ROBERTO ALAGNA - PUCCINI IN LOVE / CARUSO

Sony

£9.81

Format: 2CD
Catalogue No.: 19439780162
Release Date: 14th August 2020
Genre: Pop

Sony Classical are pleased to release Roberto Alagna’s critically acclaimed releases ‘Puccini in Love’ and ‘Caruso 1873’ in one set. ‘Caruso 1873’ is Alagna’s tribute to the Neapolitan singer who Alagna considers to be the greatest tenor of all time. Alagna honours his legendary predecessor with a selection of repertoire drawn from Caruso’s own recording career, which stretched from 1902 to 1920. ‘Caruso 1873’ offers many surprises and stretches from Handel and Pergolesi to verismo composers including Cilea and Leoncavallo, contemporaries of Caruso who wrote music for him. Puccini is represented by “Vecchia zimarra”, the bass Colline’s aria from La bohème which – as legend has it – Caruso once sang on stage standing in for an ailing colleague in perfect subterfuge. ‘Puccini In Love’ is the first album by the award winning operatic tenor superstar Roberto Alagna and his wife, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak. The album features some of Puccini’s greatest love duets including Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Manon Lescaut as well as lesser known duets including Il Tabarro and La Rondine. Specialist promo/marketing activity.