Credits:

Donizetti / Visconti, piero

Description:

ThisBongiovanniCDreleasefinallyrendersjusticetoasingerforgottenbytherecordingindustryandbereftofthenotorietythataqualitycareersuchashisshouldhaveaffordedhim.PieroViscontiwasatenorwitheverythinginplacetoleavehismarkontheoperahistoryofthe1970s,80sandbeyond.Listeningtothesepieces,allfromliverecordings,istodiscoveralostvocaltreasure.AfterapromisingdecadehisItalianengagementsbecamefewer,makingitinexplicablydifficulttofindhisnameonItalianplaybillsofthe90s,whichshouldhavebeenthetimeofhisfullartisticmaturity.

Tracklisting:

1.Roberto Devereux: Come uno spirto angelico
2.Lucrezia Borgia: Di pescatore ignobile
3.Lucrezia Borgia: T’amo qual s’ama un angelo
4.L’Elisir D’Amore: Una furtiva lacrima
5.Martha: M’appari
6.Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido
7.Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime
8.Un Ballo in Maschera: Ma se m’e forza perderti
9.Aida