Order Now “I had never heard of Stefano Secco before getting this. But I see that, at age 34, he already has had a substantial career, singing major roles at important houses in Europe. … Here he performs 15 of the world’s most beloved tenor arias—most of them Italian— with solid tone, perfect intonation, and…
Order Now “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…
Dennis Adams translates a fabulous new Stefano Secco Crescendo review from Musique pour tous: Stefano Secco: the flexibility of perfection! Order Now “Here we have a very fine album by the Italian tenor Stefano Secco, who comes to us by way of the Delos label. A successful artist’s true calling card, this recording shows us…
“Stefano Secco’s intelligence of interpretation, his vocal expression, as well as his sobriety are habitually right on the mark onstage. His musicality and his irreproachable vocal line are in evidence in this recording, comprising arias that he knows by heart. Seemingly disparate, this program is a true retracing of the strong points of the lyric…
Stefano Secco: Crescendo Stefano Secco, tenor; Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Kaunas City Symphony Italian tenor Stefano Secco’s first solo album for Delos follows hard on the heels of his previous appearance in our widely acclaimed recording of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Internationally acclaimed for his clarion voice and stylistic sensitivity, Secco – in this well-chosen program of…
Stefano Secco: Crescendo Stefano Secco, tenor; Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Kaunas City Symphony Italian tenor Stefano Secco’s first solo album for Delos follows hard on the heels of his previous appearance in our widely acclaimed recording of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Internationally acclaimed for his clarion voice and stylistic sensitivity, Secco – in this well-chosen program of…
Watch performances of works from Stefano Secco’s new Crescendo release on YouTube — including a 2014 performance of much of the repertoire with Constantine Orbelian! Stefano Secco: Crescendo Pre-Order Italian tenor Stefano Secco’s first solo album for Delos follows hard on the heels of his previous appearance in our widely acclaimed recording of Verdi’s Simon…
The January issue of Opera News is on news stands now, and in it the staff lists their Best of 2015 lists and our new Simon Boccanegra is named the #1 recording in their “Best in Opera” list! “Orbelian leads a stellar cast of Verdian interpreters in a new recording…that captures the intimacy and grandeur…
American Record Guide declares our Simon Boccanegra recording “a stunning achievement”! “[Dmitri Hvorostovsky] is unquestionably magnificent and helps make this recording—Delos’s first venture into recording a full opera—a stunning achievement. The entire cast is everything you could want in this opera. Fritolli’s …lustrous and sensitive portrayal of the vulnerable Maria/Amelia is exquisite. Abdrakazov is a…
David Patrick Stearns reviews Verdi: Simon Boccanegra in the August issue of Gramophone Magazine: “Ever since Dmitri Hvorostovsky began stepping carefully into the heavier Verdi baritone repertoire, his presence and temperament would seem to point towards Simon Boccanegra. … Hvorostovsky’s famous breath control is hugely welcome in Verdi’s expansive vocal lines…always the best part of…
Five Star Reviews are coming in for Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s new Simon Boccanegra recording on Amazon.com: “This recording is the BEST Boccanegra of them all. I have been following Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s career for many years now and have heard him sing this role in San Francisco, New York, Vienna and Paris. The cast chosen for this…
The July Opera News issue is out and our new Simon Boccanegra recording is an Editor’s Choice! “Constantine Orbelian leads Dmitri Hvorostovsky and a stellar cast…of Verdian interpreters in a new recording for Delos that captures the intimacy and grandeur of this difficult opera with superior sound. Reveling in the opera’s somber colors, Orbelian brings…
New MusicWeb International review for our new Simon Boccanegra recording: “This paucity of studio opera recordings had a big impact on the careers of many singers who, unlike predecessors, were deprived of the opportunity to lay down their interpretations for posterity. This applies, more than most to Dmitri Hvorostovsky who takes the eponymous role in…
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov, Stefano Secco, Marco Caria, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Two-CD Pack Full Libretto Included Our first-ever full-length Italian opera recording, Delos’s star-studded current release of Giuseppi Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra promises to make quite a splash among today’s opera fans. As Verdi was entering his glorious…
Two exciting new releases coming tomorrow from Delos! Simon Boccanegra Amazon iTunes Dinara Alieva in Moscow Amazon ArkivMusic
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