Opera Rara: ORC36

Donizetti: Imelda de’ Lambertazzi

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ORC36

Donizetti: Imelda de’ Lambertazzi

Nicole Cabell, James Westman, Massimo Giordano, Frank Lopardo & Brindley Sherratt

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder

The 2 CD set comes with a lavishly illustrated book including a complete libretto with an English translation. Jeremy Commons gives a detailed account of the story behind the opera and its composition.

“[This recording's] strengths lie in powerhouse performances from James Westman as Bonifacio and Massimo Giordano as Imelda's appalling brother Lamberto. Nicole Cabell's Imelda, though exquisite, seems disengaged in comparison. Mark Elder's conducting is wonderfully insistent, while the dark, period sound of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment adds immeasurably to the oppressive atmosphere of it all.” The Guardian, 18th April 2008 ****