19th May
Concert will begin at 17:55 hours GMT
Rossini's 'Tancredi' with Vistoli, Scala, Tittoto and Russomanno from Rome
Rossini's 'Tancredi' is an opera in two acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire's play Tancrède. There is both conflict and war between the Byzantine empire (with which it has an unstable truce) and the Saracen armies headed by Solamir, but exhausted by external war, there are internal conflicts as well. The soldier Tancredi and his family have been stripped of their estates and inheritances, and he himself has been banished since his youth. Two noble families, headed by Argirio and Orbazzano, have been warring for years and they begin to reconcile.
Performers: Argirio: Enea Scala. Tancredi: Carlo Vistoli. Orbazzano: Luca Tittoto. Amenaide: Martina Russomanno. Isaura: Ekaterine Buachidze. Roggiero: Maria Elena Pepi.
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.
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