Signor Gaetano

by Javier Camarena

Overview

Tenor Javier Camarena has truly been hitting his stride, and well-publicized occurrences of enthusiastic encores at the finicky Metropolitan Opera may have helped place this album on classical best-seller lists in late 2022. Another factor was certainly the repertory here; the Signor Gaetano of the title is Gaetano Donizetti, and Camarena almost completely avoids the big Donizetti hits. "Una furtiva lagrima," from L'elisir d'amore, is there for those who have to have some, but even that is done in a fresh way with a historical-instrument performance from accompanying orchestra Gli Originali providing an accompaniment with some texture. Camarena offers selections from such unknown Donizetti operas as Marino Faliero, Caterina Cornaro, and Rosmona d'Inghilterra, works that failed for one reason or another and dropped out of the repertory yet contain individual scenes that are fully representative of Donizetti's art. Camarena injects these with full commitment to the text. This is the real reason for the success of the album; Camarena is a fine singer with flexible top and bottom ranges, but beyond this, he is a superb communicator. Sample the selections from Marino Faliero, based on the story of the titular Doge of Venice during medieval times. There are numerous small details revealed in the authentic instrumentation, and also authentic is the sound, recorded at the Teatro Gaetano Donizetti in Bergamo for maximum idiomatic quality. This is the ideal gift for the Donizetti lover in one's life. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2022
Label:	Pentatone Classics
UPC:	0827949088667
Rank:	8248

Tracks

1. Betly~Act I, No. 1: Ah!... ¿¿ desso cospetto... E fia ver tu mia sarai
2. L' elisir d'amore~Act II, No. 11: Una furtiva lagrima
3. Maria de Rudenz~Act II, No. 6: Talor nel mio delirio
4. Roberto Devereux~Act II, No. 4: Ed ancor la tremenda porta
5. Roberto Devereux~Act II, No. 4: A te dir¿¿ negli ultimi singhiozzi
6. Roberto Devereux~Act II, No. 4: Bagnato il sen di lagrime
7. Il gioved¿¿ grasso~Act I, No. 2: Servi, gente, non v'¿¿ alcuno
8. Don Pasquale~Act II, No. 5: Povero Ernesto!
9. Don Pasquale~Act II, No. 5: Cercher¿¿ lontana terra
10. Don Pasquale~Act II, No. 5: E se fia che ad altro oggetto
11. Marino Faliero~Act II, No. 8: Notte d'orroe
12. Marino Faliero~Act II, No. 8: Io ti veggio
13. Marino Faliero~Act II, No. 8: Quest'¿¿ l'ora
14. Caterina Cornaro~Act II, Scene 1 & 2: Misera patria!
15. Caterina Cornaro~Act II, Scene 1 & 2: Io trar non voglio
16. Caterina Cornaro~Act II, Scene 1 & 2: Guerra... Su, corriamo concordi
17. Rosmonda d'Inghilterra~Act I, No. 2: Dopo i lauri di vittoria
18. Rosmonda d'Inghilterra~Act I, No. 2: Potessi vivere com'io vorrei

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Javier Camarena   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Riccardo Frizza   Conductor
Coro Donizetti Opera   Choir/Chorus
Edoardo Milletti   Tenor (Vocal)
Orchestra Gli Originali   Orchestra
Alessia Pintossi   Soprano (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Gaetano Donizetti   Composer,Librettist
Kasper van Kooten   Design,Product Manager,Libretto Translation,Liner Note Translation
Gianfranco Rota   Photography
Giovanni Ruffini   Librettist
Giocomo Sacchero   Librettist
Riccardo Frizza   Liner Notes
Domenico Gilardoni   Librettist
Everett Porter   Recording Producer
Sean Hickey   Managing Director
Paolo Fabbri   Liner Notes
Felice Romani   Librettist
Giovanni Emanuele Bidera   Librettist
Salvatore Cammarano   Librettist
Javier Camarena   Liner Notes
Lucia Ghielmi   Cover Design
Renaud Loranger   A&R,Executive Producer
Jaap Van Stenis   Engineer
Silvia Pietrosanti   Marketing
Veronika Muravskaia   A&R
Marie-Alexandre Alophe   Artwork
Clarissa Lapolla   Photography
Francesca Mariani   Design,Product Manager,Libretto Translation,Liner Note Translation
Alberto Zanardi   Music Assistant
J. Muro   Photography
Simone Falcetta   Photography