Fiori: Luigi Cherubini ~ Démophon

 

Démophon
Dircé
Osmide
Astor
Néade
Ircile
Lygdame
Adraste

Silvano Carroli
Linda Kelm
Veriano Luchetti
Håkan Hagegård
Christer Bladin
Cecilia Gasdia
Carlo del Bosco
William Matteuzzi


Coro della radio di Budapest Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI

Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti

Roma, 1985


Comparing opera’s makes you appreciate and value uncommon works. Montserrat Caballé obviously is a primadonna and the performance is pompous. Linda Kelm is more demure, more in the style of Cherubini, and the performance is conducted well. It’s hard to believe that the conductor is the same in both performances. One could discuss this for hours, but only listening offers a solution and an entertaining affair.