Gioacchino Rossini: Il signor Bruschino

Alessandro Corbelli, Amelia Felle, Alberto Rinaldi, Vito Gobbi, David Kuebler, Oslavio di Credico
Carlos Feller Directed for Stage by Michael Hampe Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

Recorded live at the Rokokotheater Schwetzingen, May 1989

Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 fullscreen
Sound Format: PCM Stereo - Dolby Digital 5.1 - DTS 5.1
Region Code: 0
Subtitle: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
Booklet Notes: English, German, French
Running Time: 98 mins


Il signor Bruschino is the last of the five one-act operas - farsa giocosa - in which the teenage Rossini first demonstrated his operatic genius.
Among the ?peculiarities? which caused a sensation at its premiere 1813, was the daring experiment in search of new tonal effects occurring in the overture, during which the second violins are required to tap their bows on their music stands.
Il signor Bruschino is a mixture of saucy elegance, sizzling wittiness, cheeky orchestration and also some touching lyricism.
It was realised to perfection in the small, jewel-like rococo theatre of Schwetzingen Palace. The stage is small and the production transfers to the small screen perfectly The cast of principals, led by Alessandro Corbelli, Alberto Rinaldi and Amelia Felle , is excellent.
Beautiful production, with an elegant and winking staging.