I caught the Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka as Marguerite in Gounod’s “Faust” in Riga in 2017, and she was Vitellia in the new recording of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” from Deutsche Grammophon, with Rolando Villazón as Tito. For this solo disc “Spirito,” she is joined by the orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, conducted by Jader Bignamini for a recital of bel canto arias on her own new record label Prima Classic.
The disc includes substantial scenes from Bellini’s “Norma” and “Il Pirata,” Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” and “Maria Stuarda,” and Spontini’s “La Vestale” (sung in the original French).
