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1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Joyce DiDonato's capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This collection showcases her multifaceted art and the wealth of opportunities open to a mezzo-soprano by presenting her as different characters, both male and female, from the same opera story.
Chérubin. Je suis gris! / Massenet (1:39) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Giunse alfin il momento-- (1:29) ; Deh, vieni, non tardar (3:07) / Mozart -- La clemenza di Tito. Se mai senti spirarti sul volto / Gluck (9:19) -- La clemenza di Tito. Ecco il punto, o Vitellia-- (2:13) ; Non più di fiori (6:34) / Mozart -- Le nozze di Figaro. Voi che sapete / Mozart (2:52) -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Contro un cor / Rossini (7:32) -- Faust. Faites-lui mes aveux / Gounod (2:58) -- La damnation de Faust. D'amour l'ardente flamme / Berlioz (8:08) -- Roméo et Juliette. Premiers transports que nul n'oublie / Berlioz (6:32) -- I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Ascolta! Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio-- La tremenda ultrice spada / Bellini (7:11) -- Cendrillon. Allez, laissez-moi seul--- Cœur sans amour, printemps sans roses / Massenet (4:03) -- La Cenerentola. Nacqui all'affanno / Rossini (7:47) -- Ariane. Ô frêle corps-- Chère Cypris / Massenet (5:56) -- Ariadne auf Naxos. Seien wir wieder gut! / [R.] Strauss (3:18).
Opera arias: "male and female roles for mezzo-soprano from favourite operatic stories"--Container.
Program notes by Joyce DiDonato and Roger Pines in English, and texts with English translations (27 pages : port.) in container.
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano ; Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra national de Lyon ; Kazushi Ono, conductor ; with Elena Semenova, soprano (track 14) ; Pascale Obrecht, mezzo-soprano (track 14) ; Edgaras Montvidas, tenor (tracks 8, 12) ; Nabil Suliman, baritone (tracks 12, 14, 16) ; Paolo Stupenengo, bass (track 14).
Recorded Sept. 18-28, 2010, Auditorium de l'Orchestre national de Lyon.