tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79154841382166162532024-02-02T19:48:56.869+01:00Carlo ColombaraCarlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-73804785065675764492012-05-07T17:39:00.001+02:002012-05-07T17:48:56.152+02:00Carlo Colombara: The art of the bass (NAXOS)<br />
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Described as “the great Verdian bass” (<i>Le Figaro</i>) and a “Mefistofele who stood out over all the others” (<i>Der Neue Merker</i>), Carlo Colombara brings some of the most famous bass rôles to life in this wide-ranging programme. Emotions range from the pride of Escamillo in Bizet’s <i>Carmen</i>, through the terrors of Verdi’s <i>Attila</i>, to the tender recollections of Rachmaninov’s <i>Aleko</i>. Mephistopheles strides powerfully through both Gounod and Boito’s operas, and Rossini’s comic wit contrasts with the darkness of Mussorgsky’s <i>Boris Godunov</i>.</div>
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Picture format: NTSC 16:9<br />
Sound format: PCM Stereo 2.0Region code: 0 (worldwide)<br />
Subtitles: English and original languages (French, Italian, Russian)<br />
Running time: 68 minsNo. of DVDs: 1<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. Giuseppe Verdi: <i>Don Carlo</i>, Act III: Ella giammai m’amò<br />
2.<span style="background-color: black;"> Giuseppe Verdi: <i>Simon Boccanegra</i>, Prologue: Il lacerato spirito</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">3. Giuseppe Verdi: <i>Nabucco</i>, Act II: Tu sul labrro de’ veggenti fulminasti, o sommo Iddio</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">4. Giuseppe Verdi: <i>Attila</i>, Act I: Mentre gonfiarsi l’anima parea</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">5. Georges Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Votre toast, je peux vous le render</span><br />
6. Gioachino Rossini: <i>Il barbiere di Siviglia</i>, Act II: La calunnia è un venticello<br />
7. Charles Gounod: <i>Faust</i>, Act IV: Vous faites l’endormie<br />
8. Arrigo Boito: <i>Mefistofele</i>, Act II: Ecco il mondo<br />
9. Sergei Rachmaninov: <i>Aleko</i>: Aleko’s Cavatina<br />
10. Modest Mussorgsky: <i>Boris Godunov</i>, Act IV: Proshchái moy syn*<br />
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Sofia National Opera Chorus<br />
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, György G. Ráth,<i>conductor</i><br />
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ghiaurov,<i>conductor</i><br />
Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra, Fabrizio Milani,<i>conductor</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><i><br /></i></span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-84373019008498174182011-09-07T15:24:00.002+02:002011-09-07T15:29:45.886+02:00Messa da Requiem (Signum Classics)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wGr71zF69v_XCn4aZcyhqynXGcgpl3pDVEuBhLEKkTmzuL7WJFk3mzA2Qc9Zdan0qIoKf0x_RTY0B6mknLN5qgjFOhfUoiBcGDnGDmUrfe0IkXONjq-pZdL7H-gSsgeW0YJ3ieCIJJrG/s1600/sigcd184.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wGr71zF69v_XCn4aZcyhqynXGcgpl3pDVEuBhLEKkTmzuL7WJFk3mzA2Qc9Zdan0qIoKf0x_RTY0B6mknLN5qgjFOhfUoiBcGDnGDmUrfe0IkXONjq-pZdL7H-gSsgeW0YJ3ieCIJJrG/s320/sigcd184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649608448245132306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tracklist</span><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Contenido"><em>Messa da Requiem<br /></em>01 Requiem<br />02 Dies irae<br />03 Offertorium<br />04 Sanctus<br />05 Agnus Dei<br />06 Lux æterna<br />07 Libera me<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artists<br /><br /></span>Carlo Colombara, bass<br />Veronica Simeoni, mezzo-soprano<br />Carmen Giannattasio, soprano<br />Alexander Timchenko, tenor<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Mikhailovsky Theatre Chorus<br />Yuri Temirkanov, conductor<br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Contenido"><br /></span>You can buy it <a href="http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=948792#">here</a>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-53966318210078359242011-02-08T11:29:00.003+01:002011-02-08T11:33:42.256+01:00Messa da Requiem (Hänssler)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3PeI75O1RzbCeBOnH2nUR5UAg9avYZFggHUxtuc_QHzfClZlYkAz9pZUCYklRzFv683eIwWrMMdHLg8GQ0hAXoGbres7bUHXLoEb4q9PAtlt7VuASED6Bq3QNkMAoGlrqZq-BFzMAKA9/s1600/%255BCD%255D+Messa+da+Requiem+-+H%25C3%25A4nssler.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3PeI75O1RzbCeBOnH2nUR5UAg9avYZFggHUxtuc_QHzfClZlYkAz9pZUCYklRzFv683eIwWrMMdHLg8GQ0hAXoGbres7bUHXLoEb4q9PAtlt7VuASED6Bq3QNkMAoGlrqZq-BFzMAKA9/s320/%255BCD%255D+Messa+da+Requiem+-+H%25C3%25A4nssler.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571264236829537282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tracklist</span><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Contenido"><em>Messa da Requiem<br /></em>01 Requiem<br />02 Dies irae<br />03 Offertorium<br />04 Sanctus<br />05 Agnus Dei<br />06 Lux æterna<br />07 Libera me<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artists</span><br /><p>Luba Orgonásova, soprano<br />Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano<br />Alfred Kim, tenor<br />Carlo Colombara, bajo</p> <p>Gächinger Kantorei<br />Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR<br />Helmuth Rilling, director </p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Key Facts:</span><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Contenido">2 CD - DDD - 77'18''<br /><br /></span>You can buy it <a href="http://www.diverdi.com/portal/detalle.aspx?id=43173">here</a>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-47827082023154847092010-11-10T13:30:00.003+01:002010-11-10T13:46:11.057+01:00Daemons & Angels (Kicco Music)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1-lkiaOHnnxDpAfl7n9gWpmo3FhyphenhyphenJB0hizu4swC2ft3VAvZ2BgyCBwGI4_JOIeYaTSO-6Qz5cjHvC_eDj13xvG6uIJop-Zyz_Elr6Uqb3QmL7-4PVExGAkoN9yRiBolqWy-1Ke4tHqtn/s1600/Cover+Daemons%2526Angels.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1-lkiaOHnnxDpAfl7n9gWpmo3FhyphenhyphenJB0hizu4swC2ft3VAvZ2BgyCBwGI4_JOIeYaTSO-6Qz5cjHvC_eDj13xvG6uIJop-Zyz_Elr6Uqb3QmL7-4PVExGAkoN9yRiBolqWy-1Ke4tHqtn/s320/Cover+Daemons%2526Angels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537898521255680018" border="0" /></a>Tracklist<br /><br />Giuseppe Verdi - NABUCCO<br />Act 1 "Gli arredi festivi. ..Sperate, o figli!...Come notte a sol fulgente"<br />Act 3 "Oh chi piange? .. Del futuro nel bujo discerno"<br /><br />Giuseppe Verdi - SIMON BOCCANEGRA<br />Prologo "A te l'estremo addio... ll lacerato spirito"<br /><br />Jacques Fromental Halévy - LA JUIVE<br />Act 1 "Si la rigueur et la vengeance"<br /><br />Charles Gounod - FAUST<br />Act 2 "Le veau d'or est toujour debout!"<br /><br />Georges Bizet - CARMEN<br />Act 2 "Vivat! vivat le Torero! Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre"<br /><br />Modest Mussorgsky / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - BORIS GODUNOV<br />Prologue - Coronation scene<br />Act 2 Boris’ Monologue<br />Act4 Death of Boris<br /><br />Artists:<br /><br />Carlo Colombara, bass<br />Sofia Metropolitan - Golden Voices<br />Sofia Bardarska - Chorus Master<br />Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra<br />Conductor: Vladimir Ghiaurov<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Nº of disc: 1<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="mailto:eputinati@fidelioartist.com">here</a>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-6687397013736393962010-11-10T09:30:00.000+01:002010-11-10T13:22:57.599+01:00Musica Proibita (Bongiovanni)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzr4q53ycX-gAOwIuEdVVAe5jBbZMfRSUV5drPXI0mO__wZ_yaL3cfG1YK6JTBRQf7jS08Ep2Y7q2a5y34JBV2FxFQmU8OWNQNorKx8zO8Ji4Ie2OzqELp151WKOJ6I1SWLYY80eVKsHY/s1600/%5BCD%5D+Musica+Proibita.