Gramophone, as was the conducting of the ever-resourceful Eve Queler, who with her Opera Orchestra of New York was responsible for reviving numerous undeservedly forgotten masterpieces.
Contents and tracklist
- Eve Queler, Opera Orchestra of New York, Mark Munkittrick (bass), Luis Lima (tenor), Louis Quilico (baritone), Natalya Chudy (soprano), Schola Cantorum, Paul Plishka (bass), Montserrat Caballé (vocal)
Awards and reviews
March 2018
An uneven opera with wonderful passages, and perhaps Montserrat Caballé’s finest recording, with stunning singing from the underrated Argentine tenor Luis Lima, and excellent supporting cast.