Description
Marcelo Álvarez – Bel Canto / ''Simply Sensational'' - The Times - Great Italian Arias. Debut album from the international tenor sensation / Sony Classical Audio CD 1998 / SK 60721
UPC 074646072127
Marcelo Raúl Álvarez (born February 27, 1962) is an Argentine lyric tenor who achieved international success starting in the mid-1990s.
Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active touring schedule and debuted in 34 roles. In addition to his opera and solo recordings, he has made an album honoring the popular songs of Argentine tango legend Carlos Gardel, as well as an album of classical duets with Salvatore Licitra. He has won notable awards for vocal performance and is considered one of the top tenors of his generation, receiving high acclaim for his passionate yet refined delivery in bel canto roles, French opera, and as of 2006, more dramatic lirico pieno (full lyric) and spinto roles.
He lives with his wife and son near Milan, Italy.
| Label: | Sony Classical – SK 60721 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1998 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera, Romantic |
Tracklist:
| Rigoletto | |||
| 1 |
Verdi– | "Questa O Quella" |
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1:47
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| 2 | Verdi– | "Ella Mi Fu Rapita!... Parmi Veder Le Lagrime...Possente Amor Mi Chiama" |
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10:04
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| 3 | Verdi– | "La Donna È Mobile" |
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2:18
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| L'elisir D'amore | |||
| 4 | Donizetti– | "Una Furtiva Lagrima" |
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4:44
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| Il Duca D'Alba | |||
| 5 | Donizetti– | "Inosservato Penetrava...Angelo Casto E Bel" |
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6:35
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| I Puritani | |||
| 6 | Bellini– | Opening Scene From Act III |
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15:33
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| Lucia Di Lammermoor | |||
| 7 | Donizetti– | "Tombe Degli Avi Miei... Fra Poco A Me Ricovero" |
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7:18
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| Linda Di Chamounix | |||
| 8 | Donizetti– | "Linda! Si Ritirò... Se Tanto In Ira Agli Uomini" |
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6:22
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| La Traviata | |||
| 9 | Verdi– | "Lunge Da Lei... De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti... O Mio Rimorso" |
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6:13
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| La Favorita | |||
| 10 | Donizetti*– | "Favorita De Re!... Spirto Gentil" |
| 4:50 |
- Art Direction, Design – Roxanne Slimak
- Chorus – Chorus Of Welsh National Opera
- Chorus Master – Gareth Jones (6)
- Conductor – Carlo Rizzi
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Kevin Boutote
- Executive-Producer – Jeremy Caulton
- Orchestra – Orchestra Of Welsh National Opera
- Photography By – Janusz Kawa
- Producer – David Frost (3)
- Product Manager – Lisa Stevens (2)
- Tenor Vocals – Marcelo Álvarez
