Credits:

Richard Bonynge, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Description:

Lucrezia Borgia, Grand Duchess of Ferrara, accidentally discovers that Gennaro, a young man from Venice, is her own son. At the same time, an incident occurs that insults the Borgia family, the prestigious family from which she came, and the culprit is caught and sentenced to death, but it was Gennaro who did it. Lucrezia is intensely upset. When her husband, Prince Ferrara, saw this, he suspected that Gennaro was his wife's lover. Lucrezia plans to poison Gennaro and all his friends involved in the crime, but only gives Gennaro the antidote... Singing the heroine in Donizetti's opera is one of the most demanding roles for a soprano. Lucrezia Borgia" is a heroine who is both a loving mother and a vengeful, cold-hearted woman, a difficult role that Australian soprano Sutherland handled perfectly with great vocal technique and a beautiful voice. Her superb singing of the aria "Era desso il figlio mio" (This young man was my son) at the end of the opera is unparalleled.Her most trusted husband Richard Bonning conducts and Alfredo Krauss's Gennaro is also superb. Naxos Japan