The Great Puccini

Jonathan Tetelman’s debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, Arias, was met with rave reviews on its release last summer, and won the singer a 2023 “Young Talent of the Year” Opus Klassik award. The Chilean-American tenor has now chosen to follow this success with a tribute to Puccini, the centenary of whose death falls in 2024. The Great Puccini presents extracts from nine operas, including such well-known arias as “Nessun dorma”, “Che gelida manina” and “E lucevan le stelle”, as well as numbers from less familiar operas such as Le villi and La rondine. The album was recorded earlier this year in Prague with the PKF – Prague Philharmonia, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, and features notable guest appearances from sopranos Vida Miknevičiūtė (Giorgetta in Il tabarro) and Federica Lombardi (Mimì in La bohème).

Tracklisting:

LP 1 Side A

1. Donna non vidi mai [Manon Lescaut, SC 64]

2. Nessun dorma [Turandot, SC 91]

3. Parigi! E la citta dei desideri [La rondine, SC 83]

LP1 Side B

1. Che gelida manina [La bohème, SC 67]

2. O soave fanciulla [La bohème, SC 67]

3. Dunque è proprio finita! [La bohème, SC 67]

LP2 Side A

1. Dammi i colori! Recondita armonia [Tosca, SC 69]

2. Mario Cavaradossi? ... E lucevan le stelle [Tosca, SC 69]

3. Ah! Manon, mi tradisce [Manon Lescaut, SC 64]

4. Che giova? ... Io so che alle sue pene [Madama Butterfly, SC 74]

5. Quello che tacete [La fanciulla del West, SC 78]

6. Ch'ella mi creda [La fanciulla del West, SC 78]

LP2 Side B

1. O Luigi! Luigi! ... Dimmi, perché gli hai chiesto [Il tabarro, SC 85]

2. Non piangere, Liu [Turandot, SC 91]

3. Torna ai felici dì [Le Villi, SC 60]

Jonathan Tetelman Tenor

Federica Lombardi Soprano

Marina Monzó Soprano

Vida Miknevičiūtė Soprano

Rihab Chaieb Mezzo-Soprano

Theodore Platt Baritone

Önay Köse Bass

PKF – Prague Philharmonia

Carlo Rizzi Conductor