Don Carlo Premiere - Anita's Debut
The georgian singer continues without any doubt the legacy of ancient italian mezzo sopranos
The whole cast was dominated by Anita Rachvelishvili, who portrayed the role of the Princess Eboli with her impressive instrumental capacities, which alone filled in the gigantic hall of the Opera Bastille.
The georgian singer continues without any doubt the legacy of ancient italian mezzo sopranos, who used, but never abused, the chest voice to make the low notes sound more powerful and penetrating. She played skilfully the coloraturas in her first aria. In "O, don fatale" she impressivly cursed her beauty with tremendously powerful high notes, while contrasting it with an impeccable legato in the cantabile part of the aria.