Edgardo Rocha

Il turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid (2023)

At the Teatro Real in Madrid, director Laurent Pelly and conductor Giacomo Sagripanti get to grips with Gioachino Rossini's Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) – a delightful opera buffa teeming with colourful characters! ...

La Sonnambula - BELLINI (2023)

In an apparent idyll high in the Swiss Alps, a secluded village society prepares for the next wedding. Amina is to be the lucky one this time. The groom Elvino, however, soon turns his attention back to his former wife because Amina sleepwalks into the bed ...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2018)

Part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the death of the Pesaro composer, Il Barbiere di Siviglia staged in Lugano, is the result of a virtuous collaboration that involved Swiss Radio and Television, LuganoInScena and LuganoMusica. The musica ...

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (2018)

Isabella is a strong, independent woman who has no intention of giving in to the clumsy advances of the powerful Mustafà. In this production by Mosh Leiser and Patrice Caurier, which plays on preconceptions about culture clash, Mustafà is no longer a han ...

Rossini: La Gazza Ladra - Teatro alla Scala (2017)

Il barbiere di Siviglia (2017)

The staging of Gioacchino Rossini's two-act comic opera, with libretto by Cesare Sterbini, at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma during the 2016/2017 season. ...

L'Italiana in Algeri (2015)

"This is Vienna State Opera live at home". April 2015. 'L'italiana in Algeri' (English: 'The Italian Girl in Algiers') is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by ...

La Gazzetta (2014)

A seldom-performed gem of a Rossini opera: his opera buffa La Gazzetta in a filmed production by the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. ...

Rossini Otello (2014)

This new disc from the Zurich Opera presents just about as thoughtful and coherent account of Rossini's Otello as one could hope for. This isn't the first time the company has made something of a splash with the bel canto repertory. Some will remember thei ...

Cenerentola - A Live Fairytale (2013)

Rossini's opera based on the fairy-tale Cinderella, filmed in real-life Italian locations in the ballrooms and gardens of some of Turin's finest palaces. ...