Joyce DiDonato - Stella Di Napoli - Bel Canto Arias on CD

Description

An Official Specialist Classical Chart No.1 best-seller, Stella di Napoili boasts world premiere recordings and Italianate rarities from the queen of Bel Canto and coloratura. Following the success of her crowd-sourced ‘Best Of’ collection reJoyce and her electrifying Drama Queens album of Baroque arias, Joyce DiDonato returns to her heartland repertoire to celebrate the birth of Bel Canto opera in 19th-century Naples. On Stella di Napoli (Star of Naples), the American mezzo-soprano’s creamy tone and dramatic prowess breathe new life into little-known arias by Mercadante, Michele Carafa (a student of Cherubini and close friend of Rossini), Carlo Valentini and the prolific opera composer Giovanni Pacini, whose Stella di Napoli (1845) gives the album its title. Joyce worked closely with Italian conductor Riccardo Minasi (whose previous projects include Bellini’s Norma with Cecilia Bartoli) to bring three unjustly neglected arias to light in new editions and world premiere recordings. Alongside these little-known gems, Joyce presents a sumptuous Bel Canto banquet with music by the three greats — Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti — including the latter’s Maria Stuarda: a tour-de-force signature role for Joyce, recently screened in cinemas and released on DVD from the New York Metropolitan Opera. 

TRACKS

1. Ove T'aggiri, O Barbaro - Stella Di Napoli - 4:29
2. E Dopo L'oscuro Nembo - Adelson E Salvini - 6:25
3. L'amica Ancor Non Torna - Le Nozze Di Lammermoor - 9:20
4. Riedi Al Soglio - Zelmira - 8:13
5. Se Fino Al Cielo Ascendere - La Vestale - 4:23
6. Par Che Mi Dica Ancora - Elisabetta Al Castello Di Kenilworth - 7:33
7. Tu Sola, O Mia Giuletta - Deh! Tu, Bell'anima - I Capuleti E I Montecchi - 4:07
8. Lasciami - Se Il Mar Sommesso Mormora - Il Sonnambula - 5:09
9. Io Vi Rivedo Alfin - Deh! Tu Di Un'umile Preghiera - Maria Stuarda - 8:04
10. Flutto Che Muggi - Teco Dall'are Pronube - L'ama Ognor Qual Io L'amai - Saffo - 14:27