Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

The most enchanting of all bel canto comedies has had many fine recordings, and this one is valuable above all for the adorable Nemorino of Roberto Alagna, but the rest of the cast is fine too. Michael Tanner

 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm

COMPOSERS: Donizetti
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: L'elisir d'amore
PERFORMER: Mariella Devia, Roberto Alagna, Pietro Spagnoli; Tallis Chamber Choir; English Chamber Orchestra/Marcello Viotti
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68147-8

The most enchanting of all bel canto comedies has had many fine recordings, and this one is valuable above all for the adorable Nemorino of Roberto Alagna, but the rest of the cast is fine too. 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.
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