Browse: Puccini - Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)
Composer: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858–1924)Genres:
Opera » Opera Arias
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He adopts a nuanced approach to characterisation, bringing a vocally distinctive tone to each role. His Cavaradossi is as languid and heroic as you could wish for; his Luigi edgy and sombre;... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Opera, July 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Male Singer of the Year
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This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Opera, July 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Jonas Kaufmann: Nessun Dorma
RecommendedThe Puccini Album
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Kristine Opolais (soprano)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Although he does not sound very Italian, Kaufmann draws strength from staying true to himself, a gloriously bronze-voiced German tenor, welding musicianship with smouldering emotion...Pappano... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th September 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Opera, November 2015, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Lifetime Achievement Award
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Now and then there are hints of another great Italian-style tenor, the stylish Alfredo Kraus. It's there in the hushed tone Grigolo adopts for the 'Favorita del re!...Spirto gentil' from La Favorita... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Nouveau Talent
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Jussi Björling in Opera RecommendedJussi Bjoerling (tenor), Royal Orchestra, Rome Opera Orchestra, Jussi Björling (tenor), RCA Orchestra
Nils Grevillius, Jonel Perlea, Erich Leinsdorf, Renato Cellini
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Joseph Calleja: The Maltese Tenor Joseph Calleja (tenor)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marco Armiliato
The two Mefistofele arias receive near-ideal performances, the Pearl Fishers romance (one of two items in which soprano duties are nicely undertaken by Aleksandra Kurzak) is enchanting, and the... — More…
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Opera, September 2011, Recording of the Month
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Popov often sounds more baritone than a tenor, almost readying himself for Otello you feel in Ponchielli’s ‘Cielo e mar’...he is an ardent Des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon, and at his best in two... — More…
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Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini
Live From Teatro Alla Scala
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Filarmonica della Scala, Jochen Rieder
To pick out a few highlights, his declamation and tenderness, as well as his ability to colour his insights into character and situation into tone and text, are all well represented in the extract... — More…
