Cleopatra

Composer: Rossi, Lauro

Librettist/Text Author: D'Arienza, Marco

Conductor: Mancini, David

Conductor: Crescenzi, David

Orchestra: Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Coro Lirico Marchigiano 'V. Bellini'

Chorus Master: Crescenzi, David

Carmiana: Gardina, Paola

Cleopatra: Theodossiou, Dimitra

Diomede: Catana, Sebastian

Marco Antonio: Liberatore, Alessandro

Ottava: Carraro, Tiziana

Ottavio Cesare: Pecchioli, Paolo

Proculejo: Corro, William

Set Designer: Pizzi, Pier Luigi

Costume Designer: Pizzi, Pier Luigi

Lighting Designer: Rossi, Sergio

Stage Director: Pizzi, Pier Luigi

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Date of Production: 07-2008

Festival: Sferisterio Opera Festival

Venue: Sferisterio, Macerata

Playing Time: 01:54:36

Catalogue Number: 33615

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First performed at the Teatro Regio, Turin, on 5 March 1876, Lauro Rossi's penultimate opera Cleopatra caught the public's attention in the wake of Verdi's Aida (1871). Like that better-known work, it contains some wonderful arias and set pieces, including a marvelous Act I banquet scene, Cleopatra's Act II aria, the thrilling ensemble that closes Act III, and the confrontation between Cleopatra and Octavian in Act IV, all making for compelling viewing and listening. From the brooding opening scene in which Diomedes foretells the fall of Egypt to Cleopatra's death scene, this gripping grand opera by one of Italy's forgotten masters springs vividly to life in this revival filmed at the 2008 Macerata Sferisterio Festival