The Sunday Times

'...a performance that is both scholarly and rollicking in Parry's experienced hands.... Jennifer Larmore is luxury casting.... she has oodles of vocal glamour.....'

 
 
 
 
Sicilienne
Bianca e Falliero
 
 

The Cast

BIANCA - Majella Cullagh
FALLIERO - Jennifer Larmore CONTARENO - Barry Banks
( PMF Scholar)
CAPELLIO -
Ildebrand D'Arcangelo
COSTANZA -
Gabriella Colecchia
PRIULI - Simon Bailey
(PMF Scholar)
PISANI - Ryland Davis
OFFICIAL - Dominic Natoli

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
CONDUCTOR - David Parry

 

Gramophone

'The sheer ferocity of the vocal writing and its erotic allure are awe-inspiring, as is the close gearing of bel canto style to musical and psychological ends.'

The Observer

This recording 'boasts a fine cast, including a weighty yet agile Jennifer Larmore as the general, Falliero, and the clean youthful-sounding Majella Cullagh as his lover Bianca.'

 
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