Dynamic presents the second volume in a 3-CD series dedicated to Overtures and Symphonies spanning three centuries of Italian opera. The first volume (CDS 7761) focused on music from the 18th century, while this second volume features works written in the early 19th century.

The great popularity of Italian opera in European courts and theatres ransformed the genre from its early 17th-century origins as a type of court entertainment into one that quickly became internationally recognised and universally loved. In the wake of this success, other European nations developed their own local operatic traditions, but Italian opera retained its prominent role in Europe throughout the entire 19th century. It was therefore

natural for composers outside of Italy to move and study there, sometimes remaining indefinitely and becoming, to all intents and purposes, composers of Italian opera. Two such composers were Mayr and Arrieta, who feature in our programme alongside their most important Italian colleagues of that period – Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini.

Artists

Dalmacio Gonzales, Giorgio Surjan (bass), Christine Weidinger, Sara Mingardo (contralto), Anna Laura Longo, Martino Fullone, Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Marco Vinco, Maxim Mironov (tenor), Bruno de Simone, Barbara Bargnesi, Jose Maria Lo Monaco, Alex Esposito (bass-baritone), Alessandra Marianelli, Andrea Concetti, Filippo Adami, Bruno Taddia, Elena Belfiore, Daniele Zanfardino, Myrtò Papatanasiu (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Josef Wagner, Robert McPherson, Igor Bakan, Julianne Gearhart, Eduardo Santamaria, Charles Dekeyser, Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Carlo Ventre, Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Simon Orfila, Roberta Minnucci, Giancarlo Pavan, Federico Sacchi, Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Clara Polito, Danilo Formaggia, Nicola Amodio, Doina Dimitriu, Yasuharu Nakajima, Carmen Giannattasio (soprano), Deyan Vatchkov, Sim Tokyurek, Milijana Nikolic, Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Papi, Fabio Sartori (tenor), Sonia Prina (contralto), Paolo Battaglia, Cristiano Olivieri, Mariola Cantarero, Ana Ibarra, José Bros, Àngel Òdena, David Rubiera, Alastair Miles (bass), David Menéndez, Maria Jose Suarez, Tomeu Bibiloni, Juan Antonio Sanabria, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Graz Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Chamber Choir, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Prague Chamber Choir, L'Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Vlaamse Opera Ghent Symphony Orchestra, Vlaamse Opera Ghent Chorus, Coro Lirico Marchigiano V. Bellini, Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, Slovak Chamber Choir, Orchestra dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Accademia d'Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Coro del Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Fondazione Orchestra Gaetano Donizetti di Bergamo, Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Circuito Lirico Regional Chorus, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Madrid Symphony Chorus, Fabio Luisi, Massimiliano Carraro, Donato Renzetti, Antonello Allemandi, Alberto Zedda, Paolo Arrivabeni, Luciano Acocella, Antonino Fogliani, Tiziano Severini, Jesús López Cobos