There are live recordings of two of Plácido Domingo performances in Fedora, both with Mirella Freni in the title role, one from La Scala, 1993 (available on both CD and DVD), and one from the Metropolitan Opera, 1996 (available on DVD), but this is his first studio recording of the opera. Fedora receives a top-notch production that features Orchestre symphonique et choeurs de la Monnaie led by Alberto Veronesi, who continues his commitment to reviving obscure but worthy verismo operas. The orchestra and chorus perform with ...
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There are live recordings of two of Plácido Domingo performances in Fedora, both with Mirella Freni in the title role, one from La Scala, 1993 (available on both CD and DVD), and one from the Metropolitan Opera, 1996 (available on DVD), but this is his first studio recording of the opera. Fedora receives a top-notch production that features Orchestre symphonique et choeurs de la Monnaie led by Alberto Veronesi, who continues his commitment to reviving obscure but worthy verismo operas. The orchestra and chorus perform with their characteristic polish and finesse, and while their approach comes across as somewhat reserved, Fedora, with its cast made up largely of aristocrats, is a work in which a certain level of reserve is more appropriate than in some verismo operas about the messy lives of hot-blooded peasants, for instance. Domingo, in very fine voice, doesn't stint on bringing a thoroughly Italianate passion to his role and he shines in the showcase aria, "Amor ti vieta," and in his anguished final...
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