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Fedora, Umberto Giordano ; Rosetta Cucchi, director ; Stefania Panighini, assistant director ; Tiziano Santi, set director ; Claudia Pernigotti, costume designer ; Luciano Novelli, light designer ; Matteo Ricchetti, video director ; conductor, Valerio Galli

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Fedora

Recorded at Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, March 2015

Umberto Giordano ; Rosetta Cucchi, director ; Stefania Panighini, assistant director ; Tiziano Santi, set director ; Claudia Pernigotti, costume designer ; Luciano Novelli, light designer ; Matteo Ricchetti, video director ; conductor, Valerio Galli

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The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, in St. Petersburg (Act One), Paris (Act Two) and Switzerland (Act Three). It's an operatic crime story, a drama of passion, revenge and guilt that unravels against a historical backdrop of Czarist Russia's political and ideological conflicts in the late 19th century. Daniela Dessi is a complete prima donna of outstanding finesse, her rich voice both powerfully intense and deeply expressive. Tenor Fabio Armiliato shines particularly in the famous aria Amor ti vieta from Act Two, with a commanding and highly expressive stage presence in support of a powerful and wonderfully nuanced voice. The finale of the opera is reserved for the two protagonists, companions both on stage and in life. The singers surpass themselves, and it is impossible not to be moved when Fedora dies, believing that fate would shortly turn theatrical make-believe into reality

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