Baritone Arias

Baritone Arias Naxos 8.572438 Composers: Dimitri Araksihvili, Gaetano Donizetti, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Guiseppe Verdi Conductor: Lodovico Zocche Orchestra: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Artist: Lado Ataneli For his Naxos début recording, the internationally acclaimed Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli has selected operatic arias by Bizet, Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Massenet, Mozart and Rossini, which showcase what the Los Angeles Times hailed as ‘one of the healthiest, roundest, most mellifluous voices on the planet’. A sought-after interpreter of verismo rôles, Lado Ataneli has worked with conductors including Riccardo Muti, James Conlon and James Levine, sharing the stage with Plácido Domingo and other leading singers. He closes his recital with an aria by Dimitri Arakishvili, one of the founders of modern Georgian music. Baritone Arias Review Dramatically persuasive, his voice and emotions flow molten in “Dagli immortali vertici” from “Attila” and arias from “Ernani” and “Vespri siciliani.” The voice is big, beautiful, rounded and exuberant. Singing French, he pays attention to diction and is enticingly nasal and expressive in the “Toreador” song (from Bizet’s “Carmen”) and “Vision fugitive” (from Massenet’s “Hérodiade”)…he’s got a memorable voice and, in the right repertoire, he’s a treasure. Pierre Ruhe – ArtsATL