Rossini Zelmira

Juan Diego Florez stars in the only available DVD version of Zelmira, filmed at the celebrated Rossini Festival in the composer s home town of Pesaro. The final opera Rossini wrote for Naples is a dramatic and musical tour de force and a magnificent showcase for the bel canto superstar of our time. Recorded in high definition at the 2009 Festival, Giorgio Barberio Corsettis production places the classical tale, set during the Trojan Wars, in modern times and modern dress Joining Juan Diego Florez are a major international cast, described as near miraculous by Opera Today and led by American mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich in the virtuosic title role But the evening remained another distinguished triumph for Juan Diego Florez as Prince Ilo, whose arrival in his homeland, to rescue Zelmira, was marked by a dazzling tenorial display which evoked a nearly twenty-minute ovation

Country:

Italy

Genre:
Duration:

111 minutes

Year:

2009

Director:

Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

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Company:

Decca

Cast:
Juan Diego Flórez

Prince Ilo

Kate Aldrich

Zelmira

Gregory Kunde

Antenore

Marianna Pizzolato

Emma

Mirco Palazzi

Leucippo

Crew:
Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

Director

Roberto Abbado

Conductor

Gioacchino Rossini

Original Music Composer