Spectacular evening of belcanto in Paris

Otello (in concert), Théâtre des Champs Elysées - Paris, November 11 2010

Anna Caterina Antonacci, John Osborn, and Dmitry Korchak

Evelino Pidò ..... conductor

John Osborn ..... Otello
Anna Caterina Antonacci ..... Desdemona
Marco Vinco ..... Elmiro
Dmitry Korchak ..... Rodrigo
Jose Manuel Zapata ..... Iago
José Maria Lo Monaco ..... Emilia
Tansel Akzeybek ..... The Doge of Venice

Fabrice Constans ..... Lucio

Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Lyon

Belcanto fans...

Here is your treat 2010:  Olga Peretyatko electrified the Rossini Opera Festival by the finale of  "Le Nozze di Teti e di Peleo" and the video is appended to this post. Enjoy!

Operadar: Sigismondo Pesarese

One festival we didn't see [and maybe should have] is the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), which every year takes place in Rossini's native town of Pesaro.

The main event of this year's festival was the rarely staged/performed opera Sigismondo. It was broadcast on the Rai Radio Tre, I listened to it and it's like your usual Rossini...