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Composer: ROSSINI Gioachino
Soloist(s): Annick Massis, Juan Diego Florez, Bruno Taddia, Hadar Halevy, Marco Vinco, Bruno de Simone, Chiara Chialli, Carlo Lepore, Gregory Bonfatti, Lubomir Moravec
Conductor(s): Riccardo Frizza
Orchestra(s): Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia
Number: 475 7688
Choir(s): Prague Chamber Choir
Released: 2006
Label: DECCA
Cover credits: Matilde di Shabran production at the Rossini Opera Festival (c) Studio Amati-Bacciardi
Decca Classics


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REVIEWS
lang''Massis has fun with the mocking character of the title role. She doesnt't get to let loose all the cannons in her arsenal until Matilde's lenghty finale, in which she says , ''Women are born to conquer and rule'' popping around on high Cs, Ds, and Es, she definitely does rule. In fact, her perfect command of pitch and rhytm make it sound more like playful cavorting than acrobatics''.
Drew Minter
Opera News
February 2007
lang'' Annick Massis is great in the title role'' Warwick Thompson
Classic FM
October 2006
lang''Annick Massis is one of the today's most appealing sopranos in this repertoire ( I'm sure why she is not better known in the UK, despite having appeared at Glyndebourne and elsewhere)''
GRAMOPHONE
October 2006
langAnnick Massis is quite a discovery in this part: we'll surely be hearing more of her secure coloratura. She's particularly good in the Matilde-Aliprando duet in Act 1, and her voice is distinct in the big concertatos as well.''
musicOMH.com – UK
Dominic McHung
lang'' she is sly heroine Matilde ( deliciously song by the soprano Annick Massis) Album rewieus
Peter Conran
October 2006
langLa soprano Annick Massis assume les difficultés du role-titre avec un aplomb étourdissant et campe un personnage d'un charme irresistible.
George Gad
Octobre 2004
Le Monde de la Musique
langAnnick Massis rend parfaitement justice au rôle-titre de Matilde, rusée et émouvante. Elle sait se faire espiègle quand elle veut amadouer Corradino, émouvante quand celui-ci la condamne à mort (avant de s’en repentir). Son rôle n’a rien à envier en virtuosité à celui du ténor. Il suffit d’entendre le rondo final sollicitant la voix sur deux octaves et demie. La soprano franchit les obstacles haut la main. Entendre le ténor et la soprano faire assaut de bravoure et de variations est un plaisir pour les oreilles.
Valéry Fleurquin
forumopera.com
Picture of the week
Lucia di Lammermoor / Lucia
Festival d'Antibes
© Sigried Colomyes


Lucia di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera

'' Annick Massis, who sang on 17th. Tall, lovely and primarily reserved, Ms Massis has one of the most beautiful, perfectly produced voices in the world. She moves gracefully and her fidgeting and nervousness, part of Ms Zimmerman’s direction, was noted and effective, but she does not really give the impression of fragility. That having been said, I suspect there will be no more enchanting singing at the Met this year than what Ms Massis offered.''
Robert Levine
www.classictoday.com
19/10/2007
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