COMPOSERS: Donizetti
LABELS: RCA
ALBUM TITLE: Donizetti
WORKS: La favorite
PERFORMER: Kasarova, Vargas; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra/Marcello Viotti RCA 88875194762 (1999)
CATALOGUE NO: RCA 88875194762 (1999)
One of the finest of Donizetti’s serious operas, sung here in the original French, La favorite impresses in this recording under Marcello Viotti, though Vesselina Kasarova’s Léonor sounds thin.
George Hall