December Recording of the Month: Belisario
Our final 2024 Recording of the Month is Donizetti’s Belisario featuring Nicola Alaimo in his Opera Rara debut as Belisario, Joyce El-Khoury in her recording debut as Antonina and Camilla Roberts as Irene.
Generally acknowledged to be one of Donizetti’s finest achievements, Belisario dates from the high watermark of Donizetti’s maturity. It received its premiere in 1836 (the year after the debut of Maria Stuarda in Milan and Lucia di Lammermoor in Naples) and proved a triumph on stages throughout the 19th century.
We recorded the work in the studio in October 2012, a week prior to a concert performance at London’s Barbican Centre. At the time, The Telegraph described Opera Rara’s revival as a revelation.
Head over to our YouTube channel to listen to excerpts from the opera and look out for track reveals before the end of the year:
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