Rossini - L'italiana in Algeri - Naxos Deutschland

Pesaro’s new offering this year 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 Livermore’s gag-a-minute, helter-skelter romp followed an alarmingly life-like air-crash, which delivered the ‘Italian girl’ from Rome into the clutches of the local oil baron, Mustafa. All three lead singers (Alex Esposito as Mustafa, the high tenor Yijie Shi as the young lover Lindoro, and Anna Goryachova as the agile-voiced mezzo-soprano of the title role) thoroughly distinguished themselves – and the audience roared its approval of the evening’s entertainment.

Conductor: José-Ramón Encinar

Stage Director: Davide Livermore

Choir/Orchestra: Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Artistic Company: Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro

Artists:
Alex Esposito
Mariangela Sicilia
Raffaella Lupinacci
Davide Luciano
Yijie Shi

Composer: Gioachino Rossini

Sound: 24 bit LPCM / 5.1 DTS Master Audio HD

Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/KO