Rossini Zelmira

01/01/2009

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1hr 51min

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Decent sound for this rarely performed opera

STORY

Juan Diego Florez stars in the only available DVD version of Zelmira, filmed at the celebrated Rossini Festival in the composer s home town of Pesaro. The final opera Rossini wrote for Naples is a dramatic and musical tour de force and a magnificent showcase for the bel canto superstar of our time. Recorded in high definition at the 2009 Festival, Giorgio Barberio Corsettis production places the classical tale, set during the Trojan Wars, in modern times and modern dress Joining Juan Diego Florez are a major international cast, described as near miraculous by Opera Today and led by American mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich in the virtuosic title role But the evening remained another distinguished triumph for Juan Diego Florez as Prince Ilo, whose arrival in his homeland, to rescue Zelmira, was marked by a dazzling tenorial display which evoked a nearly twenty-minute ovation

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Juan Diego Flórez
  • Kate Aldrich
  • Gregory Kunde
  • Marianna Pizzolato
  • Mirco Palazzi

    Director

  • Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Decca

    Production Countries

  • Italy

LANGUAGES

  • Italian