1/5. Naples. Donald Macleod explores Rossini's association with Naples, where, helped by the impresario Domenico Barbaia, the composer produced nine operas.
Elisabetta, Regina d'lnghilterra (Sinfonia; end of Act 1) Soloists, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, LPO, conductor Giuliano Carella
Ah, Non Potrian Resistere (Le Nozze di Teti e di
Peleo) Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Venice La Fenice Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ion Marin
Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act 2 (excerpt) Soloists,
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor David Parry
Producer Megan Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight
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