THE BULGARIAN OPERA VOICES VOL.2- Arias from operas
Boris Christoff, Gena Dimitrova, Alexandrina Milcheva, Raina Kabaivanska
Issued: 1996
Style: Opera
Company: Balkanton
ADD 010021
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Rouslan Raichev (1, 4, 7, 9), Maurizio Arena (5), Emil Tchakarov (8)
Bulgarian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor- Ivan Marinov (2, 3, 6)
The CD contains arias performed by some of the best Bulgarian opera singers who have given concerts all over the world: La Scala in Milano, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Paris Grand Opera, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan etc. Their voices are so penetrating that one remains silent before the grandeur of the art called opera
Contents:
•Boris Christoff- bass
Recitative and Aria of Seneca from Act 2 of "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" (Monteverdi) 14'00''
•Gena Dimitrova- soprano
Aria of Maddalena from "Andrea Chenier" (Giordano) 4'44''
Aria of "La Gioconda" (Ponchielli) 4' 13''
• Alexandrina Milcheva-mezzo soprano
Aria of Charlotte (Letters Aria) from "Werther" (Massenet) 8' 27''
Card Scene from "Carmen" (Bizet) 3'11''
• Raina Kabaivanska-soprano
Recitative and Aria of Elizabeth from Act 3 of "Roberto Devereux" (Donizetti) 15' 50''
Scene and Aria of Pamira from Act 3 of "L' Assedio di Corinto" (Rossini) 6' 16''