Verdi: Don Carlos: Opera North/richard Farnes (opera In English) - 3xcd Boxset Inc Booklets 2009
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Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos Opera in four acts Orchestra & Choir of Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes Opera in English series Alastair Miles (bass), Campbell Russell (tenor), Clive Bayley (bass), Galloway Bell (bass), Grant Doyle (baritone), Jane Dutton (mezzo-soprano), Janice Watson (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Julia Sporsen (soprano), Julian Close (bass) Released by Chandos 2009 - 3xCD boxzset including booklets Chandos continues to expand its series of opera in English with Verdi's Don Carlos. The production uses the standard Italian four-act version as its basis. Andrew Porter's translation is unfailingly intelligent and even poetic, but this is not a piece that sits entirely comfortably in translation, and there are many stretches when it's difficult to catch the words without looking at the printed text. The recitatives, unsurprisingly, are the easiest parts to understand. Enough is clear, though, to make it worthwhile for English-speaking fans of the opera to hear it in their native language. The singing, however, makes this a version that is not likely to displace a favorite performance in Italian (or French). All the soloists are entirely respectable, very fine, in fact, and there are no weak links to drag down the general level of the production. This is not a cast, however, to stand up the standards of a top-drawer international production, but Alastair Miles as Philip stands out for his resonant and... TT: 167:29 2009 Chandos Records Ltd
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