Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Resident at Southbank Centre
Saturday 6 December 2008, 7pm
Gaetano Donizetti Parisina d'Este - opera in 3 acts
(concert performance in Italian with English
surtitles)
David Parry conductor
Patrizia Ciofi Parisina
Jose
Bros Ugo
Nicole AlaimoAzzo
Nicola Ulivieri Ernesto
Ann Taylor Imelda
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
One of the most electrifyingly dramatic moments in all opera occurs in Donizetti's Parisina, as the heroine's husband
has his worst suspicions confirmed, and Parisina lets slip her love for another under the silky sedation of sleep. Azzo's
fury explodes, and with it, the orchestra: driving strings swirl up over a striding bass, as Donizetti unleashes 'a dramatic
energy unequalled by anything he composed up to this time' according to biographer William Ashbrook. Amongst the composer's
70 operas, this expressive psychological piece was the one that Donizetti himself favoured most - quite an endorsement.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra would like to thank the John S Cohen Foundation for its longstanding support of
the Orchestra's collaboration with Opera Rara.
Please note 7pm start time.
Royal
Festival Hall at 6pm: Opera Rara examines Donizetti’s opera Parisina. Admission free.
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