Donizetti / Pratt / Frizza: Il Castello Di Kenilworth - COMPACT DISCS

Donizetti / Pratt / Frizza: Il Castello Di Kenilworth - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Il Castello Di Kenilworth Artist: Donizetti Pratt Frizza Label: Dynamic Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8007144078348 Genre: Classical, Opera Operetta Release Date: 2019 05 10 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: 2 PACK Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il Castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples' San Carlo in 1829. Drawn from a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera was

Title: Il Castello Di Kenilworth
Artist: Donizetti / Pratt / Frizza
Label: Dynamic
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8007144078348
Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta
Release Date: 2019-05-10
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK

Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il Castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples' San Carlo in 1829. Drawn from a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera was unjustly long neglected. This recording features the original version, with the role of Warney entrusted to a tenor (which the composer changed into a baritone in the 1836 revision of the score).Il Castello di Kenilworth is the first of the several successful works to follow that Donizetti based on British history, introducing the character of Queen Elizabeth I, torn by the inner struggle between a monarch's duty and a woman's feelings. The fundamental pivot of the drama is the antagonism between the two female characters who both dwell and suffer in their loneliness, in a male-dominated world. The performance received excellent reviews, praising the richness of the costumes, the sobriety of the stage setting, and, mostly, the vocal and acting skills of the whole cast, which features first-rate singers like opera stars Jessica Pratt and Carmela Remigio, who share the stage with talented tenors Stefan Pop and emerging talent Xabier Anduaga "A first-class cast, with an imaginative production team, under the musical direction of Riccardo Frizza, have been assembled, and it is not an exaggeration to say that together they have produced a compelling case for "Il Castello di Kenilworth" to be given further consideration. [...] It was musically engaging, full of bel canto charm, with some wonderful melodies, and notwithstanding it's formulaic format, was dramatically convincingly. (Alan Neilson - Operawire)

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