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Meyerbeer had already won renown in Italy before conquering Paris with a sequence of much-acclaimed grand operas. In a musical climate dominated by Rossini, Meyerbeer’s first Italian opera, Romilda e Costanza, earned the still-unknown 26-year-old composer the sobriquet of ‘the genius of the Spree’. The work is a rescue opera overlaid with a love triangle, which was written for specific performers, and the passionate intensity of feeling – from lyricism to unfettered virtuosity – reflects the semi seria nature of the opera. It is performed here in the original version heard at the 1817 premiere. In 1996 Luciano Acocella won the International Prokofiev and Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting competitions which led to his appointment as assistant to Daniele Gatti. He has conducted extensively across Europe, Asia and the US to critical acclaim. He was general music director of the Opera de Rouen-Haute Normandie between 2011 and 2015. At the Rossini in Wildbad festival he has conducted Le Comte Ory and the acclaimed Naxos recordings of Adelaide di Borgogna (8.660401-02) and Demetrio e Polibio (8.660405-06).
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“…Enormously welcome, as the hero Teobaldo, is aforementioned Congolese coloratura tenor Patrick Kabongo… Here he rises to the challenges of a leading role, and the audience is clearly thrilled. I look forward to hearing the confident tones of this dramatically alert singer in future productions. His coloratura is elegant and faultless. The title roles are taken effectively by soprano Luiza Fatyol (as the rejected Costanza) and alto Chiara Brunello (as new gal Romilda)… Each is quite accomplished in coloratura and becomes, if anything, even more impressive as the opera goes along… The Górecki Chamber Choir sings with superb tone and balance … The conductor, Luciano Acocella, keeps up a smart pace, yet adapts tempos appropriately. Fortepianist Andrés Jesús Gallucci makes the secco recitatives specific to the situation and, with his occasional semi-improvised right-hand commentaries, musically engaging… This much-needed release will give opera lovers and music historians lots to think about and lots to enjoy…”
Ralph P Locke – TheArtsFuse.org – 26 May 2021
"...This much-needed release will give opera lovers and music historians lots to think about and lots to enjoy."
Ralph Locke – American Record Guide – March/April 2021
“A capable performance of a long-lost opera which will be of interest to those who love the bel canto repertoire.”
Mike Parr – MusicWeb-International.com – 8 February 2021
Performance *** Recording ***
"...There's plenty to enjoy: drama, passion, plot and a satisfying ending..."
Natasha Loges – BBC Music magazine – February 2021
“… Among the assets of these performances are the play of the Passionart Orchestra from Krakow and the performances of the Gorecki Chamber Choir conducted by Luciano Acocella. The Congo-born tenor Patrick Kabongo impresses as Teobaldo with a cleanly conducted and wide-ranging voice. His twin brother Retello is sung by the Spanish bass-baritone Javier Povedano with a powerful voice and a lot of demons. The Italian mezzo-soprano Chiara Brunello is a great, passionate Romilda with a very flexible voice. The Romanian soprano Luiza Fatyol can please as Costanza with a full, strong and agile voice. The remaining roles are more or less well cast, so that the first recording of the Meyerbeer Opera will not disappoint those interested in this work.” ****
Norbert Tischer – Pizzicato.lu – 20 December 2020
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