Giordano: Fedora

This Viennese performance, with two great singing actors, both in their late prime, is a flawlessly realised account of a rather fragile work. Gavazzeni conducts superbly. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:04 pm

COMPOSERS: Giordano
LABELS: TDK
ALBUM TITLE: Giordano
WORKS: Fedora
PERFORMER: Freni, Scarabelli, Domingo; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Gavazzeni; dir. Puggelli (Milan, 1993)
CATALOGUE NO: DVWW-OPFED

This Viennese performance, with two great singing actors, both in their late prime, is a flawlessly realised account of a rather fragile work. Gavazzeni conducts superbly. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.

Giordano: Fedora

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