L'ltaliana in Algeri from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
The Italian Girl in Algiers,
Rossini's comic opera to a libretto by Angelo Anelli.
Sung in Italian. Presented by Piers Burton-Page .
This is the first opera in the Royal Opera's new season to be broadcast, and the first of Radio 3's annual series of 12 live relays from Covent Garden. Marilyn
Home heads a superb cast of Rossini specialists in this delightful comedy in which two Italian lovers dupe a lecherous Algerian ruler. (mezzo)(tenor )(bar) (bass) (sop)(mezzo)(bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Carlo Rizzi
Act
8.35 Marilyn Home , recognised as one of opera's great Rossinians, talks to Rodney Milnes about her career as an opera singer, and reveals how she copes with the demands Rossini puts on the voice.
8.55 Act 2