Il Campanello by Donizetti gorgeously performed by Agnes Baltsa and Enzo Dara

Il Campanello by Donizetti gorgeously performed by Agnes Baltsa and Enzo Dara

One of Donizetti’s most charming short operas, with a Don Pasquale-like plot, and gorgeously performed by Agnes Baltsa and Enzo Dara, this is a nice way of spending a spare 55 minutes.

Michael Tanner

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: August 17, 2018 at 11:07 am

COMPOSERS: Donizetti
LABELS: Sony
ALBUM TITLE: Donizetti
WORKS: Il Campanello
PERFORMER: Baltsa, Dara, Casoni, Romero, Gaifa; Vienna State Opera Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Gary Bertini
CATALOGUE NO: 88985389442 (1981)

One of Donizetti’s most charming short operas, with a Don Pasquale-like plot, and gorgeously performed by Agnes Baltsa and Enzo Dara, this is a nice way of spending a spare 55 minutes.

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.
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