Spontini: Le Metamorphosi di Pasquale

Started by mikehopf, Saturday 31 March 2018, 04:16

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mikehopf

I saw this in Venice in January. Lively and tuneful opera a la Rossini but it's an opera that deserves to be seen as well as heard. I look forward to the DVD.

Il Cartellone: Spontini, Le metamorfosi di Pasquale
Lisetta: Irina Dubrovskaya.
Il marchese: Giorgio Misseri.
Costanza: Michela Antenucci.
Il cavaliere/ Un sergente: Christian Collia.
Frontino: Carlo Checchi.
Pasquale: Andrea Patucelli.
Barone: Francesco Basso.
Teatro La Fenice Orchestra. Harpsichord and conductor: Gianluca Capuano. (1 hr., 30 min.)

On RAI Radio Italia 3  Saturday night.

mikehopf

No need to wait for the DVD... the same production is now on youtube. There are a couple of other Spontini rarities there too.