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This album of operatic arias is entitled ‘Majesty’ and there’s certainly an imperious ring to her bright, hard tone which earns the ‘majestic’ tag. It’s not a tone I warm to, however...The best... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Release Date: 20th Sep 2019
Catalogue No: ODRCD372
Label: Odradek Records
Length: 52 minutes

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Excerpt, Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

I. Overture

Track length3:20

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Act III, Scene 1, 'Che fiero momento' (Euridice)

Track length3:11

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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 : Act II, 'Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata' (Donna Elvira)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Puccini: La Bohème: Act I, 'Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì' (Mimì)

Work length4:47

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Intermezzo

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Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Puccini: La Bohème: Act III, 'Donde lieta uscì' (Mimi)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Puccini: Turandot: Act III, Scene 1, 'Tu che di gel sei cinta' (Liù)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Massenet: Thaïs: Act II, Scene 1, 'Dis moi que je suis belle' (Thaïs)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta, Op. 69: Scene 1a, 'Why haven't I known this before?' (Iolanta)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Act. I, Scene 2, Letter Aria 'Let me die, but first...' (Tatyana)

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Maija Kovalevska
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala

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A sumptuous selection of operatic arias interpreted by Maija Kovalevska, who, with the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, performs her favourite heroines from operas by Puccini, Mozart, Massenet, Gluck and Tchaikovsky.

From Gluck’s ‘Orfeo & Euridice’ Maija Kovalevska performs Euridice’s aria, ‘Che fiero momento!’ (“What a proud moment!”), which anticipates the story’s climax. From Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ we hear Donna Elvira’s Act II aria ‘Mi trad quell’alma ingrata’ (“Cruel heart, you have betrayed me”), which reveals a woman at war with herself, furious at her lover’s betrayal but still longing for him against her own will.

There are two of Mim ‘s arias from Puccini’s ‘La Boh me’, alongside powerful music from ‘Manon Lescaut’, ‘Gianni Schicchi’ and ‘Turandot’. From Act II of Massenet’s ‘Tha s’ there is the sensuous, passionate ‘Dis-moi que je suis belle’ (“Tell me I’m beautiful”), known as the “mirror aria”; gazing at her reflection, Tha s fears old age and longs for her beauty to remain.

The album concludes with two of Tchaikovsky’s greatest operatic moments: Iolanta’s Arioso and the pivotal ‘Letter Aria’ from ‘Eugene Onegin’. A gorgeous release, essential both for opera aficionados and for those seeking an introduction to the genre.

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February 2020

This album of operatic arias is entitled ‘Majesty’ and there’s certainly an imperious ring to her bright, hard tone which earns the ‘majestic’ tag. It’s not a tone I warm to, however...The best items are the two Tchaikovsky excerpts – Iolanta and Tatyana’s Letter Scene – where she reins in her powerful spinto at times and you get a sense of real characters being portrayed.

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