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Rossini: La donna del lago from Rossini Festival

A musically brilliant performance of Rossini’s La donna del lago featuring Juan Diego Flórez, staged by Damiano Michieletto.

Rossini’s La donna del lago, premièred in 1819 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, is a masterpiece based on the poem The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, which is full of passion and romantic frisson. “With characteristic boldness, Michieletto reformulates this glittering music into something otherworldly” (Financial Times) and the performance is “musically brilliant.” (Die Presse.com) “Marko Mimica and Varduhi Abrahamyan produce strong performances as Douglas and Malcom respectively. Flórez is laser like and fresh as ever and thrilling brutish …“ (Financial Times) while the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes: “Michele Mariotti and his outstanding orchestra were the stars of the evening.“

Original title Rossini: La donna del lago from Rossini Festival
Genre Opera
Recording location Adriatic Arena, Pesaro
Duration 168 mins
Production Company A production of Delirica Studio in co-production with Rossini Opera Festival in cooperation with Unitel
Composer Gioachino Rossini
Orchestra / Band Orchestra from Teatro Comunale of Bologna
Conductor Michele Mariotti
Choir Coro from Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus Master Andrea Faidutti
Stage Director Damiano Michieletto
Soloist Salome Jicia, Juan Diego Flórez, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Michael Spyres, Marko Mimica