Gioachino Rossini - Le siege de Corinthe - "Disgrace horrible!" (Ruth Ann Swenson, Giuseppe Filianoti & Stephen Mark Brown)

Just as a point of interest, I decided to supply the original terzettone with just a few appendixes.

Although not the box office hit that some of his other operas were, "Maometto II" proved to be a valuable work to Rossini, for he rewrote it twice into simpler yet highly successful operas. It became "Le siege de Corinthe" for his Paris Opera debut and, in 1823, was rewritten for the Venetian stage as well. In both the Paris version and the original, Neapolitan opera, the Turks are victorious and the Venetians vanquished, but the ending is tragic and the scope of the opera remains grand. For Venice, Rossini altered the work not only into a simpler structural conception, but also into a lighter opera, in which the Venetians are victorious and the ending is a happy one. Presented here is a version of the "terzettone".

Here is the list of soloists and their roles:

Pamyra - Ruth Ann Swenson,
Neoclиs - Giuseppe Filianoti,
Cleomene - Stephen Mark Brown.

The "terzettone" that spans two scenes of Act I in the original opera is completely redone into a smaller, more comprehensible piece: basically, only the first terzettino, the final tempo di mezzo and the stretta are left. Most of the music is just skipped, with the exception of the prayer that forms a part of the grand finale. Though the piece is not as great as the original, it still houses terzettone's beautiful music.

Hope you'll enjoy :)!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rossini
• coloratura
• belcanto
• classical

[stokleyb]

Absolutely fabulous!! What a treat to find a beautiful gem like this. I love discovering new rarely heard yet beautiful opera numbers. Thanks for the post.

[stuffthings7635]

@stokleyb i agree, makes my day

[Abigayl1950]

Amazing !!! Thanks , mant thanks for posting it !!!