Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some of the most famous bass roles to life in this wide-ranging programme. Emotions range from the pride of Escamillo in Bizet"s Carmen, through the terrors of Verdi"s Attila, to the tender recollections of Rachmaninov"s Aleko. Mephistopheles strides powerfully through both Gounod and Boito"s operas, and Rossini"s comic wit contrasts with the darkness of Mussorgsky"s Boris Godunov.