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'The opera.... in this recording has probably its most important performance since its première.'

 

 

 

 

Sicilienne
Maria regina d'Inghilterra
 
 

The Cast

MARY TUDOR -
Nelly Miricioiu
RICCARDO FENIMOORE - Bruce Ford
ERNESTO MALCOLM -
José Fardilha
CLOTILDE TALBOT -
Mary Plazas
GAULTIERO CHURCHILL - Alastair Miles
A PAGE - Susan Bickley
RAOUL - Benjamin Bland

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra CONDUCTOR - David Parry

 

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'We are lucky to have Bruce Ford..... in florid passages he moves swiftly and gracefully, he appears to be comfortable with the tessitura... he sings with feeling and a sense of style. The women have suitably contrasting voices, Mary Plazas' fresh and high, Nelly Miricioiu's older in tone, more dramatic in timbre....José Fardilha has a touch of the flicker-vibrato that can give distinctive character, and Alastair Miles confers nobility of utterance upon the vindictive Chancellor..'

 

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