Tullio Serafin, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli - Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 531 Mb | Total time: 75:44+79:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Andromeda | ARN 2509/10 | Recorded: 1956
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 531 Mb | Total time: 75:44+79:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Andromeda | ARN 2509/10 | Recorded: 1956
This opera semiseria is late Donizetti, composed a good ten years after the popular L’elisir d’amore, a work whose charm it emulates, though its score is less consistently inspired. A huge success at its 1842 premiere in Vienna, Linda never completely disappeared from the international repertoire, and ought to be seriously considered by British opera houses. Serafin conducts a great performance, with a first-rate all-Italian cast of Fifties favourites.