Graziella Sciutti: A Portrait
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4829637
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 17th May 2019
Contents
Works
Fidelio, op.72Cosi fan tutte, K588
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Artists
Graziella Sciutti (soprano)London Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
Richard BonyngeLorin Maazel
Argeo Quadri
Works
Fidelio, op.72Cosi fan tutte, K588
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Artists
Graziella Sciutti (soprano)London Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
Richard BonyngeLorin Maazel
Argeo Quadri
About
The quality that defined Graziella Sciutti as a singer was lightness - of voice, of bearing and presence on stage. Her vivacious intelligence was no less suited to the Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti roles which began what was remarkably her only operatic recital album, recorded by Decca in Vienna in 1961. There is Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), which marked her debut at Glyndebourne in 1953 and Norina (Don Pasquale), which in Milan saw her unofficially crowned as the ‘Queen of the Piccola Scala’.
Filling out this Eloquence reissue are Marzelline’s aria from the complete Fidelio conducted by Lorin Maazel, and three excerpts from the Alcina, led by Dame Joan Sutherland, in which Sciutti sang the role of the sorceress’s sister, Morgana, with a complete sense of Handelian style as if by second nature.
‘Rosina’s aria is sung with great affection ... it “goes along” beautifully with the conductor and it is shaded with pathos and mischief in the most engaging manner ... all in all, I like this appealing and idiomatic recital very much.’ - Gramophone, May 1961
‘There are sopranos around today with lusher voices and more dashing techniques than Miss Sciutti’s, but there are none with a better sense of how to treat this sort of music ... the accompaniments by the Vienna Philharmonic under Quadri are in general quite above average, both in terms of tone and of musical care taken.’ - High Fidelity, January 1962
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