Giacomo Sagripanti reviews
Arias by Arakishvili, Bizet, Verdi, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mascagni & Gounod
Anita Rachvelishvili; Barbara Massaro; Piacenza Municipal Theatre Chorus; RAI National Symphony Orchestra/Giacomo Sagripanti (Sony)
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide
Coro del Teatro Ventido Basso; Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI/Giacomo Sagripanti, et al (C Major / DVD)
Pretty Yende: Dreams
This new disc from the South African soprano covers similar territory to her previous, prize-winning debut disc. She begins with a nigh-on immaculate account of the waltz song from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. To the Mad Scene from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (her previous disc included different extracts) she brings a pure and ethereal tone, entering into the character and her poignant situation within a world of her own beyond earthly reality.