Vocal Recital: Scotto, Renata - HANDEL, G.F. / SCARLATTI, A. / ROSSINI, G. / VERDI, G. / LISZT, F. / RESPIGHI, O. (The 1984 Tokyo Recital)
Soloist:
Fulton, Thomas
Soloist:
Scotto, Renata
Composer:
Handel, George Frideric
Composer:
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Composer:
Rossini, Gioachino
Composer:
Verdi, Giuseppe
Composer:
Liszt, Franz
Composer:
Respighi, Ottorino
Composer:
Puccini, Giacomo
Composer:
Mascagni, Pietro
Venue: Kan'i Hoken Hall, Gotanda
Playing Time: 01:24:35
Catalogue Number: 33607
UPC: 8007144336073
The recital featured on this video dates back to 1984 and photographs a Renata Scotto in her full artistic maturity. At the time of the singer was 50 years old, 32 of which she spent on stage. The programme is vast and varied in epochs, styles and composers and shows the elasticity of an artistic of solid technique gifted with absolutely extraordinary musicality.
Alongside famous pages of opera, like Lascia ch'io pianga from Handel's Rinaldo or Tu che la vanita from Verdi's Don Carlo, Renata Scotto tackles lesser-known pages, like the beautiful Petrarchan sonnets by Franz Liszt in 1844/45. Here perhaps the artist gives the best of herself, exhibiting a palette of colours that is truly rich in nuances and dazzling control of vocal emission. At the end of this demanding programme, based chiefly on chamber music, Renata Scotto offers four encores, tow of which are dedicated to Puccini operas Tosca and Butterfly shrewdly kept back for a grand finale.
