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Donizetti - L’aio nell’imbarazzo

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Label: Naxos - Opera

Cat No: 866056566

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 10th January 2025

Contents

Artists

Alessandro Corbelli (baritone)
Alex Esposito (bass-baritone)
Francesco Lucii (tenor)
Marilena Ruta (soprano)
Lorenzo Martelli (tenor)
Caterina Dellaere (mezzo-soprano)
Lorenzo Liberali (baritone)
Hana Lee (fortepiano)
Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera

Conductor

Vincenzo Milletari

Works

Donizetti, Gaetano

L'ajo nell'imbarazzo

Artists

Alessandro Corbelli (baritone)
Alex Esposito (bass-baritone)
Francesco Lucii (tenor)
Marilena Ruta (soprano)
Lorenzo Martelli (tenor)
Caterina Dellaere (mezzo-soprano)
Lorenzo Liberali (baritone)
Hana Lee (fortepiano)
Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera

Conductor

Vincenzo Milletari

About

Donizetti’s L’aio nell’imbarazzo (‘The Embarrassed Tutor’) is a melodramma giocoso in two acts, premiered to considerable acclaim in 1824. Its subject is the belated attempt by the elderly Marquis Giulio to keep his sons innocent of the ways of world and the comedy of errors that result. Two years later Donizetti drastically revised the opera, which duly appeared under the title Don Gregorio. This production uses the critical edition and restores the work, as far as possible, to Donizetti’s original conception – including excised arias, and emphasising the composer’s sparkling orchestration.

Of this production Bachtrack wrote that ‘Vincenzo Milletarì conducted the Orchestra Donizetti Opera with enthusiasm, for a very good performance’… ‘Milletarì’s gestures are broad and manifest, the attacks are precise. He breathes and pauses with the singers’.

‘As Don Gregorio, Alex Esposito was heroic in his effort to make the humour shine through. A masterful stage animal… His sillabati and coloratura were perfect throughout, and his powerful bass-baritone made him the star performer’.

‘Alessandro Corbelli was Don Giulio; he is an old glory, specialising in the buffo baritone repertoire… His know-how and experience allowed him to navigate the role, and his natural likeability made his performance a success with the audience’.

‘Marilena Ruta, as Gilda, showed a very good coloratura in the final aria’.

Cast:
- Il marchese Giulio Antiquati: Alessandro Corbelli (baritone)
- Gregorio Cordebono: Alex Esposito (bass-baritone)
- Il marchese Enrico: Francesco Lucii (tenor)
- Madama Gilda Tallemanni: Marilena Ruta (soprano)
- Il marchese Pippetto: Lorenzo Martelli (tenor)
- Leonarda: Caterina Dellaere (mezzo-soprano)
- Simone: Lorenzo Liberali (baritone)

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