Premiered in 1835, Saverio Mercadante’s I due Figaro was performed once in Madrid before being lost for over a century. In 2009, its manuscript was rediscovered by an Italian musicologist. Two years later, Riccardo Muti led the opera’s first modern production at the Ravenna Festival with his Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Philharmonia Orchestra of Vienna and a star-studded roster of singers. Immortalized here in impeccable packaging is this June 2011 performance.
Mercadante I due Figaro Antonio Poli Count Almaviva Asude Karayavuz Countess Rosina Rosa Feola Inez Annalisa Stroppa Cherubino Mario Cassi Figaro Eleonora Buratto Susanna Anicio Zorzzi Giustiniani Torribio Omar Montanari Plagio Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini Philharmonia Chorus of Vienna Walter Zeh director June 2011, Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna
Discs: 3 Record Label: Ducale Release Date: April 29, 2013
Three strokes of the lower strings, a quarter note each, all on the pitch of A, sotto voce yet in charge: this is all it takes for Muti to whisk a listener to the opera’s Spanish locale. Throughout, the excellent Philharmonia Chorus of Vienna, the crackerjack Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini and the discreetly sparkling Speranza Scappucci on fortepiano deliver impeccable musicianship imbued with kaleidoscopic fantasy.
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