LiverecordingfromtheRossiniOperaFestivalPesaro,2010 LisingaMaríaJoséMoreno Demetrio-SivenoVictoriaZaytseva Demetrio-EumeneYijieShi PolibioMircoPalazzi OrchestraSinfonicaG.Rossini ConductedbyCorradoRovaris StageDirectedbyDavideLivermore "WhatapleasuretolistentoDemetrioePolibio",wrotemajorItaliandailyLaStampaafterthepremiereofRossinisveryfirstoperaatthe2010RossiniOperaFestivalinPesaro,attributingit"anundeniablefascination".TheworkwasgivenitsfirstperformanceinRomein1812.ItisstillunclearwhetherRossiniwas14or18whenhewroteit;whatisbeyonddoubt,however,istheanticipationofgreatthingstocome.Thelibrettoisafar-fetchedtaleoffeudingkings,mistakenidentities,disguisesandcruelfatestypicalofthelate18th-centuryoperaseria.YoungstagedirectorDavideLivermore,headingaproductionoftheAccademiadiBelleArtidiUrbino,turnsthelibrettointoaghoststory,settingtheactionbehindthestageofanoperahouse,wheneveryonehasleftandallthatremainsarethespiritsofanoperathatyearnsforthebreathoflifemuchlikethepracticallyforgottenDemetrioePolibioitself.Withthehelpoflittleflamesthatflareupfromthesingerspalmsandother"phantasmagorical"tricks,LivermorecreatesanenchantingatmospherethatisgivenaperfectmusicalrenderingbyconductorCorradoRovaris(MusicDirectoroftheOperaCompanyofPhiladelphia)andtheOrchestraSinfonicaRossini.Eachgivingoutstandingperformancesarethefourstand-outsoloistsMariaJoséMoreno,VictoriaZaytseva,YijieShiandMircoPalazzi,"starsofthehighestinternationalorder"(SüddeutscheZeitung).Onceagain,theRossiniOperaFestivalfulfillsitsdualgoalofperformingunknownRossiniworksinnew,criticaleditions,andoffosteringyoungsingersontheirpathtowardstheworldsgreatstages.
