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BBC Music Magazine
‘… there is drama, driven forward by Donizetti's rhythmic invention and an ear for melody. This is a composer trying to break the mould. Opera Rara fields a strong cast… James Westman is a properly heroic Bonifacio… And Nicole Cabell's Imelda is pretty stylish too… Massimo Giordano is a stylish bel canto tenor.
The disc features Mark Elder in charge of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, both conductor and players on tip-top form. There's vigour in every number, There's vigour in every number and |
