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Marina Rebeka, Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, Marco Boemi

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Cat No: PRIMA013

Release Date: 24 November 2023

Label: Prima Classic

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 850000325302

Genres: Classical Opera

Description
Marina Rebeka sings a selection of the most beloved opera arias of all time accompanied by the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, under the baton of Marco Boemi.

Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka is one of the leading opera singers of our time. Since her international breakthrough at the Salzburg Festival in 2009 under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Rebeka has been a regular guest at the world's most prestigious concert halls and opera houses, including the Teatro alla Scala (Milan), the Opera National de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera (New York), the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (London), the Bavarian State Opera (Munich), the Vienna State Opera, and the Zurich Opera House. She collaborates with leading conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, Valery Gergiev, Fabio Luisi, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and Daniele Gatti. The variety of her repertoire ranges from Baroque, through bel canto and Verdi, to Tchaikovsky and Britten.

An unmissable recording of one of today's most celebrated artists.

"A fine recording by a stellar artist." 5 STARS, BBC Music Magazine

"As Tchaikovsky's heroine Rebeka produces perhaps her finest singing on disc to date: her consistently radiant tone, textual authenticity, stylistic authority and stunning cumulative urgency are worthy of Vishnevskaya in her prime. […] Rebeka's excellence never fails to shine forth." – Opera Magazine

"this is Rolls-Royce singing, the voice a finely tuned engine whose expressive powers go from zero to off-the-dial in seconds as an introspective pianissimo builds to an outburst of unleashed emotion in a single phrase. Rebeka floats her high notes beautifully and sustains astonishing control over tone and dynamics in the longest of the melodic lines. […] A fine recording by a stellar artist." – BBC Music Magazine *****

Critical Praise for Marina Rebeka:

"Marina Rebeka is the prima donna assoluta, under the label which she created. (Rebeka) boldly projects her unstoppable high notes, excellently crowning the volutes with a flawless vocalization. An integral (recording) worthy of its claims. " - Avant Scène Opéra (for Il Pirata, PRIMA010)

"A wonderfully silky and clean sound recording flatters a voice of irresistible charm, as well as a very "fin de siècle" interpretation, but without anything languid or evanescent. And then, what a high pitched piano on "Ah ! je suis heureuse", one of the most miraculous of the discography!" - Opéra Magazine, France (for Elle, PRIMA004)

"Her wonderful soprano has a warmth of expression that is good for every single piece." —Opernglas, Germany (for Credo, PRIMA007)
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