VERDI Characters in the Repertoire of Stefka EVSTATIEVA, soprano
Issued: 1989
Style: Classical music
Company: Balkanton
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The Bulgarian soprano Stefka Evstatieva is one of the most acclaimed performers of classical music and has appeared in most of the worldÂ’s leading theaters including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Paris Opera, Theatro Colon in Buenos Aires and the Rome Opera. A first-class opera singer-that is the professional characteristics of the performer who set off on her triumphant way to the most prestigious opera houses in Europe and the USA in the 1980s.She has been praised for her portrayals of roles of the Italian repertoire which have included Desdemona in Otello, Leonora in La Forza del Destino, Elisabetta in Don Carlos, Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chenier, and many others as well as for several heroines of Slavic Opera such as Lisa in The Queen of Spades and Yaroslavna in Prince Igor. The artistic concept that prevails in her art of performance is the concept of the beautiful. Listening to her is a source of pleasure and elevation, her voice penetrates to the very depths of one's soul. Her artistry ranks are among the significant and worthy achievements of modern Bulgarian musical culture. Together with Ivan Filev, the conductor and the Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Stefka Evstatieva manages to impart precisely the atmosphere of Verdi's works.
A perfect unity between the presence of the singer, the conductor and the orchestra.
Contents:
1. Leonora's Aria from Act One of "La Forza del destino"
2. Leonora's Aria from Act Four of "La Forza del destino"
3. Violetta's Aria from Act Three of "La Traviata"
4. Elizabeth's Romance from Act One of "Don Carlos"
5.Elizabeth's Aria from Act Four of " Don Carlos"
6. Amelia's Aria from "Simon Boccanegra"
7. "Miserere" from Act Four of "ll Trovatore"
8. Leonora's Aria from Act Four of "ll Trovatore"
9. Aida's Aria from Act One of Aida
10. Willow Song and Desdemona's Prayer from Act Four of "Otello"
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