The vocal performances on this disc of highlights from Charles Mackerras' reading of Don Giovanni, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, are not consistently strong enough to make this a particularly competitive version. Several roles are very well taken. Bo Skovhus makes a memorably charismatic and roguish Don Giovanni, with the dramatic skills to make the complex character fully convincing. His singing is powerful, and his tone is secure and ringing throughout his range. As Zerlina, Nuccia Focile is a wide-eyed ...
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The vocal performances on this disc of highlights from Charles Mackerras' reading of Don Giovanni, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, are not consistently strong enough to make this a particularly competitive version. Several roles are very well taken. Bo Skovhus makes a memorably charismatic and roguish Don Giovanni, with the dramatic skills to make the complex character fully convincing. His singing is powerful, and his tone is secure and ringing throughout his range. As Zerlina, Nuccia Focile is a wide-eyed but beguiling innocent, and she acts beautifully with her expressive voice, which is consistently warm and lyrical. Their chemistry makes "Là ci darem la mano" one of the album's highlights. Felicity Lott is dramatically effective as Donna Elvira, but her voice, which sounds marvelous when it's soaring, lacks power and sounds unsupported in its lower register. Christine Brewer's Donna Anna is inconsistent; for some stretches, her voice lacks substance and has a slightly grainy sound,...
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