Peter Fox Smith takes us on a tour of Rossini operas, some well-known, some not so well-known. Included are excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Semiramide, Il vaggio a Reims, Le Compte Ory and William Tell.
A Little Bit About Rossini
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:02 pm
- Il barbiere di Siviglia: "Ecco ridente in cielo"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Cesare Valletti, tenor
- Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
- CD/Album: Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 6505
- Release Year: 1987
12:08 pm
- Il barbiere di Siviglia: "Una voce poco fa"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Soloists: Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
- CD/Album: Galli-Curci
- Record co./Cat #: RCA VIC-1518 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1970
12:13 pm
- Il barbiere di Siviglia: "Una voce poco fa"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Soloists: Conchita Supervia, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Angelo Albergoni
- CD/Album: The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera
- Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 1742
- Release Year: 2000
12:20 pm
- Semiramide: "Bel raggio lusinghier"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Soloists: Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
- CD/Album: Galli-Curci
- Record co./Cat #: RCA VIC-1518 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1970
12:27 pm
- Il vaggio a Reims: "Ah! A tal colpo inaspettato"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chorus; Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Soloists: Katia Ricciarelli, soprano ; Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone ; Lucia Valentini Terrani, mezzo-soprano ; Edoardo Gimenez, tenor ; Lella Cuberli, soprano ; Francisco Araiza, tenor
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- CD/Album: Gioacchino Rossini - Il vaggio a Reims
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 415498
- Release Year: 1985
12:35 pm
- Le Compte Ory: "À la faveur de cette nuit obscure"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
- Soloists: Sumi Jo, soprano ; Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano ; John Aler, tenor
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- CD/Album: Rossini - Le Compte Ory
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 422406
- Release Year: 1989
12:45 pm
- Guillaume Tell: Overture
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
- CD/Album: The Toscanini Collection - Highlights
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 60340
- Release Year: 1990