7619990104495

Alfredo Kraus - The Early Years

Alfredo Kraus, Maria Callas, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, Ivo Vinco, Franco Ghione, Vincenzo Belleza

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Format: 20CD

Cat No: PC10449

Release Date:  01 September 2023

Label:  Pan Classics

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  20

Barcode:  7619990104495

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

  • Description

    Alfredo Kraus was considered the "grand seigneur" among the tenors of his time, an outstanding stylist, an unrivalled knight of high C (and above) - an aristocrat of tenor bel canto - there were and are certainly more famous tenors, but hardly any have reached the class of Alfredo Kraus, the lightness, elegance and sensual charisma of his voice.

    The present 20-CD-set documents Kraus' early years from 1958-1963 in live recordings. After his stage debut in 1956 in Cairo, his career took off very quickly: Traviata alongside Maria Callas in Lisbon in 1958, followed by Rigoletto, Lucia, Barbiere at the great houses of Italy.

    In these early years Kraus also sang the typical tenore lirico and tenor di grazia roles documented in this box, such as Nadir in Bizet's "Les Pecheurs de Perles" (at that time in Italian) or Ernesto in Don Pasquale, the barely singable role of Arturo in Bellini's "I Puritani", whose high D he well knew how to master, or the Nadir in Cherubini's rare "Ali Baba".

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. CDS 1-2 VERDI: LA TRAVIATA (Lisbon 1958)

      Disc 3

      • 1. CDS 3-4 ROSSINI: IL BARBUERE DI SIVIGLI (Naples 1958)

      Disc 5

      • 1. CDS 5-6 BIZET: I PESCATOR I DI PERLE (Milan 1960)

      Disc 7

      • 1. CDS 7-8 VERDI: RIGOLETTO (Florence 1960)

      Disc 9

      • 1. CDS 9-10 VERDI: RIGOLETTO (Trieste 1961)

      Disc 11

      • 1. CDS 11-12 BELLINI: LA SONNAMBULA (Venice 1961)

      Disc 13

      • 1. CDS 13-14 BELLINI: I PURITANI (Modena 1962)

      Disc 15

      • 1. CDS 15-16 CHERUBINI: ALI BABA (Milan 1963)

      Disc 17

      • 1. CDS 17-18 DONIZETTI: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Florence 1963)

      Disc 19

      • 1. CDS 19-20 DONIZETTI: DON PASQUALE (Edinburgh 1963)