Vive Verdi!
French Rarities and Discoveries
Francesco Maria Parazzoli (cello), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Jacobo Ochoa (bass), Pietro Bolognini (baritone), Pilar Mezzadri Corona (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Roberto Abbado
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Opera Choice
It is exciting to hear Ludovic Tézier singing Macbeth in French...Here’s a baritone with an instinct for the declamatory and expressive style that Verdi demanded for the role, who nevertheless...
Vive Verdi!
French Rarities and Discoveries
Francesco Maria Parazzoli (cello), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Jacobo Ochoa (bass), Pietro Bolognini (baritone), Pilar Mezzadri Corona (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Roberto Abbado
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Opera Choice
It is exciting to hear Ludovic Tézier singing Macbeth in French...Here’s a baritone with an instinct for the declamatory and expressive style that Verdi demanded for the role, who nevertheless...
About
The premiere of Nabucco at La Scala, Milan in 1842 was a huge success for Verdi and soon led to foreign performances of the work. For its appearance in Brussels under the name Nabuchodonosor Verdi fashioned an orchestral Divertissement which was inserted into Act III; the composer’s score of this, performed here, has only very recently been rediscovered. Macbeth is one of his psychologically penetrating masterpieces and for its Parisian staging in 1865 it underwent considerable revision, notably to make its dramatic development more incisive. When Il trovatore was performed in Paris as Le Trouvère Verdi added lively local colour as new additions to the score.
Contents and tracklist
- Francesco Maria Parazzoli (cello)
- Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
- Roberto Abbado
- Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Jacobo Ochoa (bass), Pietro Bolognini (baritone), Pilar Mezzadri Corona (soprano)
- Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
- Roberto Abbado
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineFebruary 2023Opera Choice
February 2023
It is exciting to hear Ludovic Tézier singing Macbeth in French...Here’s a baritone with an instinct for the declamatory and expressive style that Verdi demanded for the role, who nevertheless manages to find an elegiac dignity at the end of the aria...and the woodwind playing of the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini is a real joy.
January 2023
Roberto Abbado shows off his strengths as a Verdi conductor in the works from all three operas. He finds a decent rapport with both orchestras which results in a relaxed flow of Verdi’s music, all the while presenting a very crisp ensemble. The sound engineering is excellent.
