Rossini: Guglielmo Tell [HIGHLIGHTS] / Muti

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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-12-14
Music Label: Polygram Records

Music reviews of Rossini: Guglielmo Tell [HIGHLIGHTS] / Muti

Music Review: Rossini's Final Masterpiece Beautifully Sung
Rating: 5 Stars

Source: Viva La Voce broadcast

Cast: Giorgio Zancanaro,Cheryl Studer Chris Merrit, Giorgio Surian, Franco De Grandis, Amelia Felle, Luigi Roni. Conductor- Ricardo Muti/Orchestra del Teatro A alla Scala

This beautiful recording is out of print and hard to find. This is only the highlights from the full-length recording which is out there somewhere. Conductor Muti's project of reviving the Italian version of Rossini's final masterpiece- William Tell- was a smash hit thanks to the talents of Giorgio Zancanaro in Cheryl Studer. Chris Merritt, a tenor, must have replaced an indisposed Nicolai Gedda, who could sing the tenor part (not William Tell who is a baritone) and one wishes he had sung for this recording. Gedda mastered the role like no one else. He could famously pull out all the stops and deliver the demanding vocal fireworks for the part, which calls for a lot of high C's. Zancanaro is a strong, beautiful baritone singer and is splendid in this recording. His singing technique is grandiose to say the least, and technically not suited to Rossini, but it copes with the music quite well and is a performance that has yet to be beaten, at least in the Italian version of this opera. Cheryl Studer is such a versatile artist. She is in almost every opera I've heard! Other than singing Wagner and Italian bel canto opera, she is evidently a gifted Rossini singer. The role of Matilde calls for a soaring coloratura voice with agility and flexibility, all of which Studer has in abundance. Muti conducts with supreme artistry.

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