Bel Canto Spectacular

Bel Canto Spectacular

CD+DVD pressing. For the past decade the Peruvian tenor has earned ecstatic critical and public response internationally for a technical prowess and an authoritative style that must surely equal what the public would have heard from the greatest tenors more than 150 years ago. Fl¢rez's exhilarating vocalism, matched by a magnetic stage presence, has prompted major opera companies to revive many rare works especially for him. A celebration of THE Belcanto tenor of our times The King of high Ds demonstrates yet again that he is THE Belcanto singer of his generation JDF recently broke the 70-year old taboo at the Scala of repeating an aria as an encore (Feb Fille) This "Fl¢rez and Friends" programme of bel canto excerpts gives further proof of Fl¢rez's supremacy in this repertoire. For Fl¢rez, the disc is "really a treat because you have some of the finest artists of today - and I'm not talking about me! The opportunity to hear them all in one CD is wonderful. I'm proud that I'm singing here with great singers, great colleagues - great friends." Guests artists - Anna Netrebko (soprano) Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano) Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Fernando Piqueras (baritone) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Daniel Oren (conductor)