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Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja with music by Rossini, Weber, Bellini et a.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta; Otello; Mosè in Egitto (Naples version); La Donna del lago; Maometto II; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: R...
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Colonna, Monica; Ganassi, Sonia; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni; Mahieux, Ugo; Mironov, Maxim; Podles, Ewa; Pratt, Jessica; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Th...
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher; Fogliani, Antonino; Koch, Martin; Amberger, Martin; Zedda, Alberto; Morandi, Pier G.; Walter, Alfred; Mercurio, Steven; Rota, Marcello; Benini, Maurizio

Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless mogul was at the very heart of the...continue...

Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Fabbrini, Gianni
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

Using the critical edition by Azio Corghi, this recording of L'Italiana in Algeri was made at a jubilee performance of the XXth Rossini in Wildbad...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2008-07-02_2008-07-03&2008-)....continue...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Bellini: La sonnambula

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Bellini's "La sonnambula", narration with musical examples
Performers: Timson, David
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

'La sonnambula' was written by Bellini as a vehicle for two of the supreme singers of his age and accordingly is a fine example of...continue...

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...continue...

Rossini: L'inganno felice / Zedda, Tarver, Mologni, Regazzo, Vinco, Bailey, Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'inganno felice, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Fabbrini, Gianni; Mologni, Corinna; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Tarver, Kenneth; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

Rossini’s 'rescue opera' 'L'inganno felice' (The Happy Deception) won immediate contemporary popularity after its first performance in 1812. One of the composer's most inventive and...continue...

Rossini: La donna del Lago / Zedda, Ganasi, Mironov, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Performers: Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Cifolelli, Stefan; Ganassi, Sonia; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Mironov, Maxim; Peretyatko, Olga; Pizzolato, Marianna
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Chorus

First staged in Naples in 1819, Rossini's opera 'La donna del lago' is based on Walter Scott's romantic poem 'The Lady of the Lake', setting...continue...

Cavalli: Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne / Zedda, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne, opera
Performers: Cardoso, Soledad; Ferrero, José; Guagliardo, Ugo; Lepore, Carlo; Maesso, Maria Luisa; Martins, Marisa; Masino, Fabiola; Mateu, Assumpta; Pizzolato, Marianna; Prunell-Friend, Agustín; Ze...
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Galicia Youth Symphony Orchestra

A chorister at St Mark's in Venice under Monteverdi, Cavalli became organist at the Basilica in 1639 and was to win a reputation as a...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Zedda, DiDonato, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Bellei, Marco; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Cigna, Patrizia; DiDonato, Joyce; Pisaroni, Luca; Pratico, Bruno; Zapata, Jose Manuel
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern

Alternating between opera seria and opera buffa, Rossini's tenth opera, 'La Cenerentola', treats the story of Cinderella with a degree of modified realism and occasional...continue...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Rossini: Tancredi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Rossini's "Tancredi", narration with musical examples
Performers: Jo, Sumi; Micco, Anna Maria di; Olsen, Stanford; Podles, Ewa; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Rossini was already experiencing success when he composed 'Tancredi', but the success of this dramatic opera took his career to the next level. A classic...continue...

Opera Classics - Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante / Zedda

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante, opera
Performers: Felice, Marco Di; Minarelli, Monica; Santamaría, Eduardo; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists

"Naxos's less-than-ideal recording has enough positive elements to be considered a welcome addition to the Rossini catalog." - Mark, ARG...continue...

Opera Classics - Bellini: La Sonnambula / Zedda, Orgonosova

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-10

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Dilber; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Micu, Ioan; Orgonasova, Luba; Papadjiakou, Alexandra; Vries, Nanco de
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus

"...Henry Fogel briefly went over one's recorded choices of Sonnambula and concluded that Callas was first choice, but added that PagliughiTagliavini was worthy as well;...continue...

Italian Opera Choruses - Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Aida, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Macbeth; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gae...
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Zedda, Alberto; Saccani, Rico
Ensemble: ; Budapest Festival Chorus; Capella Brugensis; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Rad...

Opera Classics - Rossini: Tancredi / Zedda, Podles, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi
Performers: Baert, Lieven; Coryn, Franck; Demeyere, Ewald; Jo, Sumi; Lendi, Lucretia; Micco, Anna Maria di; Podles, Ewa; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Editor's Choice, November 1995 "...a set that has been aimed at a wide constituency of music lovers, yet it makes no compromises with the quality...continue...