Carlo Rizzi & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Leoncavallo: Zingari

Format: CD
ICPN: 0792938006123
Release Date: 23 Sep 2022
Genre: Classical

1912 original reconstructed version
Complete opera in 2 episodes
Libretto by Enrico Cavacchioli and Guglielmo Emanuel
based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin

With Krassimira Stoyanova (Fleana),
Arsen Soghomonyan (Radu), Stephen Gaertner (Tamar), Lukasz Golinski (The Old Man)
Carlo Rizzi (Conductor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera Rara Chorus

1CD clamshell, 80pp booklet – note in English - synopsis in English, French, German and Italian – libretto in Italian & English

Based on a poem written in 1827 by Alexander Pushkin, Zingari is a tale of passion, jealousy and crime in a Gypsy camp on the banks of the Danube.
This one-act opera was a huge success immediately after its creation in London in 1912 and had an incredibly long run, both in London and the United States. Marking Leoncavallo’s return to the verismo style of Pagliacci, Opera Rara’s version of Zingari showcases rich, colourful orchestral music with powerful choral moments and seductive arias.
The great Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova brings life to the beautiful temptress Fleana, who encourages and later rejects the passionate advances of aristocrat Radu, powerfully sung by tenor Arsen Soghomonyan. The American baritone Stephen Gaertner completes the fatal love triangle as Tamar, the brooding Gypsy poet.