The Bel Canto superstars are suddenly coming out with albums in praise of legendary singers who created the roles of the repertory but who lived in the 19th century, long before the advent of phonograph records.
Cecilia Bartoli has released an album in memory of Maria Malibran, a consummate mezzo-soprano for which Rossini in the early part of the 19th century, wrote some of his operas.
Ditto with Juan Diego Florez, whose Arias for Rubini was released in September 2007. Rubini's upper register was extraordinarily high, some of the roles written for him had extremely (almost impossible, as Juan Diego would attest) top notes. In fact, Bellini's I Puritani, which contains the staggering high F (above top C) was written with Rubini in mind.
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