Rossini
1 Le comte Ory
Trio 'A la faveur...'
2 Il viaggio a Reims
Duetto of Melibea
and Conte Libenskof
'D'alma celeste Dio'
Auber
3 La Muette di Portici
Scene & Air of Masaniello
'Ferme tes yeux'
Carafa
4 Gabriella di Vergi
Duetto of Raoul & Fayel
'Traditor! paventa:
al campo!'
Donizetti
5 La Fille du Régiment
Romance of Tonio
'Pour me rapprocher...'
6 Il castello di Kenilworth
Scena e Quartetto
'Freme ondeggia irresoluto!'
Gramophone
'Among the remarkable recent generation of virtuoso tenors, Matteuzzi has been widely admired, not least for the good taste and the stylistic refinement of his singing. This is evident from the first in the trio from
Le comte Ory where phrases have a grace of tone and movement that momentarily call to mind the name of Tito Schipa.
Il viaggio a Reims finds him achieving an agility over a wide vocal range... in passages of pure unforced lyricism he is most gratefully heard and the sighing
semi-diseur style of Offenbach's ariette is enchanting.'
Gramophone
'Good taste, stylistic refinement and vocal agility in a vivacious programme of rareties.'