Matilde di Shabran - Rossini Opera Festival 2012
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3h 38m
Juan Diego Flórez returns to the opera few tenors dare sing in Mario Martone's production of Matilde di Shabran for the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Underpinned by a plot of "almost Shakespearean depth" (The Guardian), Rossini's melodramma giocoso features some of the most virtuosic vocal music, delivered superbly by Flórez, Olga Peretyatko and Anne Goryachova under the baton of Italian maestro Michele Mariotti.
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Venue: Rossini Opera Festival
Orchestra: Orchestra and Chorus del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Cast/Soloist: Olga Peretyatko, Juan Diego Flórez, Paolo Borgdogna, Anna Goryachova, Nicola Alaimo
Genre: Opera
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