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408375020196353922" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzr4q53ycX-gAOwIuEdVVAe5jBbZMfRSUV5drPXI0mO__wZ_yaL3cfG1YK6JTBRQf7jS08Ep2Y7q2a5y34JBV2FxFQmU8OWNQNorKx8zO8Ji4Ie2OzqELp151WKOJ6I1SWLYY80eVKsHY/s400/%5BCD%5D+Musica+Proibita.jpg" border="0" /></a> Trackslist<br /><br />Tosti:<br />A' vucchella<br />Sogno<br />Non t'amo più<br />Ideale<br />La serenata<br />L' ultima canzone<br /><br />Denza:<br />Occhi di fata<br /><br />Rotoli:<br />Mia sposa sarà la mia bandiera<br /><br />de Curtis:<br />Non ti scordar di me<br />Ti voglio tanto bene<br />Tu ca nun chiagne<br /><br />Gastaldon:<br />Musica proibita<br /><br />di Capua:<br />I' te vurria vasa'<br /><br />Cardillo:<br />Core 'ngrato<br /><br />Tagliaferri:<br />Picatore 'e Pusilleco<br /><br />Fusco:<br />Dicitencello vuje<br /><br />Rodgers:<br />Some enchanted evening<br /><br />Schönberg:<br />Bring him home<br /><br />Mancini:<br />Moon River<br /><br />Dummy:<br />Deep River (Spiritual)<br /><br />Kern:<br />Old man River<br /><br />Artists:<br /><br />Carlo Colombara, bass<br />Richard Barker, piano<br />Fabrizio Milani, piano<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Duration: 71 mins<br />Nº of disc: 1<br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.bongiovanni70.com/">here</a><br /><br />Reviews:<br /><br />“Colombara präsentiert sich in exzellenter stimmlicher Verfassung: Samtig und kernig zugleich das Timbre, rund und voll die Tongebung, ebenmäßig das Vibrato. Und nicht nur das. Colombara demonstriert auch ein gesangstechnisches Können, das unter Bässen seines schweren Stimmkalibers eher selten enzutreffen ist, vor allem eine gekonnte Beherrschung der Mezzavoce, die sich sanft ins Ohr schmeichelt und doch zugleich klangvoll und tragfähig bleibt. Erstaunlich auch seine subtile und geschmeidige Stimmführung bei geringen dynamischen Graden. Unter den sechzehn dargebotenen italienischen Canzonen dominiert der Großmeister dieses Genres, Paolo Tosti, mit sechs Titeln, darunter Evergreens wie Ideale, A vucchella und L’ultima canzone. Den Abschluss bilden, gleichsam als Zugaben, einige Stücke aus den Musicals South Pacific, Les Misérables und Showboat sowie der Film-Song Moon River und das Spiritual Deep River. Colombara knüpft hier an die Tradition an, die bedeutende italienische Bässe wie Ezio Pinza und Cesare Siepi mit erfolgreichen Broadway-Auftritten begründet haben”.<br />Walter Fritz, <span style="font-style: italic;">Klassik Heute</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-58751551902642512412010-11-10T09:00:00.000+01:002010-11-10T13:03:39.014+01:00Opera Arias (Bongiovanni)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZOkSl9noidYnIc4AG8FYMNPQW41TIXuNTNyYz2dDk2ZMXHiQt3xnkOz4mPFAxHzXpMsX4FQayKXEUquBllbC7fp8V_IC68P_JP-_K7kec1gt1NrQYEO2fa6tPfsyuu2Il2MyQSh9R123/s1600/Opera+Arias.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409881002072404322" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZOkSl9noidYnIc4AG8FYMNPQW41TIXuNTNyYz2dDk2ZMXHiQt3xnkOz4mPFAxHzXpMsX4FQayKXEUquBllbC7fp8V_IC68P_JP-_K7kec1gt1NrQYEO2fa6tPfsyuu2Il2MyQSh9R123/s320/Opera+Arias.jpg" border="0" /></a> Performer: Carlo Colombara (Bass), Alejandro Escobar (Tenor)<br /><br />Tracklist<br /> 1. Don Carlos: Ella giammai m'amò...Dormirò sol sul manto mio regal by Giuseppe Verdi<br /> 2. Attila: Oltre a quel limite t'attendo by Giuseppe Verdi<br /> 3. I vespri siciliani: O tu, Palermo by Giuseppe Verdi<br /> 4. Macbeth: Come dal ciel precipita by Giuseppe Verdi<br /> 5. Ernani: Infelice! e tu credevi...Infin che un brando vindice by Giuseppe Verdi<br /> 6. Nabucco: Vieni, o Levita...Tu sul labbro by Giuseppe Verdi<br /> 7. Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie "Serenade" by Charles Gounod<br /> 8. Mefistofele: Ecco il mondo by Arrigo Boito<br /> 9. Aleko: The moon is high in the sky "Aleko's Cavatina" by Sergei Rachmaninov<br /><br />Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, Arrigo Boito, Sergei Rachmaninov<br />Conductor: Gyorgy G. Rath<br />Swiss Italian Orchestra<br /><br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Label: Bongiovanni<br />Recording date: 29 June,2004<br />You can buy it <a href="mailto:eputinati@fidelioartist.com">here </a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br />“In this debut recital, Carlo Colombara reveals a rich, resonant basso cantate. He also exhibits great technical ability and a command of communicating the text of the arias. In the aria from Don Carlo, he is especially fine in his ability to express the anger of the character, and then in “Dormirò sol nel manto mi regal” his use of a mezza voce piano is effective in making the listener feel that he is dreaming. He is quite effective in the lyrical section of the Attila aria, and shows that he has the technique to produce a stirring cabaletta. The same ability is demonstrated in the aria and cabaletta from Ernani. If I have one reservation, it is in the Faust aria. Although his command of French is good, his laughs are somewhat overdone and melodramatic. He also demonstrates an ability to command the Russian language and style in the aria from Aleko. In the last century, native-born Italian singers dominated the opera world. But that period has gone into a decline. Colombara is one of the few world-class Italian singers of today. The sound is excellent; notes and texts and translations are supplied. György G. Rath provides excellent support. Highly recommended”.<br />Bob Rose, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fanfare</span><br /><br />“Da quasi 20 anni Colombara è attivo sui palcoscenici di tutto il mondo, riscuotendo ovunque un lusinghiero successo che premia l’applicazione e la serietà dimostrate sia nella scelta del repertorio, sia la bellezza del mezzo vocale propriamente detto...la cantabilità e la relativa chiarezza dell’ordito rimandano più facilmente a Pinza o al primo Raimondi, rispetto al quale ultimo vanta una più profonda estensione del registro grave. Il disco è globalmente simpatico...il bravo basso bolognese ha dalla sua una comunicativa molto accattivante, altra qualità che lo accomuna al Ruggero Raimondi degli Anni Settanta, all’epoca cantante di non comuni mezzi se non vocali, sicuramente espressivi. Tutti i brani proposti sono cantati veramente bene, con una linea vocale facile, fluida, ben appoggiata sul fiato, ottimamente emessa. La cavata, se vogliamo, manca un po’ dell’ampleur che caratterizzava altri grandi bassi del passato, ma non è un gran peccato, specie scegliendo la linea interpretativa più adeguata ai mezzi a disposizione...Attila vive di un fuoco interiore divorante che...risulta quanto mai evidente: credo che oggi come oggi sia veramente difficile proporne un altro interprete di tale violenza espressiva unita ad una linea di canto così efficace nell’evitare i facili scadimenti nella volgarità...Procida è ormai un cavallo di battaglia di Colombara...La relativa tetragonia psicologica del rivoluzionario palermitano si stempera in un canto ricco di rimpianti e di dolcezze, cui non nuocerebbe qualche nuance espressiva in più per riscattare la convenzionalità in cui lo immerge la scrittura verdiana. Il brano del Macbeth è molto bello nel dipanarsi della linea vocale, non disgiunta da accenti di reale efficacia teatrale. Il vecchio Silva è un po’ troppo giovanile per i miei gusti, mentre – curiosamente, date le caratteristiche vocali di Colombara – il brano di Zaccaria è una delle cose più belle di questo dischetto, in un canto raccolto e a fior di labbra ricco di serena e pensosa ieraticità, resa in modo veramente autorevole. Con i due diavolacci arriviamo al meglio della proposta...La cavatina di Aleko è invece un vero capolavoro: cantata splendidamente, con una messa di voce non immemore di celeberrimi esempi del passato (fra i quali non esiterei a citare anche lo Chaliapin delle incisioni isolate e il Petrov dell’integrale) che lascia presupporre un possibile sviluppo della carriera di Colombara verso i grandi ruoli russi”.