AGNES BALTSA "Non più mesta" by Gioacchino Rossini ~ 1979

La Cenerentola - Gioacchino Rossini: «Non più mesta» SUNG BY AGNES BALTSA
1979 Opera Gala
Agnes Baltsa was and still is a great and formidable mezzo -soprano. Her most well known performance is that of Carmen by Georges Bizet, which she has sung a number of times with José Carreras. She has also sung works by Mozart (notably Così fan tutte), Rossini (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and "La Cenerentola" which is the work presented here by Rossini
Rossini composed La Cenerentola when he was 25 years old, following the success of The Barber of Seville the year before. La Cenerentola, which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles.
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