Signor Gaetano (CD) – Javier Camarena

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Artists: Javier Camarena, Gli Originali
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Pentatone
Release Date: September 28, 2022

Star tenor Javier Camarena makes his Pentatone debut with Signor Gaetano, together with Gli Originali under the baton of Italian opera specialist Riccardo Frizza, presenting a carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti’s greatest tenor arias. 

Besides famous excerpts from L’elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale and Roberto Devereux, this project focuses on hidden gems from rarely-recorded works such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Il giovedì grasso. Camarena and Frizza’s exceptional sense of style is enhanced by the period instrument playing of Gli Originali. The recording took place at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer’s hometown Bergamo, as part of the yearly Donizetti Festival, of which Frizza is the musical director. 

Javier Camarena is one of the most in-demand tenors of his generation, and one of the world’s leading bel canto specialists. Gli Originali was founded within the context of the Bergamo Donizetti Festival, and aims to revive the sound world of early nineteenth-century opera with period instruments and a historically-informed approach.

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