<br />Pietro Bagnoli, <span style="font-style: italic;">Operaclick</span><br /><br />The international operatic scene has not, in recent times, been so flush with bass voices of true calibre that it should do anything but celebrate the artistry of Carlo Colombara, who has all the virtues to encompass the leading roles in the operas of Verdi and many other composers. As is self-evident throughout this strenuous programme, he possesses a voice of the appropriate strength and range for ali the arias he attempts. To that basic attribute he adds innate muscianship, a true line, fine breathcontrol and, possibly most important of all, an ability to place words on his capacious tone and give them the meaning needed to convey character. In all these respects he recalls such eminent predecessors as Ezio Pinza, Tancredi Pasero, Boris Christoff, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Samuel Ramey...Ali his qualities are immediately on display in his comprehensively characterised account of Philip II's world-weary monologue from Don Carlo. In the recitative he evinces the weight of sorrow the aging monarch feels, then in the cantilena he suggests the ruler's sorrow and loneliness. Yet all the emotion is kept well within the bounds of the bounds of a strict style. Among the gallery of bass roles Verdi created in his so-called "galley" years, the bluff Attila, the haunted, elderly Silva (Ernani) and the noble Zaccaria (Nabucco) stand out. To each he gave a special trait of character, and Colombara finds the right voice for each. In the piece from Attila, note the splendid attack in the recitative and the powerful delivery of the cabaletta (both verses). Colombara's Silva is as anguished a figure as his Phlilip II, and he finds the right inward tone to portray his hurt feel ings. Zaccaria's thoughts as he prays for the gifts of prophecy are no less admirably enacted. Banquo's doleful aria from Macbeth shows an advance in Verdi's writing for the bass voice: Colombara conveys all its sense of foreboding. From the later I Vespri Siciliani, we hear the solemn Procida's grateful thoughts at his homecoming to his native Sicily. Verdi writes far him one of his great, noble songs; Colombara responds with steady (as always), noble sounds of his own. As with all these Verdian extracts, the effortless, even emission of tone can be taken for granted, something all too rare today. There is also that rewarding sense that all of the parts have been sung and developed on stage. The two very different Mephistos created by Gounod and, later, Boito find Colombara, who has taken both roles on stage, easily differentiating between the sinister, insinuating yet elegant creature of Gounod's imagining and the more extrovert character of Boito's. Both pieces are sung with a predictable feeling for specific character revealed in subtle gradations of tone. The Russian language seems to present no problems to Colombara, whose accentuation of the text is just as vivid as it is in Italian. Although an early work, Rachmaninov's short opera foretells much of the mature composer, particularly in the cavatina for the eponymous anti-hero recorded here. It was great favourite with Chaliapin (who recorded it three times), but Colombara need fear no comparison with his distinguished predecessor in the way he draws the best from this elegiac piece, one that looks forward to many of Rachmaninov's Romances. Here, once again, Colombara creates atmosphere and character without the help of stage effects. Altogether this is a rewarding showcase from a highly individuai singer, one whose appealing voice and innate musicianship are very much enhanced by an intelligent mind. Reliability is here married to vocal inspiration in a very satisfying way.<br />Alan Blyth, 2003 ©BongiovanniCarlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-73094731300474208482010-11-09T13:43:00.000+01:002010-11-09T16:59:10.707+01:00RENCONTRES, Mélodies Françaises (Dynamic)Rencontres è una rassegna di canzoni d’arte francesi, da Fauré a Ibert, ed offre una vasta gamma di emozioni e stili compositivi...Il timbro vocale scuro, la straordinaria cultura canora e una notevole facilità di coloratura di Carlo Colombara ne fanno uno dei più apprezzati cantanti nel registro di basso. I critici di tutto il mondo non mancano di esaltarne la poliedricità stilistica e le grandi doti interpretative, grazie alle quali Colombara può passare dalla prepotente autorevolezza dei padri e dei monarchi verdiani alle filigrane del belcanto italiano. (© Dynamic)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSscyIgAQDPB8sR7nECmlnz5mSQb2D30UNPR49DYxhCEdzLCJnzJ5INDxifj2l-3WYM8fZEQZ-LSGYwLNxNeTFGLuEcNMhfPsXsEGPewvCqf2Cis13F4kLb0uwLj9paDpmaZoa0vrA_UBq/s1600/%5BCD%5D+Rencontres+-+Dynamic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405795367247888898" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 356px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSscyIgAQDPB8sR7nECmlnz5mSQb2D30UNPR49DYxhCEdzLCJnzJ5INDxifj2l-3WYM8fZEQZ-LSGYwLNxNeTFGLuEcNMhfPsXsEGPewvCqf2Cis13F4kLb0uwLj9paDpmaZoa0vrA_UBq/s400/%5BCD%5D+Rencontres+-+Dynamic.jpg" border="0" /></a>Track List<br />01 Automne op. 18 n. 3 (Gabriel Fauré)<br />02 Rencontre (Poème d’un jour op. 112 - Gabriel Fauré)<br />03 Toujours (Poème d’un jour op. 112 - Gabriel Fauré)<br />04 Adieu (Poème d’un jour op. 112 - Gabriel Fauré)<br />05 Chanson du pêcheur op. 4 n.1 (Gabriel Fauré)<br />06 Les berceaux op. 23 n.1 (Gabriel Fauré)<br />07 L’heure exquise (Reynaldo Hahn)<br />08 L’absent (Chansons grises - Charles Gounod)<br />09 L’invitation au voyage (Henri Duparc)<br />10 Le manoir de Rosamonde (Henri Duparc)<br />11 La vie antérieure (Henri Duparc)<br />12 Phidylé (Henri Duparc)<br />13 Voyage (Francis Poulenc)<br />14 La grenouillière op. 5 (Francis Poulenc)<br />15 Chanson du départ de D. Quichotte (Chansons de Don Quichotte - Jacques Ibert)<br />16 Chanson à Dulcinée (Chansons de Don Quichotte - Jacques Ibert)<br />17 Chanson du Duc (Chansons de Don Quichotte - Jacques Ibert)<br />18 Chanson de la mort de D. Quichotte (Chansons de Don Quichotte - Jacques Ibert)<br />19 Chanson romanesque (Don Quichotte à Dulcinée - Maurice Ravel)<br />20 Chanson épique (Don Quichotte à Dulcinée - Maurice Ravel)<br />21 Chanson à boire (Don Quichotte à Dulcinée - Maurice Ravel)<br /><br />Artists<br />Carlo Colombara (bass)<br />Rani Calderon (piano)<br />Label: Dynamic<br /><br />Price: 15, 60 €<br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.dynamic.it/">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“La bella voce di Colombara, morbida e pastosa grazie alla buona tecnica d’emissione posta a governarla, è ideale: Colombara ricorda [Gérard Souzay] nella calda comunicativa dell’accento e nella malinconica dolcezza sensuale con cui inflette l’aristocratica linea melodica di brani tra i più belli dell’intera letteratura musicale europea”.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Classic Voice</span><br /><br />“Colombara coglie le parole chiave, la tinta di ciascuna mélodie conferendo quindi la lettura più appropriata. Addirittura splendida l’interpretazione disincantata, quasi blasée, de “L’heure exquise” di Reynaldo Hahn, mentre la resa dei quattro brani di Duparc,è caratterizzata da belle idee interpretative".<br />Nicola Cattò, <span style="font-style: italic;">Musica</span><br /><br />“Un Colombara notevolmente ispirato e in grande forma vocale. Un CD non banale, senza dubbio utile, tecnicamente ben realizzato, ottimamente cantato e altrettanto magistralmente suonato, che si ascolta con grande piacere… più e più volte”.<br />Danilo Boaretto, Operaclick<br /><br />“En esta selección de bien conocidas canciones muestra la homogeneidad de sus registros y la identificación con el personaje, aportando un tono varonil que casa perfectamente con lo demandado por los compositores. Es de agradecer que una voz de bajo, tan poco abundantes en el circuito del recital de lied dominado por barítonos, tenores y voces femeninas, de tan buen dominio técnico y expresivo nos regale este disco”.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ritmo</span><br /><br />“Colombara sortea el desafío con previsible suntuosidad sonora y muestra el dominio sobre la lengua y la variedad estilística que el menú escogido demanda. Es introspectivo en Fauré, recorre con individualidad las páginas de Duparc, desfallece en voluptuoso decadentismo con Hahn, despliega su lirismo en Gounod, cambia de registro retórico con Poulenc y llega, por fin, a las obras de Ibert y Ravel que exigen un personaie: Don Quiiote. Este encuentro con el baio peninsular será para casi todos una sorpresa mis que agradable y, en el panorama de la canción de cámara, un jalón personal que, seguramente, animará a otros solistas de su tesitura a imitar la excelencia del trabajo cumplido”.<br />Blas Matamoro, <span style="font-style: italic;">Diverdi</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara ha ido consolidando su fama en España gracias a su gran vocación operística. El teatro le encanta, y así lo demuestra este bajo que no renuncia a la tradición interpretativa pero que va más allá en sus actuaciones buscando un sonido atractivo y envolvente. Un fraseo conmovedor, suficiente registro grave y una buena dosis de ex - presividad caracterizan este disco que sin duda contentará a los amantes del género y a los seguidores de este bajo enamorado de España”.<br />Laura Byron, Ópera Actual<br /><br />“Bolognese bass Carlo Colombara brings much of the right technical and vocal equipment to this French recital. His resonant, medium-weight basso cantante is anchored in a solid legato. His command of register balances allows him a dynamic give-and-take that colors the music and text expressively, especially in the Fauré selections. His firm rhythmic address keeps the phrases moving with purpose. And his handling of the French is mostly conscientious. He doesn't Italianize the language, and nearly everything is intelligible. There are lovely things in nearly every number ".