Zingari (Leoncavallo) Update

[brendangcarroll]

I have just been reading that Opera Rara's planned recording of ZINGARI by Leoncavallo ( previously announced on this board  & which I have been longing to hear for decades) will actually be made following a live concert performance at London's Cadogan Hall on December 3!

See:-

https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/rpo-2021-22-leoncavallo-zingari/

As you an see the cast is now listed. Any comments on these singers Alan? Are they up to the job?
The recording will be made in the studio later. Carlo Rizzi is a good conductor in this kind of repertoire and the RPO is  a great band.

[Alan Howe]

Since you ask...

Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova is quite a catch for this project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSXAbx-q_Jc
The only question at getting on for 60 (b.1962) would be whether she's still got the voice...

Armenian tenor Arsen Soghomonyan (b.1983) sounds quite a find - a big, dark voice prefectly suited to this repertoire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJnC-ULPh8
Terrific!!

Spanish baritone Carlos Álvarez (b.1966) is a well-known singer on the international circuit. Personally I think he's now past his best - but he'll be powerful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hk8D7dan48

Polish Bass-baritone Łukasz Goliński sounds magnificent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVXjmBI2OYo

So - a great young tenor and bass-baritone. As for Stoyanova, it all depends how the voice has held up. And Alvarez won't let the side down too much.

[brendangcarroll]

Thank you Alan.
Sound like a must have CD!!!

[brendangcarroll]

While the topic is live, I just wondered how this compares to this release on Bongiovanni.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zingari-Leoncavallo-Orchestra-Filarmonica-Italiana/dp/B08XXGWH4S/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=ZINGARI&qid=1633112641&s=music&sr=1-3

[chriskh]

For the semi-historically minded, there's a 1969 RAI version under Elio Boncompagni with Gianna Galli and Aldo Bottion

[Alan Howe]

I just wondered how this compares to this release on Bongiovanni.

No idea, but I'm generally very wary of provincial Italian performances. You can find out for yourself on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k2R1F_5fygPMoCkABKIhXqEYbsfSeGQ6Q