Cleopatra (Rossi)

Libretto title page, Turin 1876

Cleopatra is an 1876 opera by Lauro Rossi to a libretto by Marco D'Arienzo based on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. The opera was first performed on 5 March 1876 at the Teatro Regio in Turin.[1]

Recording

  • Cleopatra - Dimitra Theodossiou [it] (Cleopatra), Alessandro Liberatore (Marco Antonio), Paolo Pecchioli (Ottavio Cesare), Sebastian Catana (Diomede), William Corrò (Proculejo), Tiziana Carraro (Ottavia), Paola Gardina (Carmiana); Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana [it] & Coro Lirico Marchigiano 'V. Bellini', David Crescenzi. Naxos[2] DVD or 2CD

References

  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Cleopatra, 5 March 1876". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ Gramophone, June 2011