Vesselina Kasarova - Rossini: Arias & Duets / Fagen, Florez

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
March 9, 1999
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROSSINI, GIOACHINO
    • PERFORMER
      Vesselinan Kasarova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 09, 1999
    • UPC
      743215713128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      74321571312
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical Vocals
    Works ⌄

    1. Bianca e Falliero, Act II: Tu non sai qual colpo atroce

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    2. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act II: Per lui che adoro

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova, Theodor Weimer, Wolfgang Klose, Dankwart Siegele

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    3. La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Act I: Una volta c'era un re

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova, Henrike Paede, Monica Schmitt, Juan Diego Flórez

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    4. Semiramide, Act I: Eccomi alfine in Babilonia

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    5. Armida, Act I: Amor! … Possente nome!

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova, Juan Diego Flórez

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    6. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    7. Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia, Act II: Duet: Ah! vieni, nel tuo sangue

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova, Juan Diego Flórez

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen

    8. La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake), Act II: Tanti affetti in un momento

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Vesselina Kasarova

      Conductor: Arthur Fagen


You might call it youth serving youth. One of the finest singers to emerge in the 1990s, Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova made this disc when she was thirty-two, by which age Gioacchino Rossini had written all of the operas represented within and twenty-five others. Kasarova, who counts Maria Callas among her idols, is an aficionado of the bel canto style and says she finds Rossini's low-voiced roles, many of which were influenced by castrato singing, interesting for their variety of vocal demands, as the many specialized categories of voice we have today weren't so set then.
On this program of arias and duets with tenor Juan Diego Flórez she sings the parts of heroes en travesti (male parts played by women) from 'Semiramide' and the little-known 'Bianca e Fallierro,' serious heroines from 'Armida' and 'La donna del lago' and comic roles from 'L'Italiana in Algieri' and 'La Cenerentola' as well as the tenor title role from 'Otello,' transposed as one might hear it done at a gala benefit. Of course Kasarova's voice is beautiful, smooth and rich, but most impressive is her absorption of the characters and their various moods. Perhaps she really has taken the Callas model to heart.