Rosalind Plowright — La belle Dame sans merci
During a career spanning almost forty years, Rosalind Plowright has never recorded a recital disc. She has sung in all the world’s greatest opera houses, with the most lauded of colleagues — singers, conductors, directors, designers — and made some important opera recordings and videos, yet the recital disc has never quite happened, even though recitals are a part of her career that Plowright takes very seriously. Well now that oversight has been put right with the release of La Belle Dame Sans Merci.
Plowright has sung both Aida and Amneris, vocal punishers such as Maddalena de Coigny in Andrea Chénier and Norma, and she’s sung in the open air at the vast Verona Arena, yet her voice is surprisingly youthful.… [continue reading]
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