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ROSSINI, G.: Cambiale di matrimonio (La) (Priante, Samsonova, Zanfardino, Wurttemberg Philharmonic, Franklin)

Composer(s):Rossini, Gioachino
Artist(s)
Period(s) Romantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Opera
Catalogue 8.660302
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


The plot of La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage), which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old, revolves around the farcical attempts of Tobia Mill, a rich English merchant, to combine business with pleasure by forcing his daughter, the lovely Fanny (‘merchandise’) to marry Slook, his rich colonial correspondent from America, by means of a bill of exchange. Eventually, it is the gallant Slook himself who persuades Mill to allow Fanny to marry her true love, Edoardo Milfort.


   




Review By Fernando Fraga,Scherzo,February 2012


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Review By Bill White ,Fanfare,November 2011

This production was recorded live at the Rossini…It employs a young, lively cast that brings much spirit to the recording…

La cambiale di matrimonio is an opera well worth experiencing, not only because it began Rossini’s career in the theater but because it is very enjoyable in its own right…



Review By Ángel Carrascosa Almazán ,Ritmo,November 2011

Compuesta a los 18 años, La cambiale di matrimonio (La letra de cambio de matrimonio) es un precoz destello del talento cómico del que se confirmaría pocos años más tarde como el compositor de ópera bufa por antonomasia. Ya la breve obertura es una página deliciosa rebosante de gracia y de ingenio. Sobre un jugoso—tópico, pero la mar de simpático—libreto de Gaetano Rossi, los recitativos, arias, dúos, tríos (admirable “Quell’amabile visino”) y concertantes (espléndido “Vi prego”) se suceden con fluidez y naturalidad en un todo que transcurre como una seda. Un fragmento del aria “Vorrei spiegarvi” lo trasladará

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Review By Julia Poser,Orpheus,November 2011

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