International Opera Awards 2025
Shortlisted - Solo Recording

Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Sesto Quatrini

Bellini: Il Pirata
Andante maestoso
Oh! S'io potessi dissipar le nubi
Col sorriso d'innocenza
Oh, Sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure

Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Piangete voi?
Al dolce guidami
Qual mesto suon?
Cielo, a' miei lunghi spasimi
Chi mi sveglia?
Coppia iniqua

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
M'odi, ah m'odi
Figlio! È spento!
Era desso il figlio mio

Verdi: I Due Foscari
No...mi lasciate
Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente
Che mi rechi?...La clemenza?... s'aggiunge lo scherno!

Verdi: Aroldo
Oh, cielo! Dove son'io!
Ah dagli scanni eterei
Mina!...Voi qui!
Ah dal sen di quella tomba

On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera, together with the Orchestra & Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton of Sesto Quatrini. For Buratto, these scenes from Bellini's Il pirata, Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as Verdi's I due Foscari and Aroldo, constitute a core repertoire for any soprano moving into the dramatic post-1850 operas in which she is currently thriving onstage. The combined demand of agility and power of the indomitable women portrayed fit her voice like a glove, and the combination of pieces offers an illuminating perspective on the development of Italian opera during the nineteenth century.

Eleonora Buratto is one of the most highly acclaimed lyric sopranos in the world. Besides the Orchestra & Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova and conductor Sesto Quatrini, Indomita contains contributions by mezzo-soprano Irene Savignano, tenor Didier Pieri and bass Giovanni Battista Parodi.

"This is a big voice, with a touch of metal in the sound, exciting at the top...Lower down, the tone darkens, with words and phrases fiercely etched in her chest register. Coloratura flows with ease and the effect, given the amplitude of her tone, can sometimes be startling...Powerful stuff, and highly recommended." - Gramophone Magazine, May 2025