Joyce DiDonato, Edoardo Müller, Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Rossini: Colbran, the Muse (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 72:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 94579 | Recorded: 1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 72:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 94579 | Recorded: 1998
Joyce DiDonato becomes more interesting and more of a complete artist with each performance and recording. Even though we are living in a time of great coloratura mezzos (Bartoli, Genaux), DiDonato still stands out. A video of her Dejanira in Handel's Hercules a few years ago alerted us to the fact that she wasn't just another pretty Rosina and Cenerentola; indeed, she had fine dramatic chops as well. Well, while she remains the Rosina and Cenerentola of choice, with this CD she seems poised to enter the dramatic-Rossini-role sweepstakes as well, heretofore the property of Gencer, Caballé, Sutherland, and in one case, Callas.