<br />Stephen Francis Vasta, <span style="font-style: italic;">Opera News</span><br /><br />“Many of these [songs] are filled with exquisite fragrances that can only be caught in the singers’ equivalent of water-colour painting. He sings softly, nuanced and with fine attention to the texts – delivered in good French. Hahn’s L’heure exquise is finely shaded, the two Poulenc songs intimate and atmospheric. Throughout the programme he shows deep commitment and an understanding of the texts”.<br />Göran Forsling, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-50361979685634619072010-11-08T18:00:00.000+01:002010-11-09T17:04:44.319+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (TDK/ BRILLIANT CLASSICS)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01E5tcxw3ym5z9kTFLU5KU0eQmSWM4C9aw52573NM9uj3lENrkGTLEQFUZqrLqWogo5mGexedJ5zNydAS96HUfRAr3roI-5R7pAJwwp3wP5aVmApJSUlJ9aTjCSpVfgedbZDPob4yE9Fg/s1600-h/%5BDVD%5D+Nabucco+-+Brilliant+Classic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421075306697186930" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01E5tcxw3ym5z9kTFLU5KU0eQmSWM4C9aw52573NM9uj3lENrkGTLEQFUZqrLqWogo5mGexedJ5zNydAS96HUfRAr3roI-5R7pAJwwp3wP5aVmApJSUlJ9aTjCSpVfgedbZDPob4yE9Fg/s320/%5BDVD%5D+Nabucco+-+Brilliant+Classic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Artists:<br />Renato Bruson: Nabucco<br />Lauren Flanigan: Abigaille<br />Carlo Colombara: Zaccaria<br />Monica Bacelli: Fenena<br />Maurizio Frusoni: Ismaele<br />Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro San Carlo<br />Conductor: Paolo Carignani<br />Director: Fabio Sparvoli<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Lenght: 132 minutes<br />Recording date:1997<br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Verdi-Nabucco/dp/B000WM7L30/ref=sr_1_16?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1289318656&sr=1-16">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Colombara is a substantial find with his clear, resonant bass”<br />Michael Richter, <span style="font-style: italic;">Opera Japonica</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara makes an impact. Authoritative of voice and imposing in demeanour, he display a smooth legato and an even range (including a firm high E natural)”.<br />Colin Clarke, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xk7oQ2SZv8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xk7oQ2SZv8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><br /></p>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-57814936676824540942010-11-07T17:52:00.000+01:002010-11-09T17:14:13.154+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri (Naxos)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirkzCH2nf6oxmvtpB8_wAoUJrRcIwLLPLgoEhz0DM9PdEODbcuZCLAkF6Al8L6Qam5eX9Dv03Hnre-DguNeniSMhAtHvV_si1v39Jmq4BrXzPWAJos0ovCMmmVf_nmiREgCwzlfEceSlH/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+Requiem+Naxos.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421073522857579442" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 170px; cursor: pointer; height: 170px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirkzCH2nf6oxmvtpB8_wAoUJrRcIwLLPLgoEhz0DM9PdEODbcuZCLAkF6Al8L6Qam5eX9Dv03Hnre-DguNeniSMhAtHvV_si1v39Jmq4BrXzPWAJos0ovCMmmVf_nmiREgCwzlfEceSlH/s320/%5BCD%5D+Requiem+Naxos.gif" border="0" /></a>Artists:<br /><br />Elena Filipova: soprano<br />Gloria Scalchi: mezzo-soprano<br />César Hernández: tenor<br />Carlo Colombar: bass<br /><br />Hungarian State Opera Choir/Anikó Katona<br />Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/Pier Giorgio Morandi<br /><br />Naxos 8.550944-5<br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.550944-45">here</a>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-13137239029649337942010-11-07T17:34:00.000+01:002010-11-09T17:17:18.341+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (RCA)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuiakvd8BkZGeaEfjGuuEWwLAJ7WXNcwYRzpLL44NfNGES0wk3cOyPIL2d0zwJXdAxkVQJNQEp9wFOtRz4yMl7SVKm45uFqDsBUnr5U5vqWAlqCazLi9jve7mnaJ5oRV07AREAtJSu9KZ/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+Requiem+RCA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421068622262837362" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 240px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuiakvd8BkZGeaEfjGuuEWwLAJ7WXNcwYRzpLL44NfNGES0wk3cOyPIL2d0zwJXdAxkVQJNQEp9wFOtRz4yMl7SVKm45uFqDsBUnr5U5vqWAlqCazLi9jve7mnaJ5oRV07AREAtJSu9KZ/s320/%5BCD%5D+Requiem+RCA.jpg" border="0" /></a> Artists:<br />Carol Vaness: (soprano)<br />Florence Quivar: (mezzosoprano)<br />Dennis O’Neill: (tenor)<br />Carlo Colombara: (bass)<br /><br />Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus<br />Conductor: Colin Davis<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Length: 85 min.<br />Nº of discs: 2<br />Label: RCA Victor Red Seal<br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Carlo Colombara, the young Italian bass, is agreeably direct in voice and style”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">BBC Music Magazine</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-52060096328445860472010-11-06T17:19:00.000+01:002010-11-09T17:20:44.366+01:00Georg Friedrich Händel: Rinaldo (Nuova Era)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF0MCTLl95MuiZsKkMr8MD8NLNNkLVkhEbzysSy_9ASfb_5bNyUua1_31Y9XfGkUIgqeehtxa0Q-ala8PSjHIouo8OtgP3agbF0d8vaUzW2ncijcedyH3PLCv5uBgqlzemPFtjGMIjKCf/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+Rinaldo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421068103364091554" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 297px; cursor: pointer; height: 256px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF0MCTLl95MuiZsKkMr8MD8NLNNkLVkhEbzysSy_9ASfb_5bNyUua1_31Y9XfGkUIgqeehtxa0Q-ala8PSjHIouo8OtgP3agbF0d8vaUzW2ncijcedyH3PLCv5uBgqlzemPFtjGMIjKCf/s320/%5BCD%5D+Rinaldo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Rinaldo is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, now a part of the standard operatic repertoire. It is a heroic story of battle and love set in the time of the First Crusade (1096–1099).<br /><br />Artists<br />Rinaldo (Christian knight): Marilyn Horne<br />Goffredo (Christian Crusade leader): Ernesto Palacio<br />Almirena (Daughter of Goffredo, loves Rinaldo): Cecilia Gasdia<br />Argante (Saracen King of Jerusalem): Natale de Carolis<br />Armida (Argante’s sorceress mistress): Christine Weidinger<br />Mago Cristiano (Christian magician!): Carlo Colombara<br /><br />Conductor: John Fisher / Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Length: 130 min.<br />Nº of discs: 2<br />Label: Nuova Era<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Friedrich-H%C3%A4ndel-George-Frederick-Handel/dp/B001DHUKZE">here</a>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-20101909666794383272010-11-05T16:51:00.000+01:002010-11-09T17:22:08.857+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: I Masnadieri (Bayer)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0hbL8ugaHehklTE_OqcMUqRNtOV5wcX1DkgFibTbNyxnnxYi1kqf4liUP8MlcHPEtBa72hWQmb97mIkdQWCB0mq4AKSHR_5uVJqSfJv49iO2zHa2EFd_O-8zPfAjDJKY-2HU1HqHkm5d/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+I+Masnadieri+-+Bayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421057830894156178" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 247px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0hbL8ugaHehklTE_OqcMUqRNtOV5wcX1DkgFibTbNyxnnxYi1kqf4liUP8MlcHPEtBa72hWQmb97mIkdQWCB0mq4AKSHR_5uVJqSfJv49iO2zHa2EFd_O-8zPfAjDJKY-2HU1HqHkm5d/s320/%5BCD%5D+I+Masnadieri+-+Bayer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists<br />Massimiliano: Carlo Colombara<br />Carlo: Mario Malagnini<br />Francesco: Renato Bruson<br />Amalia: Martile Rowland<br />Arminio: Thierry Migliorini<br />Moser: Mikhail Lanskoy<br />Rolla: Thierry Migliorini<br />Conductor: Wolfgang Gönnenwein<br /><br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Number of Discs: 2<br />Recording date: 8 March 1995<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Verdi-I-Masnadieri/dp/B000004470">here</a><br /><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“A good, young Italian bass, Carlo Colombara, brought some vocal refinement to the smaller role of the brothers' father”.