Word: arias
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...score, in a masterly interpretation by Philip Brunelle, can be as gruff as Strauss at one moment, as ethereal as Debussy the next, sometimes underlining the drama at hand while simultaneously anticipating events to come. Most important, Argento can write for the voice. The land beyond, a second-act aria for Poe's wife Virginia, is almost Mozartean in its poignant simplicity. Virginia died of consumption at 24. In the opera she is resurrected, but after singing her aria, she dies again. It is an enviable role that allows the soprano to die more than once, and the limpid...
...varied repertory that encompasses Schumann's playful duet Das Glück as well as Chausson's haunting Chanson Perpetuelle, sung with grave beauty by Von Stade. Blegen's supple trills whirl with Gerard Schwarz's bright trumpet through Alessandro Scarlatti's aria Se geloso e il mio core...
...sumptuous, propelled by the Baroque master's typical unflagging vitality. In this recording both male and female solo roles are sung by women. In the part of the servant Abra, the ease and accuracy of Soprano Ameling's clear shining passage-work-as in the the aria "Armatae face"-complements the noble style of Contralto Finnilä's Judith...
Like many Verdi operas, it works well enough with the usual bella voce cast tossing forth one hit aria after another...
Biggie is sneeringly bitter about Fred's deserting him on the way to the big time. Each of the old gang reveals himself to be a sycophant, a drunk or a cynic, yet touchingly human. Each has an aria-styled monologue to show how his spirit has been charred by life. Fred's is the most melodramatic: he tells of how his father forced him, as an adolescent, to spy on his mother and her suspected lover from a fire escape...