canariasesmusica

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This 1991 live recording of Verdi's Otello under Alain Lombard counts with the great Giuseppe Giacomini in the leading role singing at his best, Margaret Price, close to her retirement, as Desdemona, and Matteo Manuguerra creating a magnificent Iago. The problem of this production is the baton of maestro Lombard, unconnected with what is happening on stage and just focused on sounding forte, keeping no attention to the singers. Alain Lombard never has been a conductor that has been celebrated, correct me if I'm wrong, please. If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link.

Born in Szeged, Ilona Tokody began her music education in her home town with Valéria Berdál before enrolling at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where she was taught by Dr. Jenő Sipos. She won the Kodály Singing Competition in 1972 and the Erkel Singing Competition in 1976. In that same year, she joined the Opera as a contracted member. As a young artist on the cusp of her career, her initial debuts in works by contemporary Hungarian composers were highly acclaimed. She has collaborated with numerous great directors – including Franco Zeffirelli, Otto Schenk and Götz Friedrich – and conductors, such as Claudio Abbado, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Giuseppe Patané. Over the course of her career, she has primarily sung the leading roles in Italian and French operas, but she has also been engaged for oratorios and for song and aria recitals. Her talent was also quickly noticed abroad. In 1979, her Wiener Staatsoper debut as Mimì in  La bohème  was such a triumph that she then w...