Meyerbeer: Romilda e Costanza
8.660495-97 (Naxos, CD, 3 discs)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (27 November 2020)
Playing time: 67'49"/55'57"/50'04" - TT 173'50"
Tracks: 20 + 18 + 19
Booklet pages: 20
© 2020 SWR, Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: Germany
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Meyerbeer: Romilda e Costanza published on 3 January 2021
Listen: Meyerbeer: Sinfonia (Romilda e Costanza) (CD1 track 1, 0:01-0:59)
Patrick Kabongo, tenor (Teobaldo)
Javier Povedano, bass-baritone (Retello)
Chiara Brunello, contralto (Romilda)
César Cortés, tenor (Lotario)
Luiza Fatyol, soprano (Costanza)
Emmanuel Franco, baritone (Albertone)
Claire Gascoin, mezzo-soprano (Annina)
Giulio Mastrototaro, baritone (Pierotto)
Timophey Pavienko, bass (Ugo)
Górecki Chamber Choir
Marcin Wróbel, chorus master
Mateusz Prendota, artistic director
Passionart Orchestra
Janusz Wiergacz, director
Andrés Jesús Gallucci, music assistant, fortepiano
Luciano Acocella, conductor
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864):
Romilda e Costanza - melodramma semiserio in two acts (1817) - libretto by Gaetano Rossi
CD1
1 Sinfonia
2-20 Act I
CD2
1-5 Act I (conclusion)
6-18 Act II
CD3
1-19 Act II (conclusion)
Recorded 17, 19 and 26 July 2019 at the Trinkhalle Bad Wildbad, Germany during the 31st Rossini in Wildbad Festival
First recording