Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

Release Date: 2nd Feb 2009
Catalogue No: 2110264
Label: Naxos

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Sung in Italian
Dimitra Theodossiou, Roberto De Biasio, Enrico Giuseppe Lori, Nidia Palacios, Luigi Albani, Giuseppe Di Paola & Mauro Corna
Orchestra and Chorus of the Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti
Tiziano Severini

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Director: Francesco Bellotto

Filmed at the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Italy, 30 November & 2 December 2007

Based on Victor Hugo’s most sensational play, Lucrèce Borgia, a scandalous tale of murder, torture, incest, homosexuality, drunkenness and orgies, Donizetti’s opera is one of the great masterpieces of Italian bel canto repertoire.

While omitting some of its more excessive elements, the libretto by Felice Romani inspired Donizetti to compose superb arias, duets, ensembles and choruses, bringing each act to a stirring conclusion.

Beautifully costumed and designed, brimming with high drama and pathos, this production stars in the infamous title rôle Greek diva Dimitra Theodossiou, praised for her stupendous acting and singing in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux (Naxos DVD 2110232).

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

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