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Bellini - Adelson e Salvini

22/12/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert

Verity Sharp presents a performance from the Barbican of Bellini's opera Adelson e Salvini

Verity Sharp presents a performance of Bellini's Adelson e Salvini, given at the Barbican in London by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Opera Rara.

Verity Sharp presents Bellini's Adelson e Salvini, a studio recording made earlier this year by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Opera Rara. Written in 1825 while Bellini was still a student at the Naples Conservatory, the impact of the work was such the Teatro di San Carlo immediately commissioned Bellini's first professional opera. 

2pm
Bellini: Adelson e Salvini
Lord Adelson...Simone Alberghini (bass-baritone)
Nelly..... Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano)
Salvini..... Enea Scala (tenor)
Bonifacio..... Maurizio Muraro (bass)
Colonel Struley..... Rodion Pogossov (baritone)
Madam Rivers..... Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Geronio..... David Soar (bass)
Fanny..... Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Rara Chorus (men's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)

2.55pm
Act 2

3.25pm
Act 3.

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