Afternoon on 3 Thursday Opera Matinee - Bellini - La Straniera.m4a

Bellini - La Straniera
Afternoon on 3, Thursday Opera Matinee

A rare chance to hear one of Bellini's first great operatic successes. Premiered at La Scala, Milan in 1829, La Straniera (The Stranger) is a romantic melodrama set in Brittany around the year 1200. Alaide, a mysterious woman roams the countryside. Nobody suspects that this stranger is in fact Agnes, the exiled wife of the King of France. Arturo, a local count falls in love with the stranger - even though he's supposed to be engaged to Isoletta. Valdeburgo (Alaide's brother) visits her and implores Arturo to leave his sister in peace and to marry his fiancee, Isoletta. One of opera's more complicated marriage scenes ensues, culminating in the stranger, Alaide's true identity being revealed and Artuo falling on his sword and dying, to the consternation of Isoletta. Alaide/Agnes, the true Queen of France is left lamenting her ill fortune.

Alaide, the stranger..... Marlis Petersen (soprano)

Arturo, Count of Ravenstel..... Norman Reinhardt (tenor)

Valdeburgo, Baron, secret brother of Alaide..... Franco Vassalo (baritone)

Isoletta, fiancée of Arturo..... Theresa Krollthaler (mezzo-soprano)

Osburgo, confidant of Arturo..... Vladimir Dmitruk (tenor)

Il signore di Montolino, father of Isoletta..... Martin Snell (bass)

Il Priore degli Spedalieri..... Stefan Cerny (bass)

Arnold Schoenberg Chorus

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor)

Recorded live at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 24 Jan 2015.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

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