Lucio Silla: opera at its mightiest
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The vocal laurels, and the principal reason for recommending this recording, belong to Patricia Petibon who tears into Giunia’s arias as if her life really did depend on it.’
Mozart
Kurt Streit, Patricia Petibon, Silvia Tro Santafé, Inga Kalna, María José Moreno, Kenneth Tarver
Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid/Ivor Bolton; dir. Claus Guth (Madrid, 2017)
Bel Air Classiques DVD: BAC150; Blu-ray: BAC450 180 mins
Authors
Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's Digital Editor and Staff Writer. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music.