The mastery in style, magnificent musicality, beautiful singing line and deep knowledge of the character compensate for the noticeable vocal weakening of the septuagenarian baritone in his performance of a part that, regardless of spending the whole of the third act agonising, is physically highly demanding. Leo Nucci, who will share the role of Simon Boccanegra with Giovanni Meoni and Plácido Domingo in the remaining performances, started strongly and only by the end showed some signs of fatigue. His unexpected and successful debut was the main incentive of a night that on the whole was correct but anodyne, including some disappointments and only reaching excellence in few occasions. Having based his solid reputation on the bel canto repertoire, in his maturity he is evolving to characters of greater vocal thickness such as this important Verdian role, which he was preparing but hadn’t yet sung.īros’s Gabriele has quality, is well rounded in the high spectrum and of good style, although it lacks some vocal weight in the more dramatic passages. The last minute indisposition of tenor Fabio Sartori resulted in the debut of Josep Bros, the tenor from Barcelona, in the role of Gabriele Adorno. Co-production of Gran Treatre del Liceu and Grand Théâtre de Genève. Symphonic Orchestra of Gran Teatre del Liceu.
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