Rossini La Cenerentola to libretto by Jacopo Ferretti. Directed 2016 by Emma Dante at the Teatro Opera of Rome. Stars Juan Francisco Gatell (Don Ramiro), Vito Priante (Dandini), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Magnifico), Damiana Mizzi (Clorinda), Annunziata Vestri (Tisbe), Serena Malfi (Angelina), and Ugo Guagliardo (Alidoro). Alejo Pérez conducts the Orchestra and Choir of Teatro Opera of Rome (Chorus Master Roberto Gabbiani). Set design by Carmine Maringola; costume design by Vanessa Sannino; lighting design by Cristian Zucaro; choreography by Manuela Lo Sicco. Directed for TV by Francesca Nesler. Sung in Italian. Released 2020, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Richard Osborne, writing in the May 2020 Gramophone at page 94 says this is a good cast as any international house could put together these days, and he goes all out praising Corbelli, Mizzi, Vestri, and Ghagliardo, whom Osborne calls “a Hercules among coloratura basses.” As you can see from the trailer below, Rome Opera had a big budget for this and allowed Emma Dante plenty of freedom in the production such as the 20 would-be brides in white, all armed with pistols which they threaten to use if disappointed. Osborne concludes that this rates “high on entertainment value, as well as being exceptionally well performed.”
Here’s a clip from C Major:
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