Later dit jaar verschijnt een nieuwe complete opname van La traviata met Diana Damrau. Op haar nieuwe recitalalbum al een voorproefje in de vorm van de slotscène. Over haar opname van Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor waren de meningen verdeeld, en ook de selectie uit Maria Stuarda is weinig overtuigend. Fraaier zijn de aria’s van Verdi, Puccini en Leoncavallo, prachtig begeleid door het Teatro Regio Orchestra uit Turijn onder leiding van Gianandrea Noseda.
Fiamma del Bel Canto: Diana Damrau
Bellini:
O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)
Ah! Se una volta sola...Ah, non credea mirarti...Ah! non giunge uman pensiero...(from La Sonnambula)
Donizetti:
Ancor non giunse...Torna, torna, o caro oggetto (from Rosmonda d’Inghilterra)
Allenta il piè, Regina (from Maria Stuarda)
Nicole Brandolino (Anna)
O nube! Che lieve per l'aria...Nella pace del mesto riposo (from Maria Stuarda)
Nella pace del mesto riposo (from Maria Stuarda)
Nicole Brandolino (Anna)
Leoncavallo:
Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci)
Puccini:
Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)
Verdi:
Venerabile Padre (from I Masnadieri)
Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (from I Masnadieri)
È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui...Sempre libera (from La Traviata)
Piotr Beczała (Alfredo)
Tu puniscimi, o Signore … A brani, a brani, o perfido (from Luisa Miller)
Nicolas Testé (Wurm)
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
In this recital of 19th century Italian arias Damrau proves that precision, refinement and controlled intensity of expression – the guiding principles of bel canto (literally, beautiful singing) – apply not only to Bellini and Donizetti, but also in the more explicit passions of their successors, Verdi, Puccini and Leoncavallo. Performing with the Orchestra of the Teatro Regio Torino under Maestro Gianandrea Noseda, and featuring as guests artists Nicolas Testé (Diana Damrau’s husband), Nicole Brandolino and Piotr Beczała, this album sits between two releases of complete recordings of works at the centre of the bel canto canon – Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (November 2014) and Verdi’s La Traviata (Autumn 2015). This album is sure to further affirm her place as the important dramatic coloratura soprano of her generation.
