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  • Audio CD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • ASIN: B0000AOVOE
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  1. (La) Griselda
    Composed by Alessandro Scarlatti
    with A AaaUnspecified

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo Scarlatti, 26 Sep 2003
A beautiful opera. A fantastic cast. Brilliant conducting. Dorothea Roeschmann as Griselda is mind-blowing. The Act one aria towards the end of the disc 1 in which she insults Ottone is unbelievable in the variation of the tone colour, true attack and brilliance of the legato at such a fast pace! But her 'Tiranna', in Act two, another attack on Ottone, reveals a master of the genre in Scarlatti, whom I hope now will be recognised as a true genius of the 18th century theatre. The singers who disappoint me a little are Kobie van Rensburg and Veronica Cangemi. Both sing securely but there isn't much charm for me in their performance. For me Van Rensburg never really creates a character you can believe in, but technically his singing is flawless, if somewhat boring. Cangemi on the other hand makes very little of her role, which was written for the star castrato Carestini making his debut with this role. So many ad libs and cadenzas added in by the composer fall by the way in this recording. A real pity. Costanza is really very sympathetic, but as I say Cangemi does not really tap into it completely. But coming back to the rest of the cast: Bernarda Fink as the young prince Roberto really surprises and sings as charmingly as you would wish this role to be interpreted. And Sylvia Tro Santafe as Ottone sings beautifully, but how I wish that Ewa Podles were cast in this role. But Ms Tro Santefe is no mean artist and always pleases in every aria. And Lawrence Zazzo as the King sings with dignity but I don't find the character's music as interesting as that of the others. Also, considering that this is the only studio recording of this work, by a major conductor (not to mention his cast); I wonder why so many cuts were made as disc 3 lasts just under 50 mins! Thank God Jacobs didn't transpose any of the male roles, as all the roles in this opera, with the exception of Corrado were created by castrati - yes, even the female characters! The booklet is informative but not really complete eg. I wonder why the rest of the original cast was not noted. Let's hope the other operas and cantatas are to follow soon.
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