Meyerbeer: Alimelek

[M. Yaskovsky]

Recording of Meyerbeer's Alimelek available February, 5, at Presto.
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8866063--meyerbeer-alimelek
Sterling records going from strength to strength!

[Alan Howe]

...but only if it is well sung! I don't recognise a single name in the cast, so can they actually sing this stuff properly?

What appears to be the same performance can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUqlX4SvL-4

[Wheesht]

and what's the verdict on the singers?

[Alan Howe]

One soprano's squally, but I haven't really listened to much of it yet.

[Mark Thomas]

What appears to be the same performance

It's definitely the same performance. Sterling have licensed the recording from SWR, the original broadcaster in 2010.

[Alan Howe]

It's unlikely to be my cup of tea - and I only buy recordings of this period in opera that are well done. Sitting through a couple of hours of mediocre singing by a provincial cast in such demanding music may be tolerable, even enjoyable live, but to have it all perpetuated in a recording is something up with which I cannot put.