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...The conductor Fabio Luisi gives consistent reinforcement to the drama of Verdi’s marvellous score while also recognising the opportunities it affords for sumptuous, stylish singing....
...In Lucio Papirio, in my first aria there are at least four or five top Ds that I’m interpolating into the performance. The role is only three arias long, but what arias!...
...Handel Athalia Paul Goodwin (Sony, 2 CDs) Handel Jephtha Fabio Biondi (BIS, 2 CDs) Three centuries after Handel first visited London, music lovers may be forgiven for thinking his English-language...
...Its aria-and-cabaletta style was already out of date by the time of its first performance in 1866....
...The letter’s first sentence – “I am truly sorry” – sounds in Italian like it could have featured in an aria from an as-yet unwritten opera: Capitalia....
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