{"product_id":"silvio-varviso-donizetti-anna-bolena-3cd","title":"Donizetti: Anna Bolena (3CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a time when Donizetti was represented on the world’s stages by little more than Lucia di Lammermoor, and the recording industry was only beginning to capitalise on public hunger for the sublime art of bel canto, this complete recording of the composer’s first great international success was welcomed as a landmark in the history of the opera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMORE INFORMATION\u003c\/p\u003e\nThe heroine for this Vienna-made Decca recording from 1970 was the Greek soprano Elena Souliotis. \"Everything I cherish in song and singing are embodied in her voice and her musical instincts,\" remarked the influential editor of Opera magazine, Harold Rosenthal. Anna Bolena was recorded near the end of her career, and critical praise was lavished upon her colleagues such as the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov as Henry VIII and Marilyn Horne as ‘Giovanna Seymour’, Anna’s maid of honour.\n\n\u003cp\u003eNicolai Ghiaurov – Enrico VIII\u003cbr\u003e Elena Souliotis – Anna Bolena\u003cbr\u003e Marilyn Horne – Giovanna Seymour\u003cbr\u003e John Alexander – Lord Riccardo Percy\u003cbr\u003e Janet Coster – Smeton\u003cbr\u003e Stafford Dean – Rochefort\u003cbr\u003e Piero de Palma – Hervey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiener Staatsopernchor\u003cbr\u003e Norbert Balatsch, chorus master\u003cbr\u003e Wiener Opernorchester\u003cbr\u003e Silvio Varviso\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silvio Varviso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54671948087580,"sku":"4828779","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0513\/4108\/files\/B2-0040__Donizetti-AnnaBolena_3CD___01.png?v=1793853977","url":"https:\/\/shop.umusic.com.au\/products\/silvio-varviso-donizetti-anna-bolena-3cd","provider":"uMusic Shop Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}