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L'Italiana in Algeri

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Comic opera in two acts
Libretto by Angelo Anelli
Music by Rossini (sung in Italian)
The first night of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's new production at the Vienna State Opera, recorded on Monday.

7.00 Act 1
8.15* Christopher Norton-Welsh assesses Abbado's directorship at Vienna, and talks to Dr Klaus Helmut Dreser, Intendant of the Vienna State Opera.

8.20* Act 2

(Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Libretto:
Angelo Anelli
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Musicians:
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Elvira, Mustafa's wife:
Patrizia Pace (soprano)
Zulma, a slave, Elvira's confidante:
Anna Gonda (mezzo-soprano)
Haly, captain of the Algerian Corsairs:
Alessandro Corbelli (baritone)
Mustafa, Bey of Algiers:
Ruggero Raimondi (baritone)
Lindoro, Mustafa's young Italian slave:
Franco Lopardo (tenor)
Isabella, an Italian lady:
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)
Taddeo, her companion and admirer:
Enzo Dara (bass)
Presenter (Interval):
Christopher Norton-Welsh
Speaker (Interval):
Dr Klaus Helmut Dreser
Source: Radio Times

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