Special offer. Donizetti: Belisario
Roberto Frontali (Belisario), Simon Lim (Giustiniano), Carmela Remigio (Antonina), Annalisa Stroppa (Irene), Celso Albelo (Alamiro), Anaïs Mejías (Eudora), Klodjan Kacani (Eutropio), Stefano Gentili (Eusebio), Matteo Castrignano (Ottario)
Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza
The principals are, without exception, first-rate. Roberto Frontali in the title role has a voice that speaks profoundly of authority and wisdom…Supporting roles, too, are finely sung, particularly...
Special offer. Donizetti: Belisario
Roberto Frontali (Belisario), Simon Lim (Giustiniano), Carmela Remigio (Antonina), Annalisa Stroppa (Irene), Celso Albelo (Alamiro), Anaïs Mejías (Eudora), Klodjan Kacani (Eutropio), Stefano Gentili (Eusebio), Matteo Castrignano (Ottario)
Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza
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The principals are, without exception, first-rate. Roberto Frontali in the title role has a voice that speaks profoundly of authority and wisdom…Supporting roles, too, are finely sung, particularly...
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Donizetti's three-act tragic opera Belisario was a resounding success in its day, driven by its composer’s superlative theatrical instinct and his skilful interweaving of intense tragic narrative and emotional pathos. Belisario is betrayed by his wife Antonina, who falsely accuses him of high treason. Belisario is blinded and exiled, with proof of his innocence coming too late, and is mortally wounded during a final military victory. This production was performed and recorded without an audience in Bergamo during the Covid-19 lockdown in November 2020 – a moving performance reflecting a spirit of defiance amidst ruin and darkness.
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- Roberto Frontali (baritone), Simon Lim, Carmela Remigio (soprano), Annalisa Stroppa, Celso Albelo, Anaïs Mejías, Klodjan Kacani, Stefano Gentili, Matteo Castrignano
- Orchestra e Coro Donizetti Opera
- Riccardo Frizza
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February 2022
The principals are, without exception, first-rate. Roberto Frontali in the title role has a voice that speaks profoundly of authority and wisdom…Supporting roles, too, are finely sung, particularly Klodjan Kaçani’s fresh-voiced Eutropio. Spritely conducting from Riccardo Frizza rounds off a very enjoyable package.
September 2022
Belisario’s ageing protagonists are extremely well served. Roberto Frontali may be in his 60s, but remains peerless in acerbic baritonal resource and commanding presence, while Carmela Remigio’s distinctively white-hot spinto blazes thrillingly through Antonina’s gamut of vengeful and guilt-ridden emotions.
