Two of today's most brilliant tenors, Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee, celebrate the art of the trailblazing star singers of Rossini's time. Amici e Rivali - 'Friends and Rivals' - comprises arias, duets, and trios from seven of the composer's operas, written between 1815 and 1826: the most famous comic opera of them all, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and six serious dramatic works Otello, Armida, La donna del Lago, Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra, Le Siège de Corinthe, and, the rarest title here, Ricciardo e Zoraide.
10 Otello, Act 2: "Ah! Vieni, Nel Tuo Sangue Vendicherò Le Offese" (Otello, Rodrigo)
11 Otello, Act 2: "Che Fiero Punto E Questo" (Otello, Rodrigo, Desdemona)
12 Le Siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Grand Dieu, Faut-Il Qu'un Peuple" (Néoclès)
13 Le Siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Cher Cléomène" (Cléomène, Néoclès)
14 Le Siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Céleste Providence" (Cléomène, Néoclès, Pamyra)
15 Armida, Act 3: "In Quale Aspetto Imbelle" (Rinaldo, Carlo, Ubaldo)
16 Le Siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Cher Cléomène" (Cléomène, A35Néoclès)
17 Le Siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Céleste Providence" (Cléomène, Néoclès, Pamyra)
18 Armida, Act 3: "In Quale Aspetto Imbelle" (Rinaldo, Carlo, Ubaldo)
Two of today's most brilliant tenors, Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee, celebrate the art of the trailblazing star singers of Rossini's time. Amici e Rivali - 'Friends and Rivals' - comprises arias, duets, and trios from seven of the composer's operas, written between 1815 and 1826: the most famous comic opera of them all, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and six serious dramatic works Otello, Armida, La donna del Lago, Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra, Le Siège de Corinthe, and, the rarest title here, Ricciardo e Zoraide.
