Rossini: La Cenerentola (2-CD) – Cecilia Bartoli
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Rossini: La Cenerentola (2-CD) – Cecilia Bartoli
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Artists: Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Alessandro Corbelli, Enzo Dara, Fernanda Costa, Gloria Banditelli, Michele Pertusi, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Decca
CD Release Date: March 13, 2012
From the Penguin Guide:
“Cecilia Bartoli, one of the most vibrantly exciting singers of the younger generation, makes an inspired Cenerentola. Her tone-colors are not just more sensuous than those of her rivals; her imagination and feeling for detail add enormously to her vivid characterization, culminating in a stunning account of the final rondo. The rest of the cast has been just as carefully chosen, with William Matteuzzi as an engaging prince, sweeter of tone and more stylish than his direct rivals, while the contrasting of the bass and baritone roles is ideal between Alessandro Corbelli as Dandini, Michele Pertusi as the tutor, Alidoro (substitute for the fairy godmother in the Cinderella story), and Enzo Dara as Don Magnifico. Few Rossini opera-sets have such fizz as this, and the recording is one of Decca’s most vivid.”
Includes a link to the complete libretto online.
History
Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Rossini’s charming version of the Cinderella story brings unexpected realism to the beloved fairy tale by having the lovers find each other without the help of magic. The opera premiered in 1817 and since the bel canto revival in the mid-20th century has become one of the composer’s most frequently performed works.
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