Rossini - Figaro. Si: Arias & Duets | Alpha ALPHA791

Rossini - Figaro. Si: Arias & Duets

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA791

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 22nd April 2022

Contents

Works

Rossini, Gioachino

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Dunque io son?
» Largo al factotum
» Ma dite, signor Figaro
» Overture
L'italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
» Ai capricci della sorte
» Overture
» Viva il grande Kaimakan
L'occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes a thief)
» Che sorte che accidente
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
» Un segreto d'importanza
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
» Amor dolcemente
Le Comte Ory
» Dans ce lieu solitaire

Artists

Florian Sempey (baritone)
Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Nahuel Di Pierro (bass)
Yoann Dubruque (baritone)
Choeur de l’Opera National Bordeaux
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

Works

Rossini, Gioachino

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Dunque io son?
» Largo al factotum
» Ma dite, signor Figaro
» Overture
L'italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
» Ai capricci della sorte
» Overture
» Viva il grande Kaimakan
L'occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes a thief)
» Che sorte che accidente
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
» Un segreto d'importanza
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
» Amor dolcemente
Le Comte Ory
» Dans ce lieu solitaire

Artists

Florian Sempey (baritone)
Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Nahuel Di Pierro (bass)
Yoann Dubruque (baritone)
Choeur de l’Opera National Bordeaux
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

About

The French baritone Florian Sempey has established himself as a key player on today’s operatic scene. For his first solo recital, Rossini was the obvious choice, first of all because he has already performed the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia in the leading opera houses, from Paris to London, and of course by way of Orange and Pesaro. But there is another reason: ‘Rossini was the first composer’s name I heard in my life. At my grandparents’ house, there was a bust above the piano, on a little rococo display stand’ – the bust that appears on the cover of this album.

Rossini’s music is a challenge for singers and also a great and very strict technical training for them. It calls for the highest standards and degree of precision. This programme presents arias in French and Italian, mingling the most famous (including Figaro’s ‘Largo al factotum’) with rarities such as Germano’s aria from La scala di seta and Don Parmenione’s from L’occasione fa il ladro. It also includes magnificent duets with two dream partners, Karine Deshayes and Nahuel Di Pierro. And who better to conduct the Orchestre de l’Opéra National Bordeaux Aquitaine than the accomplished Rossinian Marc Minkowski, who gives this music an inimitable sparkle?

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