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Background: 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, his wife who is allegedly dead but very much alive, the fate of Poland and much more. Premiered in 1814 but rarely played thereafter, the work deserves to be resurrected, if only for its many beautiful and original arias and ensembles, some of which were such brilliant little masterpieces that he reused them in his later successes such as Il turco in Italia, La Cenerentola and Il barbiere di Siviglia. The work was given its fi rst performance from the critical new edition at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The press hailed the production as a 'perfect symbiosis of music and stage work' that yields 'truly brilliant theater'. Director Damiano Michieletto sets the fi rst act in a startlingly realistic 'insane asylum' of around 1900, where King Sigismondo has been placed after losing his mind over his wife's death, which he, convinced of her infi delity, had ordered. The second act takes place in an elegantly appointed royal palace, where Sigismondo, who has now recovered, must confront an assault by the Bohemian army and decide upon Poland's fate. Mezzo Daniela Barcellona - a sought-after Rossini and Verdi singer - portrays the mad King Sigismondo with fi erce intensity and effortlessly fl owing coloraturas; restored to health in the second act, her Sigismondo dominates the stage as ruler of Poland, alongside Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa and Andrea Concetti. Bringing youthful exuberance and supreme musicality to his conducting is Michele Mariotti, principal conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and acclaimed maestro at La Scala, the Met and other leading houses. 'The Rossini Festival in Pesaro is a little Italian variant of Bayreuth and Salzburg - it has national importance and an international audience. It keeps up the opera and vocal culture which has elsewhere long since disappeared. There should be more such rewarding festivals …' Süddeutsche Zeitung. |
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COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: 1080i 16:9 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: PCM Stereo dts-HD Master Audio 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 164 minutes + 19 minutes bonus / Recorded: live from the Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro 2010 / Subtitles: Italian - original language English German French Spanish Korean Japanese |
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CATALOGUE NR: 108062