Rossini: Demetrio E Polibio
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World Premiere Recording!
Live recording from the Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro, 2010Lisinga
María José MorenoDemetrio-Siveno
Victoria ZaytsevaDemetrio-Eumene
Yijie ShiPolibio
Mirco PalazziOrchestra Sinfonica G. RossiniConducted by
Corrado RovarisStage Directed by
Davide Livermore"What a pleasure to listen to
Demetrio e Polibio", wrote major Italian daily
La Stampa after the premiere of Rossini's very first opera at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, attributing it "an undeniable fascination". The work was given its first performance in Rome in 1812. It is still unclear whether Rossini was 14 or 18 when he wrote it; what is beyond doubt, however, is the anticipation of great things to come. The libretto is a far-fetched tale of feuding kings, mistaken identities, disguises and cruel fates typical of the late 18th-century opera seria. Young stage director
Davide Livermore, heading a production of the
Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, turns the libretto into a ghost story, setting the action behind the stage of an opera house, when everyone has left and all that remains are the spirits of an opera that yearns for the breath of life - much like the practically forgotten
Demetrio e Polibio itself. With the help of little flames that flare up from the singers' palms and other "phantasmagorical" tricks, Livermore creates an enchanting atmosphere that is given a perfect musical rendering by conductor
Corrado Rovaris (Music Director of the Opera Company of Philadelphia) and the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini. Each giving outstanding performances are the four stand-out soloists
Maria José Moreno,
Victoria Zaytseva,
Yijie Shi and
Mirco Palazzi, "stars ... of the highest international order" (Süddeutsche Zeitung). Once again, the Rossini Opera Festival fulfills its dual goal of performing unknown Rossini works in new, critical editions, and of fostering young singers on their path towards the world's great stages.
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