Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi including the alternative finale by Vaccai

This only recording of Bellini’s wonderful opera includes the alternative finale by Vaccai, but its most attractive feature is Kasarova as Romeo and Eva Mei as Giulietta.

Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: August 17, 2018 at 11:02 am

COMPOSERS: Bellini
LABELS: Sony Classical
ALBUM TITLE: Bellini
WORKS: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
PERFORMER: Kasarova, Mei, Vargas, Chiummo, Alberghini; Bavarian Radio Choir; Munich Radio Orchestra/R Abbado
CATALOGUE NO: 88985404322 (1997)

This only recording of Bellini’s wonderful opera includes the alternative finale by Vaccai, but its most attractive feature is Kasarova as Romeo and Eva Mei as Giulietta.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.