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Rossini – L’occasione fa il ladro

Young Rossini’s comedy of multiple confusions 'L’occasione fa il ladro' staged by the 'Rossini in Wildbad' artistic director Jochen Schönleber.

Burletta per musica in one act (1812)
Libretto by Luigi Prividali

'L’occasione fa il ladro' (‘Opportunity Makes a Thief’) was composed by the young Rossini in just eleven days, working alongside his librettist Luigi Prividali. The tale presents a comedy of multiple confusions in one act. Count Alberto, travelling to marry a fiancée he has yet to meet, leaves an inn with the wrong suitcase. Left holding the Count’s papers and possessions, Don Parmenione audaciously adopts Alberto’s identity intent on taking the bride for himself. Jochen Schönleber’s acclaimed production adapts Rossini’s swift and deftly plotted moral drama to give present-day relevance to Rossini’s exuberant ensemble burletta.

Don Eusebio – Patrick Kabongo, tenor
Berenice – Vera Talerko, soprano
Conte Alberto – Kenneth Tarver, tenor
Don Parmenione – Lorenzo Regazzo, bass
Ernestina – Giada Frasconi, mezzo-soprano

Virtuosi Brunensis
Conductor – Antonino Fogliani

Stage Director / Set Designer – Jochen Schönleber
Choreographer – Matteo Marziano Graziano

Film Director – Philippe Ohl
Filmed on 13 and 22 July 2017 at the Köngliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Germany

[2.110706 / NBD0137V]
Total playing time: 90 minutes
Language: Italian · Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM stereo · DVD 9 · Region: 0
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo · BD 25 · Region: A, B, C