Sergio A. Mims writes:
You can watch now soprano Pretty Yende in a beautifully sung recent production of Rossini's rarely performed opera Ricciardo e Zoraide with tenor Juan Diego Florez taped at the 2018 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro Italy.
As one review said "Pretty Yende, whose bright soprano was exciting and secure, sang Zoraide...She has beautiful super-high notes and a perfect picchiettato, and tended to employ them ubiquitously in her variations. Her legato and breath control were optimal, and her interpretation was a great success. Her love duet with Flórez was maybe the highlight of the evening; despite the corny setting and old-fashioned acting, their declaration of love was believable, and the second part of the duet (the slow part, in triple metre) moving and sweet." (https://bachtrack.com/review-rossini-ricciardo-zoraide-sagripanti-florez-yende-pesaro-august-2018)
Rossini - Ricciardo e Zoraide
Dramma serio per musica in due atti di Francesco Berio di Salsa
Agorante SERGEY ROMANOVSKY
Zoraide PRETTY YENDE
Ricciardo JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ
Ircano NICOLA ULIVIERI
Zomira VICTORIA YAROVAYA
Ernesto XABIER ANDUAGA
Fatima SOFIA MCHEDLISHVILI
Elmira MARTINIANA ANTONIE
Zamorre RUZIL GATIN
CORO DEL TEATRO VENTIDIO BASSO
Chorus master GIOVANNI FARINA
ORCHESTRA SINFONICA NAZIONALE DELLA RAI
Conductor GIACOMO SAGRIPANTI
Stage director MARSHALL PYNKOSKI
Choreography JEANNETTE LAJEUNESSE ZINGG
Set design GERARD GAUCI
Costumes MICHAEL GIANFRANCESCO
Lighting MICHELLE RAMSAY
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