L'Occasione fa il ladro

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Librettist/Text Author: Prividali, Luigi

Conductor: Gelmetti, Gianluigi

Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berenice: Patterson, Susan

Conte Alberto: Gambill, Robert

Don Eusebio: Kale, Stuart

Don Parmenione: Carolis, Natale de

Ernestina: Bacelli, Monica

Martino: Corbelli, Alessandro

Un cocchiere: Romano, Orazio

Un locandiere: Keppeler, Paul

Un servo: Simon, Werner

Set Designer: Hampe, Michael

Costume Designer: Diappi, Carlo Maria

Stage Director: Hampe, Michael

Television Producer: Konzelmann, Gerhard

Television Director: Viller, Claus

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Date of Production: 03-05-1992

Festival: Schwetzingen Festival

Venue: Rococo Theatre, Schwetzingen

Playing Time: 01:34:33

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5499

UPC: 880242549983

Synopsis

L'Occasione fa il ladro

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L'occasione fa il ladro is one of the five one-act operas - farsa giocosa - in which the teenage Rossini first demonstrated his operatic genius. This farce about arranged marriages, role reversals and other amorous confusions is, in musical terms, by far the most riotous of these five operatic jewels ?EUR" all performed in the intricately decorated Rococo Theatre at Schwetzingen Palace. Renowned opera director Michael Hampe's sparkling production is perfectly suited to the small stage of the historic theatre. Recorded live in 1992 with an excellent cast of principals led by Susan Patterson, Robert Gambill and Natale de Carolis, and Gianluigi Gelmetti's refreshingly fast-paced leadership of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra maintains the light musical touch of this "joyous farce" while at the same time setting a benchmark for the reading of these tiny gems among Rossini's operas.