Maria Caniglia sings with unabashed commitment and honesty. She sings as if the music was born with her.
Quite simply, the singers are not around today who are steeped in the tradition of verismo, or for that matter the later part of the 19th century.
As said at the beginning, I implied I’d rather see Don Carlo(s) and listen to Forza.
To get right to the point, the performance did not come together despite some good elements and was a major missed opportunity.
Angel Blue‘s refulgent, lush soprano blooms as Violetta’s vocal lines broaden and soar.
One of my adolescent pastimes was trolling the classical cut-out bins in record stores searching for overlooked gems or unfamiliar singers.
Sometimes it seems as though DVDs are released just for the sake of filling a hole in the catalogue. Considering the lack of anything truly distinctive in this 2007 production of Verdi’s La forza del destino from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, that would certainly seem to be the case here. (If anyone is wondering, the…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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