Conductor: Evelino Pido
Performance: The
Royal Philharmonic
1. Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)
2. La scala di seta (1812) (6:57)
3. Il turco in Italia (1814) (13:08)
4. Il Signor Bruschino (1813) (21:42)
5. L’italiana in Algeri (1813) (26:19)
6. La Cenerentola (1817)
(34:24)
7. La cambiale di matrimonio (1810) (42:30)
8. La pietra del paragone (1812) (47:56)
1. The Sinfonia (overture) of the Barber of Seville was originally
composed in 1813 for Aureliano in Palmira, then employed for the 1815 premiere
of Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra in Naples before being used for the present
opera, which has been its chief association ever since.
The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution is
an opera buffa in two acts with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The
libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais’s French comedy Le Barbier de Séville
(1775). The première of Rossini’s opera (under the title Almaviva, o sia L’inutile
precauzione) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, with
designs by Angelo Toselli.
2. La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder or Die seidene Leiter) is an
operatic farsa comica in one act to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. It was
first performed in Venice, Italy, at the Teatro San Moisè on 9 May 1812. The
overture has been frequently recorded and continues to be featured in the
modern concert repertoire.
3. Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is an opera in two acts. The
Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani. It was a re-working of
a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (with the same title) by the
German composer Franz Seydelmann [de] in 1788.
4. Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo (Signor Bruschino, or
The Accidental Son) is a one act operatic farce (farsa giocosa per musica) to a
libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, based upon the 1809 play Le fils par hasard,
ou ruse et folie by René de Chazet and Maurice Ourry. The opera was first
performed in Venice at the Teatro San Moisè on 27 January 1813.
5. L’Italiana in Algeri; The Italian Girl in Algiers) is an operatic
dramma giocoso in two acts to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on
his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto
in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini’s style,
remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine
melodies.
6. La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness
Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts. The libretto was written
by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. The
opera was first performed in Rome’s Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.
7. La cambiale di matrimonio; The Bill of Marriage or The Marriage
Contract) is a one-act operatic farsa comica to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi. The libretto was based on the play by Camillo
Federici (1791) and a previous libretto by Giuseppe Checcherini for Carlo
Coccia’s 1807 opera, Il matrimonio per lettera di cambio. The opera debuted on 3 November 1810 at the Teatro
San Moisè in Venice. It had a run of thirteen performances at Teatro San Moisè.
8. La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone) is an opera, or melodramma
giocoso, to an original Italian libretto by Luigi Romanelli. La pietra del
paragone was first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 26 September 1812. It was
the composer’s first commission from a major opera house and was an instant
success, being performed 53 times during its first season.
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