Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Anna Goryachova (Isabella), Alex Esposito (Mustafà), Yijie Shi (Lindoro) & Mario Cassi (Taddeo)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, José Ramón Encinar (stage director) & Davide Livermore (director)
One would have looked in vain 30 years ago for a coloratura bass as vocally adept and gifted as Alex Esposito. Anna Goryachova is a superlative Isabella, Mario Cassi a suitably downtrodden Taddeo...1970s-themed,...
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Anna Goryachova (Isabella), Alex Esposito (Mustafà), Yijie Shi (Lindoro) & Mario Cassi (Taddeo)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, José Ramón Encinar (stage director) & Davide Livermore (director)
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One would have looked in vain 30 years ago for a coloratura bass as vocally adept and gifted as Alex Esposito. Anna Goryachova is a superlative Isabella, Mario Cassi a suitably downtrodden Taddeo...1970s-themed,...
About
Pesaro’s new offering in 2013 was an off-the-wall production of Rossini’s popular comedy, ‘The Italian Girl in Algiers’, presented as a Swinging Sixties, James Bond adventure, set in the desert oil fields of the North African coast. Davide Livermore’s gag-a-minute, helter-skelter romp followed an alarmingly life-like air-crash, which delivered the ‘Italian girl’ from Rome into the clutches of the local oil baron, Mustafa. All three lead singers (Alex Esposito as Mustafa, the high tenor Yijie Shi as the young lover Lindoro, and Anna Goryachova as the agile-voiced mezzo-soprano of the title role) thoroughly distinguished themselves – and the audience roared its approval of the evening’s entertainment.
Outstanding performances from Anna Goryachova and Alex Esposito.
Extra features: The making of L‘Italiana In Algeri and a cast gallery.
Running time: 153 minutes
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/KO
Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Contents and tracklist
- Recorded live at the Pesaro Festival, August 2013
- Anna Goryachova (Isabella), Alex Esposito (Mustafà), Yijie Shi (Lindoro) & Mario Cassi (Taddeo)
- Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
- José Ramón Encinar (stage director) & Davide Livermore (director)
Awards and reviews
December 2014
One would have looked in vain 30 years ago for a coloratura bass as vocally adept and gifted as Alex Esposito. Anna Goryachova is a superlative Isabella, Mario Cassi a suitably downtrodden Taddeo...1970s-themed, multicoloured, multimedia mayhem.
8th August 2014
Visual gags practically bombard us in a staging officially inspired by the glossy film comedies of Blake Edwards, lord of The Pink Panther...Under José Ramón Encinar’s baton, the orchestra of Bologna’s Teatro Comunale handle Rossini’s scampering rhythms and burbling melodies with precision and glee.
