Unda di Chamounix
On the bicentenary of Donizetti's birth, a concert performance of his melodramma semiserio of 1842, which tells a story of love triumphing in the face of parental opposition. The performance was given earlier this month at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Sung in Italian. Introduced by Gordon Stewart.
Philharmonia Chorus,
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Mark Elder