Donizetti * Belisario _ Act III / "Figli, figli, partiam" / Alaimo _ Bundy _ Roberts

Donizetti * Belisario _ Act III / "Figli, figli, partiam" / Belisaro, Ottario, Alessi, Irene, Alani & Bulgars

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, cond.

Nicola Alaimo (Belisario)
Joyce El-Khoury (Antonina)
Russell Thomas (Alamiro)
Camilla Roberts (Irene)
Alastair Miles (Giustiniano)
Michael Bundy (Ottario)

Opera Rara, 2013

Belisario is one of Donizetti’s finest achievements. Dating from the high watermark of Donizetti’s maturity, with its premiere in 1836 (the year after the debut of Maria Stuarda in Milan and Lucia di Lammermoor in Naples), Belisario proved a triumph on stages throughout the 19th century. Yet, incredibly, it is little known today. The libretto, by Salvadore Cammarano (who collaborated with Donizetti on Lucia di Lammermoor), tells the moving and typically complicated story of the 6th century Byzantine general. Falsely accused by his wife, Antonina, of killing their son, he was blinded and exiled as his punishment. Only the recognition by his daughter, Irene, that her father’s former captive, Alamiro, was her long-lost brother restores Belisario’s reputation; tragically, too late to save his life.

Nominated for the International Opera Awards 2014.

Awarded 'Album of the Week' by Hugh Canning - Sunday Times Culture, October 2013.

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