Title: Signor Gaetano Artist: Javier Camarena Label: Pentatone Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 827949088667 Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta Release Date: 2022-11-11 Number of Discs: 1
Star tenor Javier Camarena makes his Pentatone debut with Signor Gaetano, together with Gli Originali under the baton of Italian opera specialist Riccardo Frizza, presenting a carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti's greatest tenor arias. Besides famous excerpts from L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale and Roberto Devereux, this project focuses on hidden gems from rarely-recorded works such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Il giovedì grasso. Camarena and Frizza's exceptional sense of style is enhanced by the period instrument playing of Gli Originali. The recording took place at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer's hometown Bergamo, as part of the yearly Donizetti Festival, of which Frizza is the musical director. Javier Camarena is one of the most in-demand tenors of his generation, and one of the world's leading bel canto specialists. Riccardo Frizza frequents major opera houses, was awarded the Best Conductor prize at the International Opera XXI Awards, and returns to Pentatone after having featured on The Three Queens (Donizetti) with Sondra Radvanovsky and Lyric Opera Chicago (2022). Gli Originali was founded within the context of the Bergamo Donizetti Festival, and aims to revive the sound world of early nineteenth-century opera with period instruments and a historically-informed approach.
Tracks: 1.1 Betly~Act I, No. 1: Ah!... È desso cospetto... E fia ver tu mia sarai 1.2 elisir d'amore~Act II, No. 11: Una furtiva lagrima 1.3 Maria de Rudenz~Act II, No. 6: Talor nel mio delirio 1.4 Roberto Devereux~Act II, No. 4: Ed ancor la tremenda porta 1.5 Roberto Devereux~Act II, No. 4: A te dirò negli ultimi singhiozzi 1.6 Roberto Devereux~Act II, No. 4: Bagnato il sen di lagrime 1.7 giovedì grasso~Act I, No. 2: Servi, gente, non v'è alcuno 1.8 Don Pasquale~Act II, No. 5: Povero Ernesto! 1.9 Don Pasquale~Act II, No. 5: Cercherò lontana terra 1.10 Don Pasquale~Act II, No. 5: E se fia che ad altro oggetto 1.11 Marino Faliero~Act II, No. 8: Notte d'orroe 1.12 Marino Faliero~Act II, No. 8: Io ti veggio 1.13 Marino Faliero~Act II, No. 8: Quest'è l'ora 1.14 Caterina Cornaro~Act II, Scene 1 ; 2: Misera patria! 1.15 Caterina Cornaro~Act II, Scene 1 ; 2: Io trar non voglio 1.16 Caterina Cornaro~Act II, Scene 1 ; 2: Guerra... Su, corriamo concordi 1.17 Rosmonda d'Inghilterra~Act I, No. 2: Dopo i lauri di vittoria 1.18 Rosmonda d'Inghilterra~Act I, No. 2: Potessi vivere com'io vorrei
