CD86898 Rossini BARBIERE (Spence, Nucci) Marseille 14 IV 1998 with original
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CD86898 Rossini BARBIERE (Spence, Nucci) Marseille 14 IV 1998 with original
This was a very interesting performance for many reasons : a good cast, with
funny singers-actors (the audience laughs very often), and the first time it was
possible to hear the original sistro.
On Simone Fermani's website, we can read :
"He discovered from the original score and rebuilt the sistro (sistrum) the
instrument that Gioacchino Rossini designed and indicated for his "Barbiere di
Siviglia" (the barber of Seville).
This instrument disappeared after the first performance of this opera in Roma in
1816. He has patented his discovering and now he's the only owner of this
instrument all over the world.
The sistro has been used for the first time after its discovering in the
performances of "Barbiere" that he has conducted at Opera Marseille; after this
performance a newspaper of Marseille had exalted its inestimable and wonderful
discovering."
So, here it is :
Rossini BARBIERE (Spence, Nucci) Marseille 14 IV 1998
Rosina : Patricia Spence
Il Conte d'Almaviva : Raul Gimenez
Figaro : Leo Nucci
Don Bartolo : Enzo Dara
Don Basilio : Luigi Roni
Berta : Joëlle Michelini
Fiorello : François Castel
Un ufficiale : Peter Longauer
Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Marseille
(Beatrice Bestel, clavecin)
Simone Fermani