Nadine Sierra - Made For Opera

Decca (UMO) / Deutsche Grammophon / Classics

£31.37

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: 4863971
Barcode: 028948639717
Release Date: 03 Mar 2023
Genre: Classical

As Deutsche Grammophon celebrates its 125th birthday this year 2023, the Yellow Label marks the occasion by releasing a selection of vinyl LPs for the first time ever.

Nadine Sierra’s childhood intuition – that she was born to sing opera – has proved correct in every way and is reflected in the title of her second solo album for DG. The dramatic presence, searing passion and technical brilliance for which the American lyric soprano regularly scores rave reviews are captured in Made for Opera, which trains the spotlight on three of the most demanding roles in the repertoire – Verdi’s Violetta, Donizetti’s Lucia and Gounod’s Juliette. Recorded with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and Capella Cracoviensis under Riccardo Frizza, the album not only reflects Nadine Sierra’s command of bel canto technique and rich range of vocal colours, but also documents her insights into the psychology of the ill-starred heroines of La traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor and Roméo et Juliette.

TRACKLIST:
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
La traviata

ACT I: SCENA ED ARIA (Violetta, Alfredo)
1 È strano! È strano!
2 Ah, fors’è lui
3 Follie! Follie! Delirio vano è questo!
4 Sempre libera

ACT III: SCENA ED ARIA (Violetta)
5 Teneste la promessa
6 Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti

GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor

ACT I, NO. 3: SCENA E CAVATINA (Lucia, Alisa)
7 Introduzione
8 Ancor non giunse!
9 Regnava nel silenzio
10 Quando, rapito in estasi

ACT III, NO. 14: SCENA ED ARIA (Lucia, coro)
11 O giusto cielo! … Il dolce suono
12 Ohimè! Sorge il tremendo fantasma
13 Ardon gli incensi
14 Spargi d’amaro pianto

CHARLES GOUNOD (1818–1893)
Roméo et Juliette CG 9
ACT I, NO. 3: ARIETTE (Juliette)
15 Ah ! Je veux vivre
ACT IV, NO. 17: SCÈNE ET AIR (Juliette)
16 Dieu ! quel frisson court dans mes veines ?
17 Amour, ranime mon courage