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# Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira

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Aureliano in Palmira celebrated it's fi rst première on 26 December 1813 at the Scala In Milan. Soon afterwards the work was played in different theatres all over Europe. Nevertheless Rossini's piece fell into oblivion more and more compared to the great competitors like "Tancredi" or the "Barber of Seville" for which Rossini recycled musical parts of "Aureliano".But since a few years there are ambitions to play this work about love, war, jealousy, loyalty and magnanimity more frequently. The direction in Pesaro was in the proven hands of the famous fi lm director Mario Martone. Conductor Will Crutchfi eld contributes to the successful performance of the newly edited "Aureliano in Palmira" and masterfully directs the Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini. Michael Spyres as Aureliano "showed immediately that his tenor voice with marvelous top notes has not only fl exibility and agility, but also enough body, to provide the Roman emperor great vocal authority." Opernglas

Review: Jessica does it again....................! - I love Jessica Pratt. She is a statuesque, quietly regal woman with an incredible Bel Canto technique. She has scored great notices in six other Rossini operas as well as such diverse roles as Verdi's Giovanna d' Arco and Cunegonde in Candide.Her true forte so far has been early Rossini for which she has a true knack. She has had three Pesero Rossini Festival headliners so far; Amira in Ciro in Babilonia with wonderful Ewa Podles and great tenor Michael Spyres and conducted by Will Crutchfield. The last two in this recording also. Ms. Pratt is priceless in Adelaide di Borgogna with Daniela Barcellona. And now she is radiant in Aureliano in Palmira. This opera is listed as no. 12 of about 40 known Rossini operas. He was 21 and this was going to open the 1813 season at La Scala. It is more of an old fashioned chamber opera of the Mozart type than the current vogue of Italian hard driving spellbinders with crashing cords and bodies everywhere. The retreat of the lover Prince Arsace to the peasant Idyll and wooded grove complete with goats on stage evokes some of the best music in the score. Rossini wrote the score for his mistress (later wife) Colbran (Zenobia) and the noted castrato, Velluti (Prince Arsace of Persia). Though it ran for 14 nights at La Scala it was not well received by the critics and was soon dropped and forgotten. A complete score does not exist. However the ever practical Rossini used sections of it in the later opera Barber of Seville where the overture and other sections are familiar to all. The conductor Will Crutchfield has reassembled the score from various sources as no authentic draft exists. The opera is quite fine ,certainly in Act 1 and the first part of Act 2 but the end seems to meander a bit too much. I think some judicious pruning would help. The cast in this recording is truly great. Besides Ms Pratt as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra , the leading Rossinian Bari-tenor of the day, Michael Spyres does wonders as the ambivalent Roman leader Aureliano (3rd. century C.E. Emperor of Rome). He is a great foil for Ms. Pratt as he was as Baldassare in their recording of Ciro in Babilonia. Arsace, Prince of Persia and lover of Zenobia is mezzo Lena Belkina. She is a fine singer but as a mezzo she lacks the heft of a contralto (we don't have castrati anymore) and she is a petite person. So in some of the scenes with her beloved Queen Zenobia it looked more like mother and son (in drag) rather than noble lovers. But all in all it is an exceptionally beautiful performance. The orchestra is top notch with conductor Will Crutchfield who also assembled the score. The production is effective, useful and it works. Sadly the beautiful remains of historic Palmyra in Syria have recently fallen victim to destruction by religious fanatics of the Islamic Nation. Religion the destroyer!
Review: Five Stars - Rare opportunity

## Technical Specifications

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| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 32 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jessica does it again....................!
*by D***N on September 11, 2015*

I love Jessica Pratt. She is a statuesque, quietly regal woman with an incredible Bel Canto technique. She has scored great notices in six other Rossini operas as well as such diverse roles as Verdi's Giovanna d' Arco and Cunegonde in Candide.Her true forte so far has been early Rossini for which she has a true knack. She has had three Pesero Rossini Festival headliners so far; Amira in Ciro in Babilonia with wonderful Ewa Podles and great tenor Michael Spyres and conducted by Will Crutchfield. The last two in this recording also. Ms. Pratt is priceless in Adelaide di Borgogna with Daniela Barcellona. And now she is radiant in Aureliano in Palmira. This opera is listed as no. 12 of about 40 known Rossini operas. He was 21 and this was going to open the 1813 season at La Scala. It is more of an old fashioned chamber opera of the Mozart type than the current vogue of Italian hard driving spellbinders with crashing cords and bodies everywhere. The retreat of the lover Prince Arsace to the peasant Idyll and wooded grove complete with goats on stage evokes some of the best music in the score. Rossini wrote the score for his mistress (later wife) Colbran (Zenobia) and the noted castrato, Velluti (Prince Arsace of Persia). Though it ran for 14 nights at La Scala it was not well received by the critics and was soon dropped and forgotten. A complete score does not exist. However the ever practical Rossini used sections of it in the later opera Barber of Seville where the overture and other sections are familiar to all. The conductor Will Crutchfield has reassembled the score from various sources as no authentic draft exists. The opera is quite fine ,certainly in Act 1 and the first part of Act 2 but the end seems to meander a bit too much. I think some judicious pruning would help. The cast in this recording is truly great. Besides Ms Pratt as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra , the leading Rossinian Bari-tenor of the day, Michael Spyres does wonders as the ambivalent Roman leader Aureliano (3rd. century C.E. Emperor of Rome). He is a great foil for Ms. Pratt as he was as Baldassare in their recording of Ciro in Babilonia. Arsace, Prince of Persia and lover of Zenobia is mezzo Lena Belkina. She is a fine singer but as a mezzo she lacks the heft of a contralto (we don't have castrati anymore) and she is a petite person. So in some of the scenes with her beloved Queen Zenobia it looked more like mother and son (in drag) rather than noble lovers. But all in all it is an exceptionally beautiful performance. The orchestra is top notch with conductor Will Crutchfield who also assembled the score. The production is effective, useful and it works. Sadly the beautiful remains of historic Palmyra in Syria have recently fallen victim to destruction by religious fanatics of the Islamic Nation. Religion the destroyer!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by C***E on February 9, 2016*

Rare opportunity

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The singing is good. I found the staging very distracting
*by E***D on January 20, 2016*

The singing is good. I found the staging very distracting; there was some kind of curtain (with material attached to look like dirt) in front of the actors for quite a bit of the time. overall a good production.

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