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Angela Gheorghiu - My Puccini

Nizza gives it her all but Gheorghiu's big personality really hits the mark

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini

Genre:

Opera

Label: EMI Classics

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: 2174412

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: O soave fanciulla Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell) Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Denaro! Nient'altro che denaro! Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Forse, come la rondine Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Ma come voi? Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
Suor Angelica, 'Sister Angelica', Movement: Senza mamma, O bimbo Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
Gianni Schicchi, Movement: O mio babbino caro Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
Manon Lescaut, Movement: Sola, perduta, abbandonata Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
Tosca, Movement: ~ Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists
Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Various Artists

Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini

Genre:

Opera

Label: Dynamic

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: CDS595

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(Le) Villi, Movement: Se come voi piccina io fossi Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Edgar, Movement: Addio, addio, mio dolce amor! Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Manon Lescaut, Movement: L'ora, o Tirsi Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Manon Lescaut, Movement: Sola, perduta, abbandonata Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: ~ Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell) Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Madama Butterfly, Movement: Un bel dì vedremo Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Madama Butterfly, Movement: Che tua madre Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Madama Butterfly, Movement: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
(La) Fanciulla del West, '(The) Girl of the Golden, Movement: Laggiù nel Soledad Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
(Il) Tabarro, '(The) Cloak', Movement: ~ Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Suor Angelica, 'Sister Angelica', Movement: Senza mamma, O bimbo Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Gianni Schicchi, Movement: O mio babbino caro Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Turandot, Movement: Signore, ascolta! Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Turandot, Movement: ~ Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Amarilli Nizza, Soprano
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor
Ostrava Dvorak Theatre Orchestra
Here is something of a challenge: two highly accomplished sopranos offering "their take" on Puccini. Amarilli Nizza has won several prizes in Italy, where her career has taken her to most of the main opera houses. Angela Gheorghiu established herself as one of the leading lyric sopranos of the day more than a decade ago. Nizza really goes for it, essaying arias from all of Puccini's operas. Most of the arias were recorded in Ostrava, with the Dvorak Theatre Orchestra under Gianluca Martinenghi, but the extracts from Il trittico are from a performance in Parma conducted by Julian Reynolds - "Senza mamma" from Suor Angelica is especially good. Nizza's voice is strong and surprisingly effective when it comes to Turandot's "In questa reggia". There is a decided vibrato that is sometimes intrusive, but in general this is an impressive recital, and Nizza is surely a singer to watch out for.

Gheorghiu's disc brings together extracts from previously issued recital discs or complete sets. By far and away the best thing is the duet with Roberto Alagna from the last act of La rondine, and hearing this for the first time, many listeners will want to get the whole thing - the Pappano set (5/97) is a classic. Effective though they both are in Tosca, they cannot really measure up to singers with more opulent tone on sets from the past. Where Gheorghiu scores, of course, is in having such a distinctive, easily recognisable voice; at every phrase this declares "big personality". On the DVD we see her in extracts from various concerts, including a marvellous instance of natural acting when she is joined by Alagna in the Act 1 duet from Butterfly. There is also a pop-style video of "Un bel di" which tells a modern story of sexual betrayal played out in a smart hotel. In a recorded interview Gheorghiu explains that she will never be able to sing Butterfly on stage - it is too upsetting.

Angela Gheorghiu - My Puccini

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: O soave fanciulla

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell)

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Denaro! Nient'altro che denaro!

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Forse, come la rondine

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Ma come voi?

Suor Angelica, 'Sister Angelica', Movement: Senza mamma, O bimbo

Gianni Schicchi, Movement: O mio babbino caro

Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide

Manon Lescaut, Movement: Sola, perduta, abbandonata

Tosca, Movement: ~

Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte

Amarilli Nizza - Puccini arias

(Le) Villi, Movement: Se come voi piccina io fossi

Edgar, Movement: Addio, addio, mio dolce amor!

Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide

Manon Lescaut, Movement: L'ora, o Tirsi

Manon Lescaut, Movement: Sola, perduta, abbandonata

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: ~

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell)

Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte

Madama Butterfly, Movement: Un bel dì vedremo

Madama Butterfly, Movement: Che tua madre

Madama Butterfly, Movement: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio

(La) Fanciulla del West, '(The) Girl of the Golden, Movement: Laggiù nel Soledad

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

(Il) Tabarro, '(The) Cloak', Movement: ~

Suor Angelica, 'Sister Angelica', Movement: Senza mamma, O bimbo

Gianni Schicchi, Movement: O mio babbino caro

Turandot, Movement: Signore, ascolta!

Turandot, Movement: ~

Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

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