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<< -- 9 -- Maria Nockin RIVER SPIRITS
Patrick Summers brings out the intensity and the lush qualities of this magnificently orchestrated score. He has a fabulous orchestra to command and they play with elegance and romantic fervor. Richard Bado's chorus sings accurately and with a sure knowledge of this work's Latin style.
The diva Florencia Grimaldi (Patricia Schuman) 'finds her wings' as her spirit ascends for reunion with that of her true love, the butterfly hunter Cristóbal. Photo: George Hixson/Houston Grand Opera
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This two-act, ninety nine minute complete opera is recorded on two discs with an act on each. The work is divided into seventeen scenes and each one is a separate track. The clear sound on Albany Records' TROY531/32 gives the listener the feeling of being in an opera house with fine acoustics.
Copyright © 23 November 2003
Maria Nockin, Arizona USA
Florencia en el Amazonas
TROY 531/32 DDD Stereo (2 CDs) 55'44"/43'08" - TT 98'52" 2002 Albany Records
Mark S Doss, bass-baritone (Riolobo); Ana Maria Martinez, soprano (Rosalba); Suzanna Gusmán, mezzo-soprano (Paula); Hector Vasquez, baritone (Alvaro); Oren Gradus, bass (Capitán); Patricia Schuman, soprano (Florencia); Chad Shelton, tenor (Arcadio); Houston Grand Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Patrick Summers, conductor
Daniel Catán (born 1949): 'Florencia en el Amazonas' (1996), a two act operatic parable, sung in Spanish to a libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain |
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