<br />Rupert Christiansen, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Telegraph</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-15689838984064066982010-11-04T15:40:00.000+01:002010-11-09T17:26:08.327+01:00Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème (EMI)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6FDFphKygI6HbEsM5QctK0WHqiHJHDh0HgMTs9fuerbxRv_tYXVLWcllBpbeth92IH4G9dUG29kFexDLQOAOAPxL9J9ar5EN1Rpjp8cAnWJGV9b4BUMV5FbHR8nKv1ZBZ53rVGt90yBI/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+La+Boh%C3%A8me+-+Emi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421039347903997234" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6FDFphKygI6HbEsM5QctK0WHqiHJHDh0HgMTs9fuerbxRv_tYXVLWcllBpbeth92IH4G9dUG29kFexDLQOAOAPxL9J9ar5EN1Rpjp8cAnWJGV9b4BUMV5FbHR8nKv1ZBZ53rVGt90yBI/s320/%5BCD%5D+La+Boh%C3%A8me+-+Emi.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists:<br /><br />Giuseppe Sabbatini: Rodolfo<br />Daniela Dessì: Mimi<br />Carlo Colombara: Colline<br />Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti<br /><br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Length: 110 min.<br />Number of Discs: 2<br />Label: EMI Gemini<br />Recording date: 10 March 2005<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.emiclassics.com/">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Tanto Alfonso Antoniozzi como Carlo Colombara son unos espléndidos ‘Schaunard’ y ‘Colline’”.<br />Enrique Sacau, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mundo Clásico</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10px;"><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jrWWTAFGwR0&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jrWWTAFGwR0&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><br /><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10px;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><p></p><br /><i><span style="font-size:10px;"><o:p></o:p></span></i><p></p>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-27037047974800990822010-11-03T13:04:00.000+01:002010-11-10T12:43:23.269+01:00Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (RCA)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-dLFJk1fiBN2T_GW7aYwjOmJ9bzea__wmrO26ntSnTC5EMhD5pWyyzX-7DutU5U5Ti4OAwn5RYyloCq-noI_i1_8zfBgTQ_Q4nPVns-SGyTyP5UGS8Qs02yEmPDsutdvhDadtoCJyJOu/s1600-h/%5BDVD%5D+Turandot+-+RCA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420999183972900946" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-dLFJk1fiBN2T_GW7aYwjOmJ9bzea__wmrO26ntSnTC5EMhD5pWyyzX-7DutU5U5Ti4OAwn5RYyloCq-noI_i1_8zfBgTQ_Q4nPVns-SGyTyP5UGS8Qs02yEmPDsutdvhDadtoCJyJOu/s320/%5BDVD%5D+Turandot+-+RCA.jpg" border="0" /></a>The video version of this unique September 1998 production reveals much of the merit of staging Puccini's last opera--a tale of an icy Chinese princess ultimately overcome by love--in an historically suitable setting, a courtyard surrounded by ancient halls, palaces, and gardens in Beijing. There's actually little tangible effect of the setting on the sound of the recording, which stands on the considerable merits of its soloists and conductor Zubin Mehta's apparent glory in the opera's majesty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDqtDu6F320Leitt3fabEO8ck-iST_QADvEJizpK3eijKj2vQ8q6oRYqqz9ms9-fLwMzTHtk7Tw5LFxb0hAGABMF4TVnwvoOT6702-b0vaZp0QK6zCeD6oqH4fV0HCS623NgcuSyoRLQF/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+Turandot+-+RCA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420999086873383746" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDqtDu6F320Leitt3fabEO8ck-iST_QADvEJizpK3eijKj2vQ8q6oRYqqz9ms9-fLwMzTHtk7Tw5LFxb0hAGABMF4TVnwvoOT6702-b0vaZp0QK6zCeD6oqH4fV0HCS623NgcuSyoRLQF/s320/%5BCD%5D+Turandot+-+RCA.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists:<br /><br />Giovanna Casolla: La principessa Turandot<br />Carlo Colombara: Timur<br />Sergei Larin: Calaf<br />Barbara Frittoli: Liu<br />José Fardilha: Ping<br />Francesco Piccoli: Pang<br />Carlo Allemano: Pong<br />Vittorio Vitelli: Un mandarino<br /><br />Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino<br />Conductor: Zubin Mehta<br /><br />PRICE<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Puccini-Turandot-Frittoli-Colombara-Fardilha/dp/B00000F1BG">here </a>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Puccini-Turandot-Forbidden-Frittoli-Fiorentino/dp/B00000IBVC/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1289389350&sr=1-2">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br />“Carlo Colombara, the Timur, is a good basso”.<br />James Miller, Andante<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10px;"><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uYlStF9OZX8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uYlStF9OZX8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-32006495366313398392010-11-02T12:34:00.000+01:002010-11-10T12:49:08.163+01:00Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Opus Arte)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcNstmrnSNWR_R3m-90_H9htWm1LNxilAhr1-zt8Y7rOsRepjcGiLnuB4QsEAnhNbzm5fXI841JZMBhLORkxc-m8iFrmkgVq4z8DgtpkxO3a4L7kyjylvRD2QYI6SRjr7yXY3jHeqGwBP/s1600-h/%5BDVD%5D+Lucia+di+Lammermoor+Opus+Arte.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420991930518794178" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; cursor: pointer; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcNstmrnSNWR_R3m-90_H9htWm1LNxilAhr1-zt8Y7rOsRepjcGiLnuB4QsEAnhNbzm5fXI841JZMBhLORkxc-m8iFrmkgVq4z8DgtpkxO3a4L7kyjylvRD2QYI6SRjr7yXY3jHeqGwBP/s320/%5BDVD%5D+Lucia+di+Lammermoor+Opus+Arte.jpg" border="0" /></a> Donizetti's great tragedy is his undisputed masterpiece of melancholic romanticism, with the doomed love between Lucia and Edgardo retold from Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor. The 1992 production heightens the story’s powerful libretto with its dramatic visual design and first class musical performances.<br /><br />Artists:<br />Renato Bruson: Enrico Ashton<br />Mariella Devia: Lucia<br />Vincenzo La Scola: Sir. Edgardo<br />Marco Berti: Lord Arturo Bucklaw<br />Carlo Colombara: Raimondo Bidebent<br />Floriana Sovilla: Alisa<br />Ernesto Gavazzi: Normann<br /><br />Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala<br />Conductor: Stefano Ranzani<br />Stage Director: Pier' Alli<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Running time: 143 min.<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.opusarte.com/en/">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Carlo Colombara is a tower of ecclesiastical strength as the sympathetic yet ‘politically correct’ Raimondo”<br />Music Web International<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10px;"><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QISckL-PADw&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QISckL-PADw&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-64385529304908789762010-10-30T17:35:00.000+02:002010-11-10T12:52:58.627+01:00Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita (RCA)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jbUiCNRWcMp_TGNNJcl3atxkHkrIz7eneYbZGTb2TxW4Euj88a_ooSEgHh6rCLfdNgV_006jZccUPvDEPJ0_rf2E0qBMpIr5-4OT1RYf4K7W9e6J223HyqUdlJ8JFdckJeEwiX8OPV6r/s1600-h/%5BCD%5D+La+Favorite+-+RCA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420989897434415618" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jbUiCNRWcMp_TGNNJcl3atxkHkrIz7eneYbZGTb2TxW4Euj88a_ooSEgHh6rCLfdNgV_006jZccUPvDEPJ0_rf2E0qBMpIr5-4OT1RYf4K7W9e6J223HyqUdlJ8JFdckJeEwiX8OPV6r/s320/%5BCD%5D+La+Favorite+-+RCA.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists:<br /><br />Ramón Vargas: Fernand<br />Carlo Colombara Balthazar<br />Abbie Furmansky: Inès<br />Vesselina Kasarova: Léonor de Guzmán<br />Anthony Michaels-Moore: Alphonse XI<br />Francesco Piccoli: Don Gaspar<br /><br />Bavarian Radio Chorus<br />Munich Radio Orchestra/Marcello Viotti<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Label: RCA<br />Length: 150 min.