Donizetti - La Favorite

Overview

Donizetti's French masterpiece was in the hands of Italian conductor Antonello Allemandi. This maestro, a bel canto specialist, captured the fire and intensity of the passions from the get-go, making the overture a superbly eloquent transition to a musical world based on beautiful lines and colors that elaborate distress and make it compellingly elegant. Allemandi demonstrated a full authority over the stage for the musically complex scenes, and in the arias and duets he demonstrated his confidence in the artistry of distraught singers by establishing ample tempos to support their soaring vocal lines while he concentrated on pulling every possible nuance from the pit players.

Cast

Elīna Garanča

Leonor De Guzman

Matthew Polenzani

Fernand

Mariusz Kwiecien

Alphonse XI

Mika Kares

Balthazar

Joshua Owen Mills

Don Gaspar

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Elsa Benoit

Ines

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Karel Mark Chichon

Conductor