A Tribute to Indomitable Opera Heroines

On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera. Together with the Orchestra & Coro dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton of Sesto Quatrini.

For Buratto, these scenes from Bellini’s Il pirata, Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as Verdi’s I due Foscari and Aroldo, constitute a core repertoire for any soprano moving into the dramatic post-1850 operas in which she is currently thriving onstage.

The combined demand of agility and power of the indomitable women portrayed fit her voice like a glove, and the combination of pieces offers an illuminating perspective on the development of Italian opera during the nineteenth century.

Eleonora Buratto is one of the most highly acclaimed lyric sopranos in the world. Besides the Orchestra & Coro dell’ Opera Carlo Felice Genova and conductor Sesto Quatrini, Indomita contains contributions by mezzo-soprano Irene Savignano, tenor Didier Pieri and bass Giovanni Battista Parodi. All artists make their Pentatone debut.

Eleonora Buratto, Soprano
Irene Savignano, Mezzo-Soprano
Didier Pieri, Tenor
Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bass
Coro dell’ Opera Carlo Felice Genova (tracks 3-5, 7, 9-10, 12-15 & 17)
Claudio Marino, Chorus Master
Orchestra dell’ Opera Carlo Felice Genova
Sesto Quatrini, Conductor