Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Le Siège de Corinthe, opéra en 3 actes

Luca Pisaroni, baryton-basse (Mahomet II)
John Irvin, ténor (Cléomène)
Nino Machaidze, soprano (Pamyra)
Sergey Romanovsky, ténor (Néoclès)
Carlo Cigni, basse (Hiéros)
Xabier Anduaga, ténor (Adraste)
Iurii Samoilov, baryton (Omar)
Cecilia Molinari, mezzo-soprano (Ismène)
Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso
Giovanni Farina, direction
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Roberto Abbado, direction
Carlus Padrissa, mise en scène

When Rossini’s opera Le Siège de Corinthe was premiered in 1826 in Paris it became a huge success all over Europe. The Rossini Opera Festival presents the opera in a new production from Carlus Padrissa of the Barcelona collective La Fura dels Baus, “which here has one of its most interesting shows” (connessiallopera.it). Artisticly “Roberto Abbado holds the ranks excellently and supports a well-cohesive and balanced cast” (L’ape musicale) “where bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni growled fearsomely as Sultan Mahomet, tenor Sergey Romanovsky as Néoclès matched a warm tone with pinging top notes, and tenor John Irvin was self-assured as Cléomène, but soprano Nino Machaidze as Pamyra thrilled most of all, as she purred effortlessly through pyrotechnic coloratura” (Financial Times).