Rossini Zelmira 15 years old

Decent sound for this rarely performed opera

Juan Diego Florez stars in the only available DVD version of Zelmira, filmed at the celebrated Rossini Festival in the composer s home town of Pesaro. The final opera Rossini wrote for Naples is a dramatic and musical tour de force and a magnificent showcase for the bel canto superstar of our time. Recorded in high definition at the 2009 Festival, Giorgio Barberio Corsettis production places the classical tale, set during the Trojan Wars, in modern times and modern dress Joining Juan Diego Florez are a major international cast, described as near miraculous by Opera Today and led by American mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich in the virtuosic title role But the evening remained another distinguished triumph for Juan Diego Florez as Prince Ilo, whose arrival in his homeland, to rescue Zelmira, was marked by a dazzling tenorial display which evoked a nearly twenty-minute ovation

Credits

Rossini Zelmira Cast

Name	Character
Juan Diego Flórez He was 35, now 51 years old	as Prince Ilo

Rossini Zelmira Crew

Name	Department
Gioachino Rossini as Original Music Composer. He was 216 (76) years old when He died	Sound