ROSSINI, G.: Gazzetta (La) (Cristarella Orestano, Gauthier, Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus, Czech Chamber Soloists, Franklin)
Composed between The Barber of Seville (8.660027–29) and Cinderella (8.660191–92), Rossini’s only Neapolitan comic opera La gazzetta (The Newspaper) was based on a highly popular romantic comedy by Carlo Goldoni, yet has languished until the publication of the new critical edition on which this recording is based. Now revealed as a delicious entertainment satirising the rôle of the media, it involves two young women, their lovers and fathers, who are beset by the arrival of disguised Quakers and a Turkish masquerade all the result of an advertisement!
Tracklist
Palomba, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Cristarella Orestano, Marco (bass)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Bruzzaniti, Vincenzo (bass)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Capissi, Emanuele (actor)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Capissi, Emanuele (actor)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Bruzzaniti, Vincenzo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Cristarella Orestano, Marco (bass)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Capissi, Emanuele (actor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
| 13 | Act I Scene 10: Recitativo: Animo, fuori quella - Scene 11: Che, ammogliato Filippo? (Filippo, Pomponio, Madama, Lisetta) | 03:42 |
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Bruzzaniti, Vincenzo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
| 16 | Act I Scene 13: Finale 1: Bondi te pater (Filippo, Chorus, Pomponio, Lisetta, Alberto, Doralice) | 04:46 |
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
| 17 | Act I Scene 13: Guisto ciel (Lisetta, Alberto, Filippo, Pomponio, Doralice, Madama, Traversen, Chorus) | 05:19 |
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Bruzzaniti, Vincenzo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
| 3 | Act II Scene 2: Recitativo: Oh, voi qui siete - Scene 3: Non ancora ho potuto (Traversen, Alberto, Filippo, Lisetta) | 01:57 |
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
| 7 | Act II Scene 5: Recitativo: Tutto sta ben disposto a maraviglia - Scene 6: Ad un mio pari un locandier disfida? - Scene 7: A che coll'armi (Filippo, Alberto, Pomponio) | 03:08 |
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
| 9 | Act II Scene 8: Recitativo: Fatemi, signorina - Scene 9: Presto, alo (Lisetta, Doralice, Pomponio, Madama) | 01:20 |
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
| 16 | Act II Scene 11: Quintetto: Oh vedite ch'accidente! (Pomponio, Alberto, Doralice, Filippo, Lisetta) | 07:24 |
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Bruzzaniti, Vincenzo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Gauthier, Judith (soprano)
Mastrototaro, Giulio (baritone)
Spyres, Michael (tenor)
Bevacqua, Rossella (soprano)
Soulis, Maria (mezzo-soprano)
Polinelli, Filippo (bass)
Bruzzaniti, Vincenzo (bass)
Mahieux, Ugo (harpsichord)
Naples San Pietro a Majella Conservatory Chorus (Choir)
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno (Ensemble)
Franklin, Christopher (Conductor)





