<br />Number of CD: 2<br />Recording date: September 26, 2000<br />Recorded Live at the Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/FAVORITE-Donizetti-Vesselina-Kasarova/dp/B00004W5C6">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br />“Carlo Colombara is solid as Balthazar”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Arkiv Music</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara offers solid vocal underpinning”<br />Joel Kasow, <span style="font-style: italic;">Andante</span><br /><br />“The singing here is splendid, with Carlo Colombara continuing to impress with both his rich bass voice and fine sense for drama”<br />Robert Cummings, <span style="font-style: italic;">Classical Net</span><br /><br />“Bass Carlo Colombara is a suitably morose and disapproving Balthazar”<br />Robert Levine, <span style="font-style: italic;">Classic Today</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AClng1nORr4&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AClng1nORr4&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10px;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><br /><span style="font-size:10px;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-21900921224418456402010-10-29T14:12:00.000+02:002010-11-10T12:56:46.678+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore (Decca)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11dTx9-b5LggfGU0gzILkNAUBObyQDv4x5ykaXBSUm44UerH0pCvUdO4QN5_7T4bbXyhEWvYtEBxz4yMdadOesZsD4ByFczul08N7vs2AFQs9PNYdudwEqzDyEDyxB9lgAJtZWKa2vgo6/s1600/%5BCD%5D+Il+trovatore+-+Decca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409884447031685138" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11dTx9-b5LggfGU0gzILkNAUBObyQDv4x5ykaXBSUm44UerH0pCvUdO4QN5_7T4bbXyhEWvYtEBxz4yMdadOesZsD4ByFczul08N7vs2AFQs9PNYdudwEqzDyEDyxB9lgAJtZWKa2vgo6/s320/%5BCD%5D+Il+trovatore+-+Decca.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists:<br /><br />Andrea Bocelli: Manrico<br />Veronica Villaroel: Leonora<br />Elena Zaremba: Azucena<br />Carlo Guelfi: Il conte di Luna<br />Carlo Colombara: Ferrando<br />Maria Gracia Calderone: Ines<br />Salvatore Bonaffini: Ruiz<br />Salvatore Todaro: Un vecchio zingaro<br /><br />Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania<br />Conductor: Steven Mercurio<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Length: 139 min.<br />Nº of discs: 2<br />Label: Decca<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Verdi-Trovatore-Complete-Opera-Giuseppe/dp/B000228E9K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289390143&sr=8-1">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Carlo Colombara sings Ferrando's music with energy and round tone”<br />Robert Levine, <span style="font-style: italic;">Classic Today</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara acquit himself admirably in his part. [He] has an imposing, dark voice and does all right until he, like other Ferrandos, can’t quite handle the final few pages of the scene, which Verdi, unfortunately, has marked “Allegro assai agitato”.<br />James Miller, <span style="font-style: italic;">FANFARE</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara [Ferrando] is one of the most interesting basses. He starts the opera as to the manner born, few better on disc”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gramophone</span><br /><br />“Auch Carlo Colombara weiß als Ferrando, vor allem stimmlich zu überzeugen. Sein voluminöser Bass erklingt durchdringend über dem Orchester, auch wenn es gelegentliche Abstimmungsprobleme zwischen Sänger und Orchester zu bemerken gibt”.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Klassik.com</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-85294950435759708192010-10-28T17:13:00.000+02:002010-11-10T12:59:41.345+01:00Gioacchino Rossini: Stabat Mater (Naxos)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOu5oxgPcJ5k2AN62F02CkBvB7A_kr4xdu_p3dLyC5SNbeeLvuIh42zBydRkXvKJrt7PPEPD4OmiiyqEkb1eaNJr_1VwLV7_XgvheV7YVt3bmYZplwUbrOzwF8rprVDs4eRPIhlFDu1Dz/s1600/Stabat+Mater.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410301785722809154" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOu5oxgPcJ5k2AN62F02CkBvB7A_kr4xdu_p3dLyC5SNbeeLvuIh42zBydRkXvKJrt7PPEPD4OmiiyqEkb1eaNJr_1VwLV7_XgvheV7YVt3bmYZplwUbrOzwF8rprVDs4eRPIhlFDu1Dz/s320/Stabat+Mater.jpg" border="0" /></a> Artists:<br /><br />Carlo Colombara<br />Patrizia Pace<br />Gloria Scalchi<br />Antonino Siragusa<br /><br />Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi<br />Hungarian State Opera Orchestra<br />Hungarian State Opera Chorus<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Label: Naxos<br />Recording date: September, 1999<br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rossini-Scalchi-Siragusa-Colombara-Morandi/dp/B000034CW2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1289390313&sr=1-2">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“The soloists are fine, with Antonio Siragusa relishing the 'Cujus animam', Patrizia Pace and Gloria Scalchi...blending pretty well in the 'Quis est homo', and Carlo Colombara coming into his own in the bass 'Pro pecatis'”<br />Peter Branscombe, Hi-Fi News<br /><br />“High points of the performance include an epic rendering of the 'Pro peccatis' by the bass Carlo Colombara (he even attempts the trill, something avoided by most basses post-Plancon) and a predictably exciting account of the `Inflammatus'.”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gramophone</span><br /><br /><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YjEzldNZDl8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YjEzldNZDl8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-88804228112167127602010-10-27T16:18:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:05:34.332+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: Jérusalem (TDK)<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD85p1FEBcC_y8emCtkvs7o5huNqAgDmaEIUEdkyXeExl5n29s7wGdRX70Vb5zK3a3YXIZOWOi3bIdDVB7hjebn1fhvIiQ2kKnMHgj80zk5KMCdZC9QrxWDVn6c9rGLoF7CvKzgEFdWpI/s1600/%5BDVD%5D+Jerusalem+-+TDK.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287601398910034" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD85p1FEBcC_y8emCtkvs7o5huNqAgDmaEIUEdkyXeExl5n29s7wGdRX70Vb5zK3a3YXIZOWOi3bIdDVB7hjebn1fhvIiQ2kKnMHgj80zk5KMCdZC9QrxWDVn6c9rGLoF7CvKzgEFdWpI/s320/%5BDVD%5D+Jerusalem+-+TDK.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists:<br /><br />Ivan Momirov: Gaston<br />Veronica Villarroel: Hélène<br />Federica Bragaglia: Isaure<br />Alain Fondary: Le Comte de Toulouse<br />Carlo Colombara: Roger<br />Carlo di Cristoforo: Adhémar de Monteuil<br /><br />Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice<br />Conductor: Michel Plasson<br />Stage director: Piergiorgio Gay<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Length: 166 min.<br />Label: TDK<br />Recording date: November, 2000<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Verdi-Jerusalem-Villarroel-Colombara-Bragaglia/dp/B00008V614">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br />“Carlo Colombara reléve le défi d’un personnage déchiré, qui par détermination décuple ses efforts pour retrouver l’humanité que sa jalousie première, avait écartée… Pour les solistes, notre enthousiasme s’émousse, sauf pour le Roger de Carlo Colombara dont la tenue de rôle au fur et à mesure du spectacle se bonifie de scène en scène”.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ClassicNews.com</span><br /><br />“The most convincing singer is bass Carlo Colombara as the real murderer, Roger”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Review Focus</span><br /><br />“The older generation does better, with Carlo Colombara vigorous and committed as the near-brother-killer-turned-hermit Roger”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">BBC Music Magazine</span><br /><br />“As the guilt-ridden Roger, the most interesting character in Jerusalem, Carlo Colomban sings with his customary authority”.