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Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, recorded at the 2023 Salzburg Festival, starring Elsa Dreisig and Aigul Akhmetshina and conducted by Marco Armiliato.

With I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Bellini found his unique gift for haunting, liquid melodies that seem to go on for ever. After the first performances he himself said "My style is now heard in the most important theatres in the world...and with the greatest enthusiasm." In this adaption of the tale of the star-crossed lovers, Bellini gives both the leading roles to female voices, which adds a special eroticism to the love music.

Andrew McGregor presents a concert performance recorded at this year's Salzburg Festival in conversation with opera expert Roger Parker. The cast is led by soprano Elsa Dreisig as Giulietta, mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina as Romeo and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg is conducted by Marco Armiliato.

Giulietta ..... Elsa Dreisig (soprano, )
Romeo ..... Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano, )
Tebaldo ..... Giovanni Sala (tenor)
Lorenzo ..... Roberto Tagliavini (bass)
Capellio ..... Michele Pertusi (bass)
Vienna Philharmonia Chorus
Walter Zeh (chorus director)
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg
Marco Armiliato (conductor)

Concert Performance, sung in Italian.

*1835: Act 1
*2005: Act 2

Read further details about the production on the Salzburg Festival Website: https://bit.ly/3trtAWZ

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Sat 30 Dec 2023 18:30
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Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Act 1

    Singer: Elsa Dreisig. Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Singer: Giovanni Sala. Singer: Roberto Tagliavini. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus Vienna. Conductor: Walter Zeh. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Act 2

    Singer: Elsa Dreisig. Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Singer: Giovanni Sala. Singer: Roberto Tagliavini. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus Vienna. Conductor: Walter Zeh. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Director: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No 1 in B flat major, D 898

    Ensemble: Gryphon Trio.
    • Analekta.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Dec 2023 18:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3