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Title: in-between Barbiere and La Cenerentola
Review: This is an opera which Rossini wrote 2 months before "Il barbiere". It hasn't got the same verve and natural situations, it's more down-to-earth and calmer, more introvert. But the melodies and arias are beautiful and dramatic. The first-act finale is true Rossini, like another scene preceding it, beginnning with the trio for 3 male voices-"A qual raggio di speranza". It's an intricately built trio with a solo passage for horn (I think it's a horn..).There is some borrowed music and it fits in very well.The conducting couldn't be better and the singers are all good, Ernesto Palacio is a specialist known from other Rossini-recordings and he's always stylish. Dorliska (Pediconi) has a bit edgy voice but I like personal voices so for me it's a plus, and Antonucci is very good as il Duca.The text is expertly written and specifies some of the self borrowings as well as describing the work and it's origins, a libretto is also included.
