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Maometto Secondo

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Rossini's ambitious tragic opera is set at the time of the wars between Turkey and Venice.
The heroine, daughter of the ruler of the Venetian city of Negroponte, is torn between her loyalty to her own people and her love for the leader of the Turks.
Sung in Italian.
Calbo ...GLORIA SCALCHI (contrato) Condulmiero ..JUAN LUQUE (tenor)
(tenor) Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conductor Gabriele Ferro
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9.05 Act 2
(Italian Radio recording)

Contributors

Conductor:
Gabriele Ferro
Unknown:
Derek Alsop
Paolo Erisso:
Bruce Ford (tenor)
Anna:
Cecilia Gasdia (soprano)
Maometto Il:
Samuel Ramey (bass)
Selimo:
Ernesto Gavazzi
Source: Radio Times

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