31st August

Concert will begin at 17:04 hours GMT

Verdi's 'Alzira' with Jeruc, Bakonyi, Pop, Park and Siebert from Heidenheim

Heidenheim Opera Festival. Verdi's 'Alzira' is an opera in a prologue and two acts to an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the 1736 play Alzire, ou les Américains by Voltaire. Peruvian Indians drag the Spanish governor, Alvaro, into the square and are about to execute him. Suddenly Zamoro, an Inca, appears and asks them to release the man; they do so. Performers:

Alavaro: Marcell Bakonyi.
Gusmano: Marian Pop.
Ovando: Lukas Siebert.
Zamoro: Sung Kyu Park.
Ataliba: Gabriel Fortunas.
Alzira: Ania Jeruc.
Zuma: Julia Rutigliano.
Otumbo: Musa Nkuna.

Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir. Cappella Aquileia. Conductor: Marcus Bosch.

Recorded 18 July.