Performer:Fogliani Antonino: conductor Iozzia Marcello: chorus master Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia d’Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo Teatro alla Scala Fondazione Orchestra G. Donizetti di Bergamo Chorus of the Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo Bianca - Dimitriu Doina Ugo - Nakajima Yasuharu Adelia - Giannattasio Carmen Folco - Vatchkov Dejan Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 2003
Media:2 CDs
Ugo, conte di Parigi, on a libretto by Felice Romani, was premièred at La Scala on 13th March 1832 with an exceptional cast (two of the singers, Giuditta Pasta and Giulia Grisi, incidentally, less than three months before had determined the success of Bellini’s Norma). This opera, unfortunately, did not repeat the success of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, because the Austrian censorship, which in that period was particularly strict and obtuse, requested a series of important changes that compromised its dramatic essence and, after 1846, the work disappeared altogether from the repertoire. Ugo, Conte di Parigi really did not deserve such a fate, for it is - especially from the musical point of view - a work worthy of the best Donizetti, rich in moving melodies and compelling concertati.
UGO CONTE DI PARIGI