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gramophone</span><br /><br /><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0burEPdukME&hl=es_ES&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0burEPdukME&hl=es_ES&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10px;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p></div>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-58342285936862200742010-10-26T13:24:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:09:00.515+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: The Very Best of Verdi (Naxos)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IoemJlaX-CS5jExWyUmJiqUpnX33pZ9OUAQI2BlO9iH0dJKly-9OC_JnmYVjVoacid68fkxpOqf0I7jP1Txk0iyGFlfXJd8Ida0s1or0c9HVyKVfm4inA906cmysmnFKUNddULVO5cGr/s1600/The+very+best+of+Verdi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409871545103886610" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IoemJlaX-CS5jExWyUmJiqUpnX33pZ9OUAQI2BlO9iH0dJKly-9OC_JnmYVjVoacid68fkxpOqf0I7jP1Txk0iyGFlfXJd8Ida0s1or0c9HVyKVfm4inA906cmysmnFKUNddULVO5cGr/s320/The+very+best+of+Verdi.jpg" border="0" /></a> Tracklist<br />La forza del destino<br />Overture (Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/Morandi)<br />Pace, pace, mio dio (Gauci; Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra/Rahbari)<br />Solenne in quest’ora (Aragall; Tumagian; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rahbari)<br /><br />Nabucco<br />Va, pensiero (Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Dohnanyi)<br /><br />Ernani<br />Surte e la notte…Ernani, involami (Mescheriakova; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Halasz)<br /><br />Macbeth<br />Patria oppressa! (Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Dohnanyi)<br /><br />Luisa Miller<br />Quando le sere al placido (Giordani; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra/Mercurio)<br /><br />Rigoletto<br />Questa o quella; La donna e mobile; Pari siamo!; Cortigiani, vil razza dannata; Gualtier Malde … Caro nome (Ramiro; Tumagian; Ferrarini; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rahbari)<br /><br />Il Trovatore<br />Vedi, le fosche notturne; Il balen; Ah! Si, ben mio; Di quella pira; D’amor sull’ali rosee vane (Servile; Frusoni; Longhi; Budapest Festival Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/Humburg)<br /><br />Un ballo in maschera<br />Di tu se fedele (Harper; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Halasz)<br /><br />Messa da Requiem<br />Dies irae; Tuba mirum; Ingemisco (Filipova; Scalchi; Hernandez; Carlo Colombara; Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/Morandi)<br /><br />La Traviata<br />Libiamo, ne’lieti calici; Sempre libera; Lunge da lei per me; Di Provenza il mar (Krause; Ramiro; Tichy; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rahbari)<br /><br />Don Carlo<br />E lui! Desso l’Infante! … Dio, che nell’alma infondere (Aragall; Tumagian; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rahbari)<br /><br />Aida<br />Se quell guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida; Ritorna vincitor … I sacri nomi di padre; Gloria all’Egitto; Grand March; Ballet Music (Dragoni; Johannson; Ireland National Symphony Orchestra/Saccani)<br /><br />Otello<br />Fuoco di gioia (Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Dohnanyi)<br />Mia madre aveva una povera ancella …Piangea cantando … Ave Maria (Gauci; Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra/Rahbari)<br /><br />Falstaff<br />Ehi paggio! … L’onore! Ladri (Trimarchi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra/Humburg)<br /><br />Artists:<br />Conductors: Oliver Dohnanyi, Michael Halasz, Will Humburg, Steven Mercurio, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Alexander Rahbari, Ricco Saccani.<br />Orchestras: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Ireland National Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra<br /><br />Artists: Jaume Aragall, Carlo Colombara, Maria Dragoni, Alida Ferrarini, Elena Filipova, Maurizio Frusoni, Miriam Gauci, Marcello Giordani, Thomas Harper, Cesar Hernandez, Kristjan Johannson, Monika Krause, Daniela Longhi, Marina Mescheriakova, Yordy Ramiro, Gloria Scalchi, Roberto Servile, Georg Tichy, Domenico Trimarchi, Eduard Tumagian, Marian Vach.<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Label: NAXOS<br />Duration: 77:44 + 76:40<br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QQPHOW/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1226408649&sr=8-1">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br />“Impressive, steady and sonorous is, on the other hand, Carlo Colombara, whose Tuba mirum from Requiem (CD2 tr.2) recalls Ezio Pinza”.<br />Göran Forsling, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-69539349882507768792010-10-25T12:49:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:12:04.391+01:00Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Dynamic)<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjn7TBLUu4uc8u0or_q8fhaJekpWphwhjvKgPvU1iPugK6OVK9Ns8wFOH86nq6TT5VTVZCLeRVkrre0EvhQFiV44M0prMLfcogG5qm9jl4E8RO4SX0olIeAVnyY37XfR7aIzqFrZY7NVj/s1600/%5BCD%5D+La+Gioconda+-+Dynamic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409867530847717602" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 306px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjn7TBLUu4uc8u0or_q8fhaJekpWphwhjvKgPvU1iPugK6OVK9Ns8wFOH86nq6TT5VTVZCLeRVkrre0EvhQFiV44M0prMLfcogG5qm9jl4E8RO4SX0olIeAVnyY37XfR7aIzqFrZY7NVj/s320/%5BCD%5D+La+Gioconda+-+Dynamic.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recorded live at the Arena di Verona, Italy, June 2005<br /><br />Artists<br /><br />Andrea Gruber (La Gioconda, a street singer)<br />Marco Berti (Enzo Grimaldi, exiled Genoese prince in love with Laura)<br />Alberto Mastromarino (Barnaba, sadistic spy who lusts after Gioconda)<br />Eildiko Komlosi (Laura Adorno, wife of Alvise and loved by Enzo)<br />Carlo Colombara (Alvise, one of the Heads of the State Inquisition)<br />Elisabetta Fiorillo (La Cieca, blind mother of Gioconda)<br /><br />Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona<br />Donato Renzetti (conductor)<br />Pier Luigi Pizzi (director)<br /><br />Key Facts<br />Length: 162 min.<br />Nº of disc: 2 DVD, 3 CDs<br />Label: DYNAMIC<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.dynamic.it/">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Colombara is another to reveal a lovely legato”<br />Colin Clarke, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara, en Alvise, a du creux et de la noblesse”<br />Vincent Deloge, <span style="font-style: italic;">ResMusica</span><br /><br />“Both the Barnaba of Alberto Mastromarino and the Alvise of Carlo Colombara are sung with firm expressive tone. Carlo Colombara’s Alvise is strongly sung and acted. He is physically imposing and sings with good diction and a wide range of expression in Si, morir ella (D 2 Ch.1). He is a very definite plus among today’s Italian basso cantante. His vocal and acting abilities are very evident and a great strength in this production”.<br />Robert J Farr, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><br />“Bass Carlo Colombara sings Alvise with the requisite snarl and notable tonal center”.<br />Robert Levine, <span style="font-style: italic;">Classic Today</span><br /><br /></span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-38868912614397770462010-10-24T13:26:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:17:33.220+01:00Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Dynamic)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mSoOYqIflgmQRPlJv9sXGf-UWKZoebwWDLdhKjCDe60c2qCKCKZqKdxMFTL40YcQmcxwoDECA-ulGPJTW8rki77O7N12IS1QhHKUD8hdSfLyDbwOFTQxVuqXL07Qc-gsNL8LJUmltle0/s1600/%5BCD%5D+Lucia+di+Lammermoor+Dynamic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408390142206884514" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 356px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mSoOYqIflgmQRPlJv9sXGf-UWKZoebwWDLdhKjCDe60c2qCKCKZqKdxMFTL40YcQmcxwoDECA-ulGPJTW8rki77O7N12IS1QhHKUD8hdSfLyDbwOFTQxVuqXL07Qc-gsNL8LJUmltle0/s400/%5BCD%5D+Lucia+di+Lammermoor+Dynamic.jpg" border="0" /></a> Artists<br /><br />Vladimir Stoyanov: Lord Enrico Ashton<br />Mariella Devia: Lucia<br />Giuseppe Sabbatini: Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood<br />Blagoj Nacoski: Lord Arturo Buklaw<br />Carlo Colombara: Raimondo Bidebent<br />Damiana Pinti: Alisa<br />Enrico Cossutta: Normanno<br /><br />Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari<br />Conductor: Gérard Korsten<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Label: Dynamic<br />Duration: 65:15 + 71:16<br />Nº of discs: 2<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.dynamic.it/">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Carlo Colombara, en un papel que es breve, confirma su línea aristocrática, su estilo noble y un buen dominio del personaje”.<br />Albert Vilardell, <span style="font-style: italic;">Scherzo</span><br /><br />“Como Raimondo, Carlo Colombara atrae la atención cada vez que hace acto de presencia, por su categoría vocal desde luego, pero igualmente por la forma especial de decir y comunicar”.<br />Fernando Fraga, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cine y Letras</span><br /><br />“The reliable Carlo Colombara is a dramatic and imposing Raimondo who delivers a splendid cabaletta Al ben de’ tuoi qual vittima”.<br />Göran Forsling, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><br />“Colombara is a suitably grave Raimondo”.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Grammophone</span><br /><br />“I liked Carlo Colombara as Raimondo very much”.