Track Listing

1. Questa O Quella (Act I) [Rigoletto]
2. Parmi Veder le Lagrime... Possente Amor Mi Chia [Rigoletto]
3. La Donna E Mobile (Act III) [Rigoletto]
4. Furtiva Lagrima (Act II, No. 11) [L'Elisir d'Amore]
5. Angelo Casto e Bel [Il Duca d'Alba]
6. Son salvo...A una fonte (Act III, No. 9) [I Puritani]
7. Fra Poco a Me Ricovero [Lucia di Lammermoor]
8. Se Tanto in Ira Agli Uomini [Linda di Chomounix]
9. De' miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso [la Traviata]
10. Spirito Gentil [LA Favorita]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #249863 in Music
• Released on: 1998-11-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 66 minutes

From Amazon.com
Though he came to professional singing comparatively late and began to attract the attention of the operatic world only fairly recently, Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez already seems launched on a successful career. On this debut recording of Italian arias, he displays a light, sweet voice; a ringing, easy top; a basically lyrical temperament; and honestly felt, natural expressiveness--only the three familiar arias from Verdi's Rigoletto are a bit fussy and exaggerated. Though the mixed program does not give him much opportunity for sustained characterization, he does match the color and intensity of his voice to the situation. Among the highlights are a beautiful extended scene from Bellini's I puritani with soprano Ying Huang; arias from Donizetti's Linda di Chamonix and La favorita, the latter culminating in a splendid high C; and a lively cabaletta from Verdi's La traviata. The orchestra tends to be too discreet. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews

This Is Just Glorious !!!!!!
Well O.K. I'm already a great fan of Marcelo Alvarez after seeing and hearing him in concert with Salvatore Licitra "Live at the Colosseum" (also available at Amazon).
So, what of this operatic collection?
Comparisons will probably always be made with the accepted favourites like
Pavarotti and Domingo, but Alvarez has his own unique sound that compares
equally as favourably with the above, in fact he more than surpasses Pavarotti - sounding as glorious as Placido Domingo at his best.
A superb collection, it's going straight on my MP3 Player !!!!
There's not a dud one on it!!!!! JoJo

Fabulous- a must have album
Marcelo Alvarez is the Placido Domingo of this generation. Anyone who considers themselves an opera lover (and anyone who wants to get into opera) should own this album. It is a classic.