Rossini - Aureliano in Palmira | Opera Rara ORC46

Rossini - Aureliano in Palmira

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Label: Opera Rara

Cat No: ORC46

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 3rd September 2012

Contents

Artists

Kenneth Tarver
Catriona Smith
Silvia Tro Santafe
Ezgi Kutlu
Andrew Foster-Williams
Vuyani Mlinde
Julian Alexander Smith
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Maurizio Benini

Works

Rossini, Gioachino

Aureliano in Palmira

Artists

Kenneth Tarver
Catriona Smith
Silvia Tro Santafe
Ezgi Kutlu
Andrew Foster-Williams
Vuyani Mlinde
Julian Alexander Smith
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Maurizio Benini

About

One of Rossini’s rarest scores, the dramma serio Aureliano in Palmira was written during his miraculous 21st year (1813), when he produced four operas in all: the other three – the comedies 'Il signor Bruschino' and 'L’italiana in Algeri', plus the tragedy Tancredi – indicate not only the amazing fertility of his inventive powers but also the staggering quality of his youthful writing.

Rossini fans will recognise the overture to Aureliano, which he recycled in three other scores, most notably 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'!

The opera is set in 272 AD in the ancient city of Palmyra (in modern Syria), where the queen, Zenobia (Catriona Smith), and her lover the Persian general Arsace (Silvia Tro Santafé), are defeated in battle by the Roman Emperor Aureliano (Kenneth Tarver). Aureliano agrees to free Arsace if Zenobia will give herself to him, but she refuses. Eventually he is won over by the lovers’ devotion, and frees them when they pledge loyalty to Rome

A great success in its day, Aureliano promises to thrill another generation of listeners in this new studio recording under Maurizio Benini.

The 3CD set, a studio recording, comes with a lavishly illustrated book, including a complete libretto with an English translation by Jeremy Commons with article and synopsis by Richard Osborne.

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