La cambiale di matrimonio - Gioachino Rossini
Information about the opera La cambiale di matrimonio by Gioachino Rossini, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
A farcical comedy composed when Rossini was 18 years old.
Synopsis
The opera is about the farcical attempts of a rich English merchant to combine business with pleasure by forcing his lovely daughter to marry an American business partner.
Recommended recordings on DVD
Michelangeli/Bordogna/Rancatore (Naxos DVD 2.110228)
Filmed at the Rossini opera festival in Pesaro, Italy, in 2006.
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, conducted by Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, 2006.
Cast: Paolo Bordogna (Tobia Mill), Désirée Rancatore (Fanny), Saimir Pirgu (Edoardo Milfort), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Slook).
Naxos DVD 2.110228