“A little more than a year ago I reviewed a complete recording of Simon Boccanegra on Delos, where Stefano Secco sang Gabriele Adorno. I had good things to say about him but in the last resort I found that he didn’t get ‘anywhere near Carreras or Bergonzi’ as heard on rival recordings. The present recital was recorded a year later and, truth to tell, I now find him considerably closer to his great predecessors. … Secco has a good lirico-spinto tenor with glow up high and care over nuance, which cannot always be taken for granted. He builds E lucevan le stelle gradually towards the climax. Che gelida manina is even better in that respect, lyric and restrained and the climactic high C is brilliant and secure. This is a memorable reading. Addio fiorito asil is sung with feeling but he avoids the tears. … La mia letizia from I Lombardi, one of the not so common arias, is given a full-throated and glorious reading.… the orchestra play well – listen to the intro to the Juive aria – under Orbelian’s safe baton. The recording is excellent and Stefano Secco, today in his early forties, is without doubt one of the better Italian tenors in his generation.” —Göran Forsling, MusicWeb International
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