Meyerbeer - L’Africaine (Vasco da Gama)
£29.40
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Label: Naxos - Opera
Cat No: 866055860
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Expected Release Date: 10th May 2024
Contents
Artists
Michael Spyres (tenor)Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
Kirsten MacKinnon (soprano)
Brian Mulligan (baritone)
Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass)
Thomas Faulkner (bass)
Bianca Andrew (mezzo-soprano)
Michael McCown (tenor)
Chor der Oper Frankfurt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Conductor
Antonello ManacordaWorks
L'AfricaineArtists
Michael Spyres (tenor)Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
Kirsten MacKinnon (soprano)
Brian Mulligan (baritone)
Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass)
Thomas Faulkner (bass)
Bianca Andrew (mezzo-soprano)
Michael McCown (tenor)
Chor der Oper Frankfurt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Conductor
Antonello ManacordaAbout
This Frankfurt Opera’s 2018 production was deemed an ‘Entertaining New Production’ and ‘Tobias Kratzer’s stage work is remarkable, with admirable direction and some brilliant moments’ (Seenandheardinternational.com).
This recording features an excellent line-up of soloists: ‘Musically, the evening leaves nothing to be desired. Michael Spyres is a prime casting for the demanding role of Vasco da Gama… Claudia Mahnke impresses as Selika with her warm-timbered mezzo-soprano, which has enormous drama in the high notes. She portrays the foreign princess’s fluctuating feelings with great intensity and moves you to tears in her big final scene with emotionally charged singing’ (Online music magazine).
It also wrote that ‘As her rival Ines, Kirsten MacKinnon is her vocal equal in every respect. She also inspires with great drama. In particular, the duet between the two women, when Selika decides to let her lover go and choose suicide herself, is presented with moving intensity by MacKinnon and Mahnke’.
Mundoclassico.com wrote that the ‘voices of Spyres, Mahnke, Mulligan, MacKinnon and the rest of the cast vibrated with energy’.
Antonello Manacorda’s versatility as a conductor is rooted in the richness of his musical and cultural background: born into a French-Italian family in Turin, he is a long-time resident of Berlin. Manacorda was a founding member and longstanding concertmaster of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra before studying under Jorma Panula. Today, Manacorda appears at world renowned opera houses as well as at the helm of leading symphony orchestras.
Cast:
- Vasco da Gama: Michael Spyres (tenor)
- Sélika: Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
- Inès: Kirsten MacKinnon (soprano)
- Nélusko: Brian Mulligan (baritone)
- Don Pédro: Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass)
- Don Diégo: Thomas Faulkner (bass)
- Anna: Bianca Andrew (mezzo-soprano)
- Don Alvar: Michael McCown (tenor)
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