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Donizetti鈥檚 Zoraida di Granata

From the 2023 Wexford Festival, Donizetti's tale of triumphant love in 15th-century Granada stars Claudia Boyle in the title role and Konu Kim and Matteo Mezzaro as her love rivals.

Wexford, a small fishing town on the south east coast of Ireland is the seemingly unlikely world epicentre for the resurrection of forgotten opera. But since 1951 those in search of exciting exhumations have beaten a path to Wexford Festival Opera every autumn as obscure corners of operatic history are brought to life once more.

Following Erlanger's L'Aube rouge in Opera on 3 last Saturday our second opera from the 2023 Festival is the 24-year-old Donizetti's Zoraida di Granata. Premiered in Rome in 1822, it tells the story of a love triangle (of course) set in fifteenth-century Granada, as Almuzir, the wicked usurper King of Granada, and the Moorish General Abenamet tussle over Zoraida's heart. Despite Almuzir's every effort to keep the betrothed Abenamet and Zoraida apart they remain steadfast, the King relents, and true love triumphs.

Recorded last month at the O'Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford and presented by Sean Rafferty.

Zoraida ..... Claudia Boyle (soprano)
Almuzir ..... Konu Kim (tenor)
Abenamet ..... Matteo Mezzaro (tenor)
Almanzor ..... Julian Henao Gonzalez (tenor)
Ines ..... Rachel Croash (soprano)
Ali Zegri ..... Matteo Guerz猫 (baritone)

Wexford Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Diego Ceretta (conductor)

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Nov 2023 18:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Zoraida Di Granata - Acts 1&2

    Singer: Claudia Boyle. Singer: Konu Kim. Singer: Matteo Mezzaro. Singer: Julian Henao Gonzalez. Singer: Rachel Croash. Singer: Matteo Guerze. Choir: Wexford Festival Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Diego Ceretta.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Zoraida Di Granata - Act 3

    Singer: Claudia Boyle. Singer: Konu Kim. Singer: Matteo Mezzaro. Singer: Julian Henao Gonzalez. Singer: Rachel Croash. Singer: Matteo Guerze. Choir: Wexford Festival Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Diego Ceretta.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110 & 111.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 2 in C Major. Andante con moto

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Bagatelles for Solo Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 3 in D Major. 脌 l'Allemande

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Bagatelles for Solo Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Nov 2023 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3