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Antonello Allemandi, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse - Donizetti: La Favorite (2015) [Blu-Ray]

Posted By: Vilboa

Date: 12 Oct 2017 16:07:16

One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Donizetti's La favorita in its original French form - a tale of love and war that represents a glorious mix of Italian bel canto and 19th century grand opera.
Today's scholarly interest in Donizetti's output has helped bring La Favorite back into circulation, and Vincent Boussard's arresting Toulouse production does full justice to its renewed masterpiece status, accentuating the work's intimacy through economical sets and Christian Lacroix's striking costumes, thus drawing attention to the opera's three main characters.
Three international principals take on these demanding roles: Chinese tenor Yijie Shi is a 'revelation' (La Depeche) as Fernand, with French baritone Ludovic Tezier offering suitably rich-toned authority as King Alphonse XI and lauded American mezzo Kate Aldrich - 'the Carmen of this generation' (San Francisco Sentinel) - plumbing the emotional depths of Leonor's music.
Conductor and bel canto specialist Antonello Allemandi derives every possible nuance form the score, adding to the passionate proceedings on stage.

Cast:
Léonor de Guzmán - Kate Aldrich
Fernand - Yijie Shi
Alphonse XI, King of Castile - Ludovic Tézier
Balthazar - Giovanni Furlanetto
Inès - Marie-Bénédicte Souquet
Don Gaspar - Alain Gabriel
A lord - Dongjin Ahn
Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Conductor - Antonello Allemandi

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00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
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00:09:10.950 : en:Chapter 03
00:12:52.772 : en:Chapter 04
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00:19:15.921 : en:Chapter 06
00:22:23.742 : en:Chapter 07
00:24:42.948 : en:Chapter 08
00:26:47.606 : en:Chapter 09
00:30:17.682 : en:Chapter 10
00:34:52.924 : en:Chapter 11
00:36:14.839 : en:Chapter 12
00:39:15.286 : en:Chapter 13
00:43:06.216 : en:Chapter 14
00:48:35.345 : en:Chapter 15
00:49:46.383 : en:Chapter 16
00:56:40.830 : en:Chapter 17
01:00:10.740 : en:Chapter 18
01:03:01.944 : en:Chapter 19
01:08:38.581 : en:Chapter 20
01:12:50.165 : en:Chapter 21
01:13:58.434 : en:Chapter 22
01:18:39.214 : en:Chapter 23
01:20:22.818 : en:Chapter 24
01:28:16.090 : en:Chapter 25
01:30:08.803 : en:Chapter 26
01:34:34.769 : en:Chapter 27
01:37:29.310 : en:Chapter 28
01:42:33.780 : en:Chapter 29
01:46:30.317 : en:Chapter 30
01:50:18.578 : en:Chapter 31
01:52:27.207 : en:Chapter 32
01:55:26.085 : en:Chapter 33
02:01:58.911 : en:Chapter 34
02:05:31.857 : en:Chapter 35
02:08:48.854 : en:Chapter 36
02:14:07.639 : en:Chapter 37
02:16:40.725 : en:Chapter 38
02:21:06.891 : en:Chapter 39
02:25:59.283 : en:Chapter 40
02:27:40.618 : en:Chapter 41

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Yijie Shi Concers Romantic Classical Opera Ludovic Tezier Antonello Allemandi Classical Music Blu-ray 2015 Donizetti Kate Aldrich