Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra/Roberto Abbado

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Claudio Abbado Ruggero Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (aria).

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.

Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell (aria).

Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur (aria).

Galina Gorchakova …was a powerful, luminous Lisa. More recently she scored a major success opposite Placida Domingo in Los Angeles Opera’s new production of Queen of Spades, which the Los Angeles Times called “a rare chance to bask in genuine Russian singing. She has since triumphed at Covent Garden, the Bastille, Bavarian State Opera, Cologne Opera, Teatro Comunale Florence, Houston Grand Opera, the Kirov, Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala. Gorchakova burst on to the international scene 10 years ago with her thrilling portrayal as Renata in Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel at the BBC Proms. Further, she juxtaposes the two females of La Boheme -the emotional Mimi and the flirtatious Musetta -as well as the twins of “Cav-Pag” -a smoldering Santuzza with the carefree Nedda. Represented on this disc are roles that have always been an integral and vital part of her repertoire such as Butterfly, Santuzza and Aida, as well as such dramatic and tragic heroines as Liu, Leonora, Tosca and Manon Lescaut, which have earned her plaudits world-wide. On Italian Opera Arias, Gorchakova turns to the verismo style which benefits handsomely from her brand of full-bodied vocalism.

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