Puccini: La rondine; Le villi - extracts

An almost ideal account of Puccini’s least performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le villi, too. Michael Tanner


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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:35 pm

COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: La rondine; Le villi – extracts
PERFORMER: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna; London Voices; LSO/Antonio Pappano
CATALOGUE NO: 640 7482

An almost ideal account of Puccini’s least performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le villi, 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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