Album guide
La finestra di Puccini
- Composer
- Puccini
- Released
- 2026
- Label
- Parco della Musica Records
- Forces
- Piano, Serpent
- Personnel
- Michel Godard bass tuba and serpent, Danilo Rea piano
Michel Godard gives Puccini’s vocal lines to bass tuba and serpent, so the breath remains even when the words disappear. Danilo Rea’s piano leaves the melodies recognisable while opening space around them for improvisation.
The five arias sit beside four originals by the two musicians. The album’s own pieces were chosen for the lyrical quality they share with Puccini, rather than as interruptions to the opera music.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- A trace of GraceOriginal composition by Michel Godard
- Chi il bel sogno di DorettaLa rondine, Act I: “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”
- Ah cosa non è statoOriginal composition by Danilo Rea
- Nessun dormaTurandot, Act III: “Nessun dorma”
- E lucevan le stelleTosca, Act III: “E lucevan le stelle”
- Vecchia zimarraLa bohème, Act IV: Colline’s “Vecchia zimarra, senti”
- HighlandsOriginal composition by Danilo Rea
- VerlaineOriginal composition by Michel Godard
- O mio babbino caroGianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”