FONDATION NAPOLÉON,FESTIVAL DE PENTECÔTE, CHÂTEAU DE BOIS-PRÉAU ET ROSSINI: ELISABETTA, REGINA D'INGHILTERRA. CD NAXOS

FONDATION NAPOLÉON

Deuxième édition du festival de Pentecôte à l'Orangerie de Bois-Préau : « La reine Hortense, compositrice et mécène » du 15 au 20 mai 2024

Du 15 au 20 mai 2024 et après la redécouverte du répertoire du premier romantisme français autour de la figure de l’impératrice Joséphine en 2023, le Musée national des Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau et La Nouvelle Athènes s’intéressent à la reine Hortense, fille de Joséphine, compositrice de plus de 500 romances et mécène des arts.  Le Château de Malmaison accueillera trois concerts sur le piano carré Erard 1806 et présentera des albums de romances de la reine Hortense.  Au programme : une journée d’étude « La Romance au temps d'Hortense » le 15 mai, et 7 concerts du 17 au 20 mai 2024.  La Fondation Napoléon soutient financièrement deux concerts dans le cadre du festival  :   Samedi 18 mai à 15h00 : Une guitare dans le salon d’Hortense. Lundi 20 mai à 15h00 : La conspiration des chansons.

ROSSINI. ELISABETTA, REGINA D´INGHILTERRA. CD

‘Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra is a fascinating opera and a key work by Gioachino Rossini. It marks the young composer’s first creation in 1815 for Naples, the then-opera capital of Italy, making its success crucial for him. And succeed he did! Rossini became the principal composer in Naples for seven fruitful years.

Our success with this recording is rooted in the singers’ deep understanding of the required style, particularly the remarkable skills of lead singer Serena Farnocchia, who portrayed the dramatic recitatives of the lonely queen as powerfully as Isabella Colbran in the first Naples production.’

– Antonino Fogliani, music director,

Rossini in Wildbad Festival

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868)

Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra

(Elizabeth, Queen of England)

Dramma per musica in two acts (1815)

Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt (c. 1773–1849)

Sung in Italian

Serena Farnocchia, Veronica Marini, Sopranos

Mara Gaudenzi, Mezzo-soprano

Luis Aguilar, Patrick Mubenga, Mert Süngü, Tenors

Kraków Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra

Antonino Fogliani

Rossini’s rarely performed Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra was his first opera for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. With the composer showcasing and indeed recycling some of his best music, it was an enormous success and allowed him to become established as the leading opera composer in Italy. The story revolves around Queen Elizabeth I (Elisabetta), whose romantic attachments expose her to murderous intrigues, and ends with her renouncement of love itself. This fast-moving production under the baton of Antonino Fogliani was described as ‘a colourful, sparkling festival of music’ in Die Deutsche Bühne.

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