The Rossini Code
Donald Macleod presents five takes on the life and music of Gioachino Rossini. Today, the winning formula Rossini hit upon, right at the start of his operatic career.
This week, Donald Macleod presents five takes on the life and music of Gioachino Rossini. Today, the winning formula Rossini hit on right at the start of his operatic career.
Rossini had the good fortune to learn his craft not from a course of dry academic study but by toiling in the operatic trenches of Venice鈥檚 Teatro San Mois猫, for which he produced a youthful string of one-act farces 鈥� four of which are sampled in today鈥檚 programme. Thrown in at the deep end at the tender age of 18, Rossini almost immediately 鈥� and apparently instinctively 鈥� caught on to the essentials of writing music for the stage. More than that, he seems to have codified his instincts into a structural ground plan that not only underpins his early farces, but continued to serve him when he graduated to writing comic operas on a larger scale 鈥� a case in point being the deftly-paced 1st-act finale of Cinderella, which concludes today鈥檚 programme.
La cambiale di matrimonio; overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
La scala di seta; scene 1, Introduzione
Teresa Ringholz, soprano (Giulia)
Alessandro Corbelli, baritone (Germano)
Francesca Provvisionato, mezzo soprano (Lucilla)
English Chamber Orchestra
Marcello Viotti, conductor
L鈥檌nganno felice; scene 8 (extract): Terzetto: 鈥楺uel sembiante鈥�
Ra煤l Gim茅nez, tenor (Bertrando)
Pietro Spagnoli, bass (Tarabotto)
Annick Massis, soprano (Isabella)
Le Concert des Tuileries
Marc Minkowski, conductor
L鈥檕ccasione fa il ladro (or Il cambio della valigia); scenes 12 (extract)鈥�13:
鈥� Duet: 鈥榁oi la sposa!鈥�
鈥� Recit: 鈥楺ui non c鈥櫭� scampo鈥�
鈥� Aria: 鈥業l mio padrone鈥�
Enrico Fissore, bass (Don Parmenione)
Margherita Rinaldi, soprano (Berenice)
Antonio Pirino, tenor (Don Eusebio)
Gianni Socci, baritone (Martino)
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin
Vittorio Gui, conductor
La Cenerentola; Act 1, finale
Luigi Alva, tenor (Ramiro)
Renato Capecchi, baritone (Dandini)
Margherita Guglielmi, soprano (Clorinda)
Laura Zannini, soprano (Tisbe)
Ugo Trama, bass (Alidoro)
Teresa Berganza, mezzo soprano (Cenerentola)
Paolo Montarsolo, bass (Don Magnifico)
Scottish Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
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Gioachino Rossini
La Cambiale di Matrimonio: Overture
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DGG : 415-363-2.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Scala di seta: Act 1 (extract)
Singer: Teresa Ringholz. Singer: Alessandro Corbelli. Singer: Francesca Provvisionato. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.- CLAVES CH-3600.
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Gioachino Rossini
L' Inganno Felice: Scene 8 (extract)
Singer: Ra煤l Gim茅nez. Singer: Pietro Spagnoli. Singer: Annick Massis. Orchestra: Le Concert des Tuileries. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ERATO : 0630 17579-2.
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Gioachino Rossini
L' Occasione fa il ladro: Scenes 12-13
Singer: Enrico Fissore. Singer: Margherita Rinaldi. Singer: Antonio Pirino. Singer: Gianni Socci. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI. Conductor: Vittorio Gui.- OPERA D'ORO 1458.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola: Act 1, Scene 2
Singer: Luigi Alva. Singer: Renato Capecchi. Singer: Margherita Guglielmi. Singer: Laura Zannini. Singer: Ugo Trama. Singer: Teresa Berganza. Singer: Paolo Montarsolo. Choir: Scottish Opera Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : DG 423 861-2.
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