2. Act I Scene 1: Serenate il mesto ciglio (Chorus of Eunuchs, Elvira, Zulma, Chorus, Haly) Marco Vinco 2:42
3. Act I Scene 1: Delle donne l'arroganza (Mustafa, Zulma, Haly, Elvira, Chorus) Marco Vinco 4:13
4. Act I Scene 1: Ritiratervi tutti. Haly, t'arresta (Mustafa, Zulma, Elvira) - Scene 2: Il mio schiavo (Mustafa, Haly) Marco Vinco 2:02
5. Act I Scene 3: Languir per una bella (Lindoro) Marco Vinco 6:39
6. Act I Scene 3: Ah, quando fia ch'io possa (Lindoro, Mustafa) Marco Vinco 1:04
7. Act I Scene 3: Se inclinassi a prender moglie (Lindoro, Mustafa) Marco Vinco 4:19
8. Act I Scene 4: Quanta roba! (Chorus of Corsairs, Haly) Marco Vinco 1:12
9. Act I Scene 4: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (Isabella, Chorus) Marco Vinco 4:17
10. Act I Scene 4: Gia ci siam. Tanto fa (Isabella, Taddeo, Haly) - Scene 5: Ma cosa (Isabella, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 2:58
11. Act I Scene 5: Ai capricci della sorte (Isabella, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 7:46
12. Act I Scene 6: E ricusar potresti (Zulma, Lindoro) - Scene 7: Ascoltami (Mustafa, Lindoro) - Scene 8: Dunque (Elvira, Mustafa, Zulma, Haly) Marco Vinco 2:06
13. Act I Scene 8: Gia d'insolito ardore nel petto (Mustafa) Marco Vinco 3:31
14. Act I Scene 9: Vi dico il ver (Zulma, Elvira, Lindoro) Marco Vinco 0:57
15. Act I Scene 10: Viva, viva il flagel delle donne (Chorus of Eunuchs, Haly, Mustafa, Chorus) Marco Vinco 2:28
16. Act I Scene 11: Oh! Che muso, che figura! (Isabella, Mustafa) Marco Vinco 3:47
17. Act I Scene 12: Vo' star con mia nipote (Taddeo, Haly, Mustafa, Isabella) Marco Vinco 2:07
18. Act I Scene 12: Last Scene: Pria di dividerci da voi, Signore (Elvira, Zulma, Lindoro, Isabella, Mustafa, Haly, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 5:13
19. Act I Scene 12: Va sossopra il mio cervello (Taddeo, Mustafa, Elvira, Isabella, Zulma, Lindoro, Haly, Chorus) Marco Vinco 4:14
Disc 2:
1. Act II Scene 1: Uno stupido, uno stolto (Chorus of Eunuchs, Elvira, Zulma, Haly, Chorus) Marco Vinco 1:32
2. Act II Scene 1: Haly, che te ne par? (Elvira, Haly, Zulma) - Scene 2: Amiche, andate (Mustafa, Zulma, Elvira, Haly) - Scene 3: Misera (Isabella, Lin Marco Vinco 3:46
3. Act II Scene 3: Concedi, amor pietoso (Lindoro) Marco Vinco 6:10
4. Act II Scene 4: Ah! Se da solo a sola (Mustafa, Taddeo, Chorus of Eunuchs) Marco Vinco 3:03
5. Act II Scene 4: Ho un gran peso sulla testa (Taddeo, Chorus) Marco Vinco 4:18
6. Act II Scene 5: Dunque a momenti (Isabella, Lindoro, Elvira, Zulma) Marco Vinco 2:09
7. Act II Scene 5: Per lui che adoro (Isabella, Mustafa, Taddeo, Lindoro) Marco Vinco 5:52
8. Act II Scene 6: Io non resisto piu: questa Isabella (Mustafa, Lindoro, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 1:11
9. Act II Scene 6: Ti presento di mia man (Mustafa, Isabella, Taddeo, Lindoro) Marco Vinco 4:54
10. Act II Scene 6: Siete servita (Lindoro, Isabella, Mustafa, Taddeo, Elvira) Marco Vinco 4:17
11. Act II Scene 7: Con tutta la sua boria (Haly) Marco Vinco 0:25
12. Act II Scene 7: Le femmine d'Italia (Haly) Marco Vinco 2:24
13. Act II Scene 8: E tu speri di togliere Isabella (Taddeo, Lindoro) - Scene 9: Orsu: la tua (Mustafa, Lindoro, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 1:39
14. Act II Scene 9: Pappataci! Che mai sento! (Mustafa, Lindoro, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 5:57
15. Act II Scene 10: E puo la tua padrona (Haly, Zulma) - Scene 11: Tutti i nostri (Taddeo, Lindoro) Marco Vinco 1:47
16. Act II Scene 11: Pronti abbiamo e ferri e mani (Chorus of Italian Slaves) Marco Vinco 1:23
17. Act II Scene 11: Amici, in ogni evento (Isabella) Marco Vinco 1:16
18. Act II Scene 11: Pensa alla patria, e intrepido (Isabella, Chorus) Marco Vinco 6:16
19. Act II Scene 12: Che bel core ha costei! (Taddeo, Mustafa) Marco Vinco 0:49
20. Act II Scene 13: Dei Pappataci s'avanza il coro (Lindoro, Chorus of Pappataci, Taddeo, Mustafa) Marco Vinco 3:24
21. Act II Scene 14: Non sei tu che il grado eletto (Isabella, Mustafa, Lindoro, Chorus, Taddeo) Marco Vinco 6:09
22. Act II Scene 15: Son l'aure seconde (Chorus of Slaves, Lindoro, Isabella, Taddeo, Mustafa) - Last Scene: Mio Signore ? (Zulma, Haly, Elvira, Mustafa Marco Vinco 4:56
Marianna Pizzolato - soprano
Marco Vinco - tenor
Chamber Orchestra of Teatro Comonale di Bologna - orchestra
Rossini's appearance on Italian stages was not a breath of fresh air, it was a real tornado. If we compare any comic opera by the young Rossini with those, even among the best, of his finest predecessors, like Paisiello and Cimarosa, the first thing we notice is the marked change of rhythm that Rossini applies to the event he is setting, whatever it may be. All this can be seen most clearly in one of Rossini's greatest comic masterpieces, L'Italiana in Algeri, an opera which Rossini wrote for the San Benedetto theatre in Venice, staged on 22nd May 1813. L'Italiana in Algeri was immediately greeted with triumphant receptions, nor indeed could it have failed to be, given the absolutely dazzling musical quality of the score. The opera, as we know, portrays the adventures of the astute Isabella, Italian prisoner of the sultan Mustapha, who has wearied of his docile, submissive wives and seeks a new wife who can stand up to him: in this Isabella succeeds all to well, wrapping the sultan around her finger and then reducing him to despair as she finally returns to Italy with her beloved Lindoro and suitor Taddeo. Staged at the Rossini Opera Festival last summer, with Donato Renzetti conducting the Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, this production is interpreted by Marianna Pizzolato, Marco Vinco, Barbara Bargnesi, Maria José Lo Monaco, Alex Esposito, Maxim Mironov and Bruno De Simone.
Cast
Isabella Marianna Pizzolato
Mustafà Marco Vinco
Lindoro Maxim Mironov
Taddeo Bruno De Simone
Elvira Barbara Bargnesi
Zulma José Maria Lo Monaco
Haly Alex Esposito
Conductor
Donato Renzetti
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Comunale Theatre of Bologna
Chorus
Prague Chamber Choir
Chorus master
Lubomír Mátl