MusicWeb International sees Dinara Alieva’s new Pace mio Dio… recording as a calling card for her in the West in this absolute rave review:
“Largely unknown in the West, this calling-card CD provides an opportunity to hear Azerbaijani soprano Dinara Alieva in a variety of well known lyric and lirico-spinto roles from mainstream Italian repertoire. … What is immediately obvious that she is no tweety coloratura. Her voice is full, warm and well-coloured which alongside good diction enables to characterise the words and their emotions superbly… Taking the first two tracks as evidence, this was an interpretation more in the mode of Callas than Caballé. … It was after listening to the three concluding arias (trs. 11-13), comprising Tacea la note and D’amor sull’ali rosee from Trovatore and Pace, pace mio Dio! from La Forza del Destino that I finally convinced myself that after too many false starts among some contemporary over-hyped singers, I was listening to the genuine article. Here is a possible worthy successor to some of the greats. I have mentioned her characteristic vocal qualities and they are all heard to advantage in this final group of arias, plus the presence of a good grill. Not since I heard Inessa Galante’s debut album, which reached Gold and Platinum status (Campion), and reviewed her later disc of Verdi arias (see review) have I been so impressed by potential as I am with this singing from Dinara Alieva.” —Robert J Farr, MusicWeb International
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