Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne - Arias and Duets / Opus Arte, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli
by Brian Large

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DVD Reviews of Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne - Arias and Duets / Opus Arte, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli

DVD Review: A must-have recording for anyone who loves fine singing
Summary: 5 Stars

Description of Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne - Arias and Duets / Opus Arte, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli is most at home in mezzo-soprano material, where her tone is particularly rich and natural, her style exactly what the music requires. But she also slips easily into the soprano roles of Zerlina, Papagena, and Susanna. She takes a tantalizing step into promising, relatively unfamiliar territory with an aria from Haydn's L'anima del filosofo. Bryn Terfel shows a significant comic flair in the catalog aria from Don Giovanni and a heroic dimension in an aria from Judas Maccabeus--in either style, displaying a voice that is pure gold.

Mozart Le nozze di Figaro

Overture

Cinque ... dieci ...

Se a caso madama

Se vuol ballare

Mozart La clemenza di Tito

Parto, parto

Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia

Overture

Dunque io son

Mozart Don Giovanni

Madamina, il catalogo è questo

Haydn L anima del filosofo

Al tuo seno fortunate

Donizetti L elisir d amore

Quanto amore!

Mozart Don Giovanni

Là ci darem la mano

Handel Judas Maccabeus

Arm, arm, ye brave

Rossini Semiramide

Bel raggio lusinghier

Mozart Die Zauberflöte

Pa-pa-pa-pa

Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano

Bryn Terfel bass-baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Leader Joakim Svenheden

Conductor Myung-Whun Chung

at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, UK

Producer Nigel Shepherd

Executive Producer Hazel Wright

Director Brian Large

Cecilia Bartoli is most at home in mezzo-soprano material, where her tone is particularly rich and natural, her style exactly what the music requires. But she also slips easily into the soprano roles of Zerlina, Papagena, and Susanna. She takes a tantalizing step into promising, relatively unfamiliar territory with an aria from Haydn's L'anima del filosofo. Bryn Terfel shows a significant comic flair in the "catalog aria" from Don Giovanni and a heroic dimension in an aria from Judas Maccabeus--in either style, displaying a voice that is pure gold.

Still, vocal material is relatively scanty in this 90-minute production compared to the CD. Two overtures are included and are well played, but are not likely to appease fans who will continue to call for more singing. --Joe McLellan

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