The Verdi Tenor

"The celebrated Argentine tenor has been expanding his Verdian repertory of late to include some of the heftier roles such as Manrico in Il trovatore, with Radames in Aida to follow next year. This conspectus of ten operas takes us from the relatively lightweight assignments of Oronte in I Lombardi and Macduff in Macbeth right through to the supreme challenge, almost alone of its kind, of the title role in Otello. None of them seem to faze him."

"The Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez has been tipped as the successor to Pavarotti as the pre-eminent Verdi interpreter of his era, and as these Verdi arias demonstrate, he lacks none of the technical prowess that requires. Indeed, there are distinct echoes of Pavarotti in Alvarez's 'Oh! fede negar potessi', though he delivers with passion rather than power, before offering an emphatic 'Quando le sere al placido'."