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Among Donizetti's 75 operas are many that keep specialists in operatic rarities in business. What is different about L'esule di Roma ("Exile from Rome," 1828) is that it shouldn't have taken specialists to revive it. The work was quite popular in Italy and beyond through the late 1860s, and in 1840, well after several of the big Donizetti hits had appeared, his hometown of Bergamo staged a production of the work aimed at displaying his prowess. L'esule di Roma may be classed as early Donizetti, but Anna Bolena and L'elisir d'amore were soon to follow, and one can hear a lot of this highly variegated score in those works, with its strong characterizations and its recitatives that constantly seem to be breaking into song. The opera is set in ancient Rome, with its central character, the senator Murena, unusually being a baritone or bass-baritone. He emerges as a figure of some depth in the conflict between his daughter Argelia and his loyalty to the emperor Tiberius, and he gets his very own mad scene. An international cast is headed by the very capable Nicola Alaimo as Murena, but another draw is the rising coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova as Argelia, and yet another is the work of conductor Carlo Rizzi, leading the Britten Sinfonia. Even for many Donizetti fans, this work will be new, and for them, it is a must.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lluis Calvet i Pey, Baritone Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Lluis Calvet i Pey, Baritone Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - André Henriques, Baritone Vocals - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Kezia Bienek, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Lluis Calvet i Pey, Baritone Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Lluis Calvet i Pey, Baritone Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - André Henriques, Baritone Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Lluis Calvet i Pey, Baritone Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - André Henriques, Baritone Vocals - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
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Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Kezia Bienek, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Lluis Calvet i Pey, Baritone Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - André Henriques, Baritone Vocals - Nicola Alaimo, Bass-Baritone Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Carlo Rizzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Alaimo, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals - Sergey Romanovsky, Tenor Vocals
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
Album review
Among Donizetti's 75 operas are many that keep specialists in operatic rarities in business. What is different about L'esule di Roma ("Exile from Rome," 1828) is that it shouldn't have taken specialists to revive it. The work was quite popular in Italy and beyond through the late 1860s, and in 1840, well after several of the big Donizetti hits had appeared, his hometown of Bergamo staged a production of the work aimed at displaying his prowess. L'esule di Roma may be classed as early Donizetti, but Anna Bolena and L'elisir d'amore were soon to follow, and one can hear a lot of this highly variegated score in those works, with its strong characterizations and its recitatives that constantly seem to be breaking into song. The opera is set in ancient Rome, with its central character, the senator Murena, unusually being a baritone or bass-baritone. He emerges as a figure of some depth in the conflict between his daughter Argelia and his loyalty to the emperor Tiberius, and he gets his very own mad scene. An international cast is headed by the very capable Nicola Alaimo as Murena, but another draw is the rising coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova as Argelia, and yet another is the work of conductor Carlo Rizzi, leading the Britten Sinfonia. Even for many Donizetti fans, this work will be new, and for them, it is a must.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
- Total length: 02:05:33
- Main artists: Carlo Rizzi Britten Sinfonia
- Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
- Label: Opera Rara
- Genre: Classical Opera
© 2024 Opera Rara ℗ 2024 Opera Rara
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