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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ermione (complete opera) Serena Farnocchia (soprano) Aurora Faggioli (mezzo-soprano) . Moisés Marín (tenor) / Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Numerous myths surround the supposed failure of Ermione, and while Rossini himself feared the subject might be 'overly tragic', he was clearly fond of the work, keeping its manuscript until his death. Ermione is set in the aftermath of the Trojan... |
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L'Inganno felice (Complete opera) Simon Bailey / Lorenzo Regazzo / Marco Vinco / Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Rossini's 'rescue opera' L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception) won immediate contemporary popularity after its first performance in 1812. One of the composer's most inventive and sparkling scores, with soprano, tenor and bass arias of great beauty,... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Malmo Opera / Leonardo Ferrando, Erika Miklósa, Daniela Pini, Lars Arvidson, Igor Bakan / Tobias Ringborg (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Le Comte Ory is the last of Rossini's comic operas, making full use of the libretto's farcical disguises and humour in one of his most colourfully orchestrated scores. |
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L'Italiana in Algeri [An Italian in Algeries] (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Anna Goryachova, Alex Esposito, Yijie Shi & Mario Cassi / José Ramón Encinar [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Pesaro's new offering in 2013 was an off-the-wall production of Rossini's popular comedy, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers', presented as a Swinging Sixties, James Bond adventure, set in the desert oil fields of the North African coast. Davide... |
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ROSSINI
Sigismondo (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Daniela Barcellona, Olga Peretyatko, Antonio Siragusa / Michele Mariotti (cond) / Jonathan Webb, conductor [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Early Rossini has something buoyant, vibrant, youthful about it - even when it is a "dramma per musica" such as Sigismondo, a dark swirl of an opera revolving around a mad king and his delusions. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Adina (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Teatro della Fortuna M. Agostini / Lisette Oropesa, Vito Priante, Levy Sekgapane, Matteo Macchioni, Davide Giangregorio / Diego Matheuz [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Jun/2025 ] Few of Gioachino Rossini's operas are less well known than Adina. This production by Rossini Opera Festival and Wexford Opera Festival revives a masterwork of glittering arias and rich orchestral textures. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Vlaamse Opera Antwerpi / Myrtò Papatanasiu, Ann Hallenberg, Josef Wagner, Robert McPherson, Igor Bakan / Alberto Zedda (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2016 ] "The singer's unfailing musicality and sincerity offer much pleasure..Zedda's speeds are well judged." (International Record Review) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Opera of Rome / Serena Malfi, Juan Francisco Gatell, Alessandro Corbelli, Vito Priante / Alejo Pérez (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2020 ] Rossini's second masterpiece La Cenerentola premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome on the 25th of January 1817, less than a year after the first performance of his The Barber of Seville and it ́s pure, perfect Rossini. In this production, a set-up... |
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ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia (opera recorded 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Ketevan Kemoklidze, Luca Salsi, Dmitry Korchak / Andrea Battistoni (cond) [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Aug/2011 ] All performers know exactly the role they are required to play and how best to carry it off. |
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Il barbiere di Siviglia (opera recorded 2011) Teatro Regio di Parma / Ketevan Kemoklidze, Luca Salsi, Dmitry Korchak / Andrea Battistoni (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] "A traditional approach, neatly conducted by the youthful Andrea Battistoni. It's a lively show, though the singing varies from Bruno Pratico's expert Bartolo to Luca Salsi's careless Figaro." (BBC Music) |
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Torvaldo e Dorliska (complete opera recorded in 2006) Teatro Rossini, Pesaro / Darina Takova, Michele Pertusi, Francesco Meli / Victor Pablo Perez (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] G - This world première DVD recording features singers that have attained world-wide renown, such as the bass-baritone Michele Pertusi and the soprano Darina Takova. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Teatro Ventidio Basso / Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Florez, Sergey Romanovsky, Victoria Yarovaya / Giacomo Sagripanti (Cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Oct/2019 ] To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the premiere of the Rossini rarity, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro staged Ricciardo e Zoraide with an all-star cast. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CD + Blu-ray Audio + DVD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The hardcover edition of Claudio Abbado's legendary recording of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville is out of print and now available in a new packaged set: 2 CD + BD audio (24bit/96kHz) + DVD video box set. |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Italian Opera Choruses Theatro Roma Opera Chorus / Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus / Various conductors [ Royal Opera / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 19 masterpieces from Italian opera recorded from 1959 to 1972 |
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MASCAGNI / DONIZETTI / MASSENET / CILEA / VERDI / ROSSINI / etc
Tito Schipa in Opera Tito Schipa (tenor) with with Amelita Galli-Curci and Mafalda Favero [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 8/Mar/2006 ] "A splendid Tito Schipa concert made up of 19 pieces ... the restoration carried out by Nimbus could be termed miraculous. It allows those who love Schipa's voice to do the impossible; to catch for a fleeting moment the joy of finding something that... |
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HEROLD / ROSSINI
La Fille mal Gardée (hlts) / Boutique Fantasque (hlts) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "John Lanchbery's score for La fille is one of the great ballet scores of the modern era - a creation to delight even those who do not normally care for ballet. (This recording) is of vintage Decca excellence…"Solti's Boutique is high-powered and... |
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The Italian girl in Algiers (complete opera) Christianne Stotijn / Maxim Mironov / Marco Vinco / Riccardo Frizza (conductor) [ Bel Air Classique / DVD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] G : - Rossini's wonderful comic opera, written when he was only 21, to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, was first performed in Venice on May 22, 1813. |
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (complete opera) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicola Monti, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Chorus & Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano / Tullio Serafin (conductor) [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "..beauty of her singing.. originality of her reading.. never heard a Rosina as guileful and charming as de los Angeles" - Gramophone |
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La cambiale di matrimonio (complete opera) Vito Priante / Julija Samsonova / Daniele Zanfardino / Giulio Mastrotaro / Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Franklin [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] "It is sprucely, at times wittily conducted by Christopher Franklin, and there is a good cast that includes a decent tenor as the romantic lead and a pair of lively buffo basses" (Gramophone) |