Ciro in Babilonia - Rossini Opera Festival 2012
Rossini Opera Festival
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2h 52m
Rossini was only 20 years old when he wrote his fifth opera, Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon), for the Teatro Comunale Ferrara in 1812. Davide Livermore's staging from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, sets the action in the 1920s with period black-and-white film inserts, lavish costumes in the Art Nouveau style, and decors highlighted by Babylonian elements. The plot is based on the Biblical story of the overthrow of the Babylonian king Belshazzar by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great.
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Will Crutchfield
Venue: Rossini Opera Festival
Orchestra: Orchestra and Chorus del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Cast/Soloist: Ewa Podleś, Michael Spyres, Jessica Pratt, Mirco Palazzi
Genre: Opera
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