<br />David L. Kirk, <span style="font-style: italic;">Classic Music Review</span><br /><br />“Excellent Colombara qui, dansle rôle de Raimondo, phrase avec élégance chacune de ses interventions”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Codaex</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-64195366297946901672010-10-24T12:55:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:14:07.621+01:00Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (TDK)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4Kt2bEFzr1_DgJQZ3uVwnpK-uYTr0dCsvYVbyd28paxO-HZthZEMYCcUVZXYoA-utC01DgLeqUtRdkTFiRnasEku5II_zNY2oCxM-duhPY2J8WZ-MqDmlwF-GRUTuePK7QxvKa76hTZx/s1600/%5BDVD%5D+La+Gioconda+-+TDK.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408379940093308082" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4Kt2bEFzr1_DgJQZ3uVwnpK-uYTr0dCsvYVbyd28paxO-HZthZEMYCcUVZXYoA-utC01DgLeqUtRdkTFiRnasEku5II_zNY2oCxM-duhPY2J8WZ-MqDmlwF-GRUTuePK7QxvKa76hTZx/s400/%5BDVD%5D+La+Gioconda+-+TDK.jpg" border="0" /></a> This DVD was recorded live in the Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona in 2005<br /><br />Artists:<br /><br />Deborah Voight: Gioconda<br />Elisabetta Fiorillo: Laura Adorno a Genoese lady, Alvise’s wife<br />Carlo Colombara: Alvise Badoero, one of the heads of the State Inquisition<br />Ewa Podels: La Cieca, Gioconda’s blind mother<br />Richard Margison: Enzo Grimaldo, Genoese prince<br />Orchestra & Chorus of the Arena di Verona<br />Conductor: Daniel Oren<br />Stage director: Pier Luigi Pizzi<br /><br />Key Facts<br />Length: 174 min.<br />Nº of disc: 2<br />Label: TDK<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ponchielli-Gioconda-Fiorillo-Colombara-Callegari/dp/B000H4VZIA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1289391208&sr=8-1">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Carlo Colombara, whom I first heard on Morandi’s Naxos recording of Verdi’s Requiem and was deeply impressed, is a bit woolly in the first act but comes into his own in the third where he cuts an imposing Alvise and sings the recitative and aria that open the act with dark steady tone”.<br />Göran Forsling, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara is a properly cold Alvise, his sound big and scary as he condemns [Laura] to death”.<br />Robert Levine, <span style="font-style: italic;">ClassicsToday.com</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara est un Alvise à la voix chaude et incisive”.<br />Valéry Fleurquin, <span style="font-style: italic;">ResMusica</span><br /><br />“Solider Bass Carlo Colombara”<br />Jochen Breiholz, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rondo</span>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-66233022439838056992010-10-23T12:05:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:26:39.666+01:00Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (Decca)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVa9gFJ4VsRgGRHL2H2dseHJYdWybiKqdKditnkQqHwOkdZic0g5TwvI0beJymh4O7SIUgEqvOrPuqmxtfRJwchcTZmwnFp0_mlMJ21sQ9MbOOJ8LEoqyyzRmPo38a2qeql_ja4OyE1neK/s1600/%5BDVD%5D+Nabucco+-+Decca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408366989397667602" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 283px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVa9gFJ4VsRgGRHL2H2dseHJYdWybiKqdKditnkQqHwOkdZic0g5TwvI0beJymh4O7SIUgEqvOrPuqmxtfRJwchcTZmwnFp0_mlMJ21sQ9MbOOJ8LEoqyyzRmPo38a2qeql_ja4OyE1neK/s400/%5BDVD%5D+Nabucco+-+Decca.jpg" border="0" /></a>Artists<br /><br />Leo Nucci (Nabucco)<br />Maria Guleghina (Abigaille)<br />Carlo Colombara (Zaccaria)<br /><br />Orchestra & Chorus of the Arena di Verona Daniel Oren (conductor)<br /><br />Key Facts<br /><br />Filmed in High-Definition Widescreen. Includes 'Making of' documentary as an extra and English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese subtitles.<br />Duration: 154 mins<br />Nº of disc: 1 Disc<br />Format: NTSC DVD<br />Audio Selection: LPCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Verdi-Nabucco-Nucci/dp/B000WM7L30/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1256036978&sr=8-2">here</a><br /><br />REVIEWS<br /><br />“Très crédible dans son rôle…Carlo Colombara (Zaccaria) ne manque pas de voix non plus”.<br />Jean-Charles Goldstuck, <span style="font-style: italic;">ResMusic.com</span><br /><br />“Best of the principals is Carlo Colombara’s Zaccaria, who delivers big and authoritative singing”.<br />George Hall, <span style="font-style: italic;">BBC Music Magazine</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara's Zaccaria is robust and of vibrant colour”.<br />Fabio Zannoni, <span style="font-style: italic;">Il Giornale della Musica</span><br /><br />“…al costat del gran Zaccaria que és Carlo Colombara”.<br />Jaume Radigales, <span style="font-style: italic;">Dietari Operistic</span><br /><br />“La basse Carlo Colombara est un Zaccaria tout àfait correct”.<br />Audrey Vasselin, <span style="font-style: italic;">ClassiqueInfoDisque.com</span><br /><br />“The High Priest, Zaccaria, the third major character, has one of the great bass roles in the Verdi repertoire: finely sung here by Carlo Colombara, firm, sonorous and noble in bearing”.<br />John Steane, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><br /><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xk7oQ2SZv8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xk7oQ2SZv8&hl=es_ES&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object>Carlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915484138216616253.post-5415932402114896032010-10-22T11:12:00.000+02:002010-11-10T13:29:46.320+01:00Vincenzo Bellini, La Sonnambula (Virgin Classic)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O_BNOFmtss8OxG5kMQF8Ael8BKOZzWlguG4dSS823XgXnD_FWRXKHACprL5rPEulTkHXxF3_XDZ6gdfws_xIw6jQdsE8ABNEdruf-mklf5Jor3w_URZhR6bCu4EXSOokiG4hxaV6WpcD/s1600/%5BCD%5D+La+Sonnambula+-+VIRGIN.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408353625283738594" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O_BNOFmtss8OxG5kMQF8Ael8BKOZzWlguG4dSS823XgXnD_FWRXKHACprL5rPEulTkHXxF3_XDZ6gdfws_xIw6jQdsE8ABNEdruf-mklf5Jor3w_URZhR6bCu4EXSOokiG4hxaV6WpcD/s400/%5BCD%5D+La+Sonnambula+-+VIRGIN.jpg" border="0" /></a> Awards:<br />"Diamant" Opéra Magazine, October 2007<br />"CHOC" Monde de la Musique, October 2007<br />Diapason d'Or/Arte October 2007<br /><br />Artists:<br /><br />Natalie Dessay: Amina<br />Carlo Colombara: Il conte Rodolfo<br />Francesco Meli: Elvino<br />Sara Mingardo: Teresa<br />Jaël Azzaretti: Lisa<br />Paul Gay: Alessio<br />Gordon Gietz: Un notaro<br />Director: Orchestre et Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon Evelino Pido<br /><br />Key Facts:<br />Length: 74 min.<br />Label: Virgin Classics<br />Recording date: 02/10/2009<br />Number of Discs: 1<br /><br />You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bellini-Sonnambula-Highlights-Vincenzo/dp/B001MTBVLA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259578818&sr=1-2">here</a><br /><br />Reviews:<br /><br />“El Rodolfo de Carlo Colombara es quizás el personaje configurado de manera más ortodoxa de los que protagonizan esta versión. El dominio que tiene de su papel es indiscutible: impostación, elegante línea melódica, hermoso color y expresión noble son sus cualidades más destacables”<br />J.G. Messerschmidt, <span style="font-style: italic;">MundoClasico</span><br /><br />“Furthermore Carlo Colombara triumphs as a true basso cantante with even, smooth, flexible delivery. Vi ravviso has rarely been sung with such warmth and elegance”.<br />Göran Forsling, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Web</span><br /><br />“As Rodolfo, Carlo Colombara has a secure, lyrical voice and is well inside the notes of his cavatina, for example”.<br />Dominic McHugh, <span style="font-style: italic;">Musical Criticism</span><br /><br />“Carlo Colombara brings a honeyed seductiveness to his rich, resonant bass, making the character of Rodolfo a sort of sympathetic Don Giovanni”.<br />Dave Paxton, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Omh</span><br /><br />“Le Rodolfo de Carlo Colombara, élégant et racé”.<br />Christophe RIZOUD, <span style="font-style: italic;">Forum Opera</span><br /><br />“Il y a toutefois un très bon Rodolfo (Carlo Colombara)”. Nicolas Blanmont, La Libre “Carlo Colombara’s Rodolfo is suitably beefy, tender too when Amina sleepwalks into his room”.<br />Christopher Cook, <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Magazine</span><br /><br />The suave Count Rodolfo is sung by Carlo Colombara, one of Italy's leading basses. © EMICarlo Colombarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255583675729971887noreply@blogger.com