Leo Nucci
In an age more generously endowed with dramatic Italian baritones, Leo Nucci might have achieved a reputation as an elegant lyric baritone with an uncommonly attractive voice. The dearth of large-voiced singers for the major Verdi baritone characters, however, created the demand that led Nucci (and his compatriot Renato Bruson) into a heavier repertory than has been congenial. Thus, he has sung with great frequency, sought out by major conductors who value his reliability and capacity for hard work, filling the big roles with sturdy competence and moderately attractive (though seldom truly beautiful) sound. After beginning his studies in 1957 with Mario Bigazzi and later working with Giuseppe Marchesi, Nucci won several singing competitions in 1965 and 1966. In 1967, he won the A Belli competition at Spoleto after having made his debut as Rossini's Figaro. In Milan, while singing in the La Scala chorus, Nucci studied the title role in Rigoletto with maestro Ottaviano Bizzarri and, in 1973, won the Concorso Internazionale Viotti di Vercelli. Nucci appeared at La Scala as Rossini's Figaro in 1976, the first entry on a long list of leading roles he would sing there. At Covent Garden in 1978, he was called upon to substitute for an ailing colleague as Miller in Verdi's Luisa Miller, a performance that resulted in re-engagement at Renato (Anckarström) in Un Ballo in Maschera. In 1979, Nucci made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as Figaro. Renato served as the agent of his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on February 23, 1980, and again for Paris in 1981 and Salzburg in 1989. Since his debut at the Metropolitan, Nucci has sung many of the Verdi roles there. In addition, he has appeared in both San Francisco and Chicago. Nucci has frequently appeared at La Scala, participating in several productions surrounding the centenary of Verdi's death. For a production of La Forza del Destino, he sang after a short recuperation from a serious ailment. His activities in the recording studio have resulted in a half-dozen Grammys for Best Opera Recording. Nucci has recorded all the major Verdi baritone roles, some of them more than once, all with leading conductors; the list includes Abbado, Bartoletti, Chailly, Giulini, Karajan, Levine, Maazel, Mehta, Muti, and Solti.
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Discographie
18 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Leo Nucci, Cecilia Bartoli, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patané
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1989
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Puccini: Tosca
Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Aragall, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1986
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1984
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: La Traviata
Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 20 juin 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Verdi: La Traviata (Highlights)
Sir Georg Solti, Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 déc. 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Parlami d'amore - Italian Songs
Leo Nucci, Amici Musicisti, Paolo Marcarini
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 14 mars 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kings and Courtiers: Great Verdi Arias
Leo Nucci, Paolo Marcarini, Italian Opera Chamber Ensemble
Opéra - Paru chez Opus Arte le 4 nov. 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: Macbeth
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Classique - Paru chez C Major le 25 mars 2014
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bel Canto Arias
Leo Nucci, English Chamber Orchestra, Gianfranco Masini
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 3 nov. 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Recital Italiano
Cecilia Gasdia, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi
Classique - Paru chez Classic art le 17 sept. 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Opera Arias
Leo Nucci, Vito Lombardo, Salotto Ottocento Ensemble
Divers - Paru chez Musikstrasse le 1 janv. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
GRANDI VOCI - LEO NUCCI Una collana dedicata con registrazioni originali Decca e Deutsche Grammophon rimasterizzate con le tecniche più moderne che ne garantiscono eccellenza tecnica e artistica
Leo Nucci, Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 8 avr. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Parlami d'amore Mariù
Divers - Paru chez Musikstrasse le 1 janv. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: La Traviata (Excerpts) (Live)
Rosa Vento, Marcelo Álvarez, Leo Nucci
Opéra - Paru chez Cascavelle le 23 déc. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo