Rota: La notte di un nevrastenico & I due timidi

Both operas team with invention. Warmly engaging with a bitonal edge, there are echoes of Rossini, Puccini and Stravinsky – and verismo, in ardent melody that’s tempered with short, sharp declamatory... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 8th Feb 2019
Catalogue No: 57830
Label: Dynamic

Rota, N: I Due Timidi

Reate Festival Orchestra
Gabriele Bonolis

Rota, N: La Notte di un Nevrastenico

Reate Festival Orchestra
Gabriele Bonolis

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The 2017 edition of the Reate Festival of Italy staged two operas composed by Nino Rota (1911-1979). Mostly known for his cinema soundtracks, Rota was able to merge the great Italian operatic tradition of Rossini, Puccini and Verdi into a contemporary musical language. I due timidi is drawn from a text of Italian writer Suso Cecchi d’Amico and the libretto of La notte di un nevrastenico was written by Riccardo Bacchelli. An all-star cast is featured here, including Giorgio Celenza, Sabrina Cortese, Daniele Adriani, Antonio Sapio, Chiara Osella, and Carlo Feola, among others. The Reate Festival Orchestra, led by Gabriele Bonolis, accompanies the soloists perfectly. This release is the world premiere recording of these works, and has been filmed in high-definition. Subtitled are available in Italian, English, German, French, Japanese, and Korean.

Video Format/ Aspect ratio: 1080 23.98p – 1 BD 50 NTSC – 16:9

Audio Format: PCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean

Region code: 0 – All regions

Duration: 106 min.

Notes: Italian, English

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May 2019

Both operas team with invention. Warmly engaging with a bitonal edge, there are echoes of Rossini, Puccini and Stravinsky – and verismo, in ardent melody that’s tempered with short, sharp declamatory phrases. Yet the language is entirely Rota’s, with an adroit, Hollywood interweaving of jazzy blues. The all-but-twin casts and Reate Festival Orchestra perform with zeal under conductor Gabriele Bonolis.

April 2019

Unsurprisingly, the man who scored The Godfather knew how to get hearts racing in the opera house…Rota can’t quite muster Puccini’s final layer of harmonic interest and novel orchestration but he rivals his senior for melodic generosity and linguistic clarity. His lyrical ensemble pieces are wondrous.

September 2019

With a finely controlled soprano and real vocal presence, Sabrina Cortese is striking in the roles of young female lover… Chiara Osella turns in a richly sung performances as the landlady in I due timidi…

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