Luigi Alva
In most eras, the heavy Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner singers are in the limelight and the smaller-voiced bel canto performers are cast in their shade. This was particularly true in the 1950s and '60s and yet Luigi Alva, unlike so many, never tried to venture out of his natural repertoire, an undertaking usually met with vocal disaster. Instead, he delivered Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti with great elegance and style for four decades. In his native Peru (home of other noted lyric tenors such as Ernesto Palacio and Juan Diego Florez), he studied in Lima with Rosa Morales and in 1953, continued his studies in Milan with Emilio Ghirardini and Ettore Campogalliani at the La Scuola di Canto at La Scala. Returning to Lima, he made his opera debut in Torroba's zarzuela Luisa Fernandez. He returned to Italy to make his European debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan as Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata in 1954, following that with his La Scala debut in 1956 as Count Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Though soprano Maria Callas' few feuds were widely publicized, less-known was her practice of mentoring and encouraging young singers, Alva among them. At Glyndebourne, he made his debut as Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. His Met debut was in 1964 as Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff. In 1982, he returned to Lima to teach and left the stage in 1989. He sponsors the Luigi Alva Competition for young singers and gives master classes.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Opera - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1972
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: Le Barbier de Séville (Stereo Version)
Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1972
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1972
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cimarosa: Il Matrimonio Segreto (Mono Version)
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Nino Sanzogno, Graziella Sciutti, Luigi Alva
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini : L'Italiana in Algeri
Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Fernando Corena, Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin , Silvio Varviso
Full Operas - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1964
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1972
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Tullio Serafin, Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Taddei, Angela Vercelli
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1959
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Dame Joan Sutherland, Eberhard Wächter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva, The Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Past Classics on 10 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: Il barbiere di Seviglia, Extracts (Mono Version)
Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Very Best of Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Luigi Alva
Opera - Released by Past Classics on 21 Jan 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Mono Version)
Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Alceo Galliera, Luigi Alva
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (Mono Version)
Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Grandi Voci - Luigi Alva, Ugo Benelli Una collana dedicata con registrazioni originali Decca e Deutsche Grammophon rimasterizzate con le tecniche più moderne che ne garantiscono eccellenza tecnica e artistica
Luigi Alva, Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 25 Jun 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Luigi Alva: Ay, Ay, Ay - Chansons Espagnoles Et Latino-Américaines
Luigi Alva, The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Iller Pattacini
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1964
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo