Rossini - Le Siege de Corinthe
When Rossiniâs opera Le Siège de Corinthe was premiered in 1826 in Paris it became a huge success all over Europe. The Rossini Opera Festival presents the opera in a new production from Carlus Padrissa of the Barcelona collective La Fura dels Baus, âwhich here has one of its most interesting showsâ (connessiallopera.it). Artistically âRoberto Abbado holds the ranks excellently and supports a well-cohesive and balanced castâ (Lâape musicale) âwhere bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni growled fearsomely as Sultan Mahomet, tenor Sergey Romanovsky as NĂŠoclès matched a warm tone with pinging top notes, and tenor John Irvin was self-assured as ClĂŠomène, but soprano Nino Machaidze as Pamyra thrilled most of all, as she purred effortlessly through pyrotechnic coloraturaâ (Financial Times).
