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Donizetti's
'Rosmonda d'Inghilterra' -
strongly recommended by
GERALD FENECH

'... Sebastiano Rolli keeps things ticking over nicely, thus never diminishing the boiling undercurrents that continually simmer in the protagonists' spirits.'

Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra. © 2017 Dynamic Srl

'Thank God for Donizetti' — a statement which for some may be an exaggeration, but for others like me, certainly sounds appropriate. The maestro from Bergamo composed some seventy operas, a huge achievement for a man who died prematurely aged fifty-one in 1848, but today only a handful command a regular place in the repertoire. Notwithstanding this, most of his stageworks get the occasional revival, and thanks to the endeavours of labels such as Opera Rara and Dynamic, one can certainly have the chance to discover more the immeasurable wealth of beauty of Donizetti's music...

Copyright © 28 August 2017 Gerald Fenech,
Gzira, Malta

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DONIZETTI: ROSMONDA D'INGHILTERRA

GAETANO DONIZETTI

DYNAMIC SRL

ITALY

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