The Blu-Ray was recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera during one of the fabled theatres greatest nights in 2009
Elina Garanea builds on the success of 2009 album, Bel Canto, incarnating the bel canto title role heroine, Cinderella, in Rossinis touching and hilarious comic masterpiece, La Cenerentola
Garanea is something special. The voice pure, warm, ample in power and range, she has achieved a mastery of Rossinis florid style, using no quick fixes (aspirates or separation devices) but singing the runs legato and with clarity. (John Steane, Gramophone)
. . . what singing! Wonderful smoky tone, properly mezzo, and dazzling decoration in her closing aria Nacqui all affanno. (BBC Music Magazine)
Maurizio Benini waves a magic wand of a baton, eliciting effervescent, transparent, shining sound from The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Piquant visuals and superb acting by the entire cast make this a video opera lovers will watch again and again
The Philadelphia Inquirer lauded: Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanea was a sensation at the Metropolitan Operas spring simulcast of La Cenerentola with her vocal virtuosity, intensely blond glamour, and acting ability . . . Disc Size: 23,962,433,692 bytes Length: 2:43:42.145 Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 0 kbps / 1080p / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 Audio: Italian / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit Audio: Italian / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
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