Saverio Mercadante - Elena da Feltre (1838) - Sinfonia

[txgmajor]

I don't know much of this composer's music. He seems to have gotten squeezed out. I do remember reading that Robert Schumann thought his music was really good. Wonder what Berlioz thought.

[txgmajor]

I don't know much of this composer's music. He seems to have gotten squeezed out. I do remember reading that Robert Schumman thought his music was really good. Wonder what Berlioz thought.

[just1967me]

Did Mercadante write an overture/sinfonia or a prelude to Il giuramento? I have a recording of that opera, but there is no overture or prelude. I was wondering if he wrote one.

[LindoroRossini]

To my knowledge, no, though, in essence, this choice must have been a part of his revision of the style, an experiment of sorts :).