Ramón Vargas - Verdi Arias

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Amazon.com The Mexican lyric tenor Ramón Vargas displays an impressive range of Verdian skills in this selection of arias from 12 operas. His tone is open and full, with well-placed high notes and a vigorous delivery, while technique and style combine in a solid bel canto approach. There's some particularly graceful phrasing in the Ernani extract, while the more dramatic Luisa Miller aria is given an especially forthright reading, with the character's disbelieving anger at his emotional betrayal conveyed with spirit. Vargas is good with words, too. His interpretation of Macduff's aria of loss from Macbeth benefits from committed diction, and he produces some lovely effects throughout this number. Equally memorable are items in French from Les Vêspres siciliennes and Jérusalem (Verdi's 1847 Parisian revision of the 1843 I Lombardi). These are among several rarities included--alternative arias Verdi wrote for later productions of some operas, while Alzira must be one of the least known of all his works. The English translations in the booklet are clumsy, but Vargas's singing is going to give a lot of pleasure. The accompaniments from Edoardo Müller and the Munich Radio Orchestra are topnotch. --George Hall
ASIN: B00005B6FX
VSKU: COV.B00005B6FX.N
Condition: New
Author/Artist:Giuseppe Verdi|Edoardo Müller|Ramón Vargas
Binding: Audio cd