Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

Joan Sutherland (Lucrezia), Alfredo Kraus (Gennaro), Anne Howells (Maffio Orsini), Stafford Dean (Don Alfonso), Robin Leggate (Jacopo Liveretto), Jonathan Summers (Don Apostolo Gazella), Phillip Gelling (Ascanio Petrucci), Michael Goldthorpe (Oloferno Vitellozzo), Paul Hudson (Gubetta), Francis Egerton...

Copley’s flamboyant staging of Donizetti’s tragedy finds Sutherland offering remarkable technical feats though few words and less acting; Alfredo Kraus’s stylish Gennaro partially makes up for... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: OA1237D
Label: Opus Arte

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Joan Sutherland (Lucrezia), Alfredo Kraus (Gennaro), Anne Howells (Maffio Orsini), Stafford Dean (Don Alfonso), Robin Leggate (Jacopo Liveretto), Jonathan Summers (Don Apostolo Gazella), Phillip Gelling (Ascanio Petrucci), Michael Goldthorpe (Oloferno Vitellozzo), Paul Hudson (Gubetta), Francis Egerton (Rustighello), Roderick Kennedy (Astolfo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus
Richard Bonynge, John Copley (dir.)

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Donizetti's operatic portrayal of Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most demanding roles for a soprano, and only such accomplished stars as Joan Sutherland have risen to the challenge. Lucrezia was notorious in Renaissance Ferrara as much for her beauty as for the political intrigue and suspicious deaths that surrounded her and her family. Here Sutherland deftly captures the complexity of a powerful, vengeful woman, who is at the same time a loving mother - in the final scenes she chillingly shows her unsuspecting victims the coffins in which they will be buried, but cannot bear the heartbreaking revelations that follow. Richard Bonynge conducts a cast including Alfredo Kraus as Gennaro, supported by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, in John Copley's production for The Royal Opera. This recording, with English subtitles, is preserved in its original Standard Definition and 4:3 picture format.

NB This product has burnt-in English subtitles and no alternative language-options

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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge, John Copley (dir.)

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August 2017

Copley’s flamboyant staging of Donizetti’s tragedy finds Sutherland offering remarkable technical feats though few words and less acting; Alfredo Kraus’s stylish Gennaro partially makes up for her deficiencies.

Opera Now June 2017

Fleet, if not polished...Sutherland tackles the title role with her usual attributes of a voice of considerable size, extention and pinpoint agility, no acting skills but a grand presence...Copley's lavish production is traditional to a T, with the extra fascination of watching 16th-century Italy through the lens of 1980s 'Dallasty' fashion - sleeves have never been bigger.

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