Le Comte Ory

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Librettist/Text Author: Scribe, Eugene

Librettist/Text Author: Delestre-Poirson, Charles-Gaspard

Conductor: Carignani, Paolo

Orchestra: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra

Chorus: Prague Chamber Chorus

Chorus Master: Matl, Lubomir

Alice: Moriah, Rinnat

Dame Ragonde: Gavrilan, Natalia

Isolier: Polverelli, Laura

La Comtesse Adele: Moreno, Maria Jose

Le Comte Ory: Shi, Yijie

Le Gouverneur: Regazzo, Lorenzo

Raimbaud: Candia, Roberto de

Set Designer: Pasqual, Lluis

Costume Designer: Pasqual, Lluis

Lighting Designer: Pasqual, Lluis

Lighting Designer: Zoubek, Wolfgang von

Stage Director: Pasqual, Lluis

Television Director: Mancini, Tiziano

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Date of Production: 2009

Festival: Rossini Opera Festival

Playing Time: 02:13:52

Catalogue Number: A00008825

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Written in French in 1828 for the Paris Opera, Le Comte Ory has maintained its success in France and in many other countries to this day. Re-using some of the music of his Viaggio a Reims, Rossini turns the disguise-based libretto into a spirited play of erotic lightness. Lluis Pasqual's witty and clever production was recorded at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The dynamic, international young cast is headed by tenor Yijie Shi in the title role, Laura Polverelli as his astute page and Maria Jose Moreno as Countess Adele. Paolo Carignani conducts with verve and brio.