ROSSINI, G.: Italiana in Algeri Sinfonia (L') (Prague Sinfonia, Benda) (from Naxos 8.570935)
Composer: Rossini, Gioachino
L'Italiana in Algeri
Conductor: Benda, Christian
Prague Sinfonia
Year of Production: Sept. 2011
Playing Time: 00:07:56
Catalogue Number: NVF0110
It was in 1813, relatively early in his career, that Rossini wrote L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) for the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice. The opera, which retains a firm place in international operatic repertoire, has a lively overture, which opens Andante, with plucked strings, accompanying an oboe melody, before an Allegro, its second subject entrusted, as so often, to wind instruments.
