Sicilienne
Adelaide di Borgogna
 
 

The Cast

ADELAIDE - Majella Cullagh OTTONE - Jennifer Larmore ADELBERTO - Bruce Ford BERENGARIO - Mirco Palazzi
EURICE - Rebecca Bottone ERNESTO - Ashley Catling IROLDO - Mark Wilde

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra CONDUCTOR -
Giuliano Carella  

 
BBC Music Magazine

‘This is a live recording from the 2005 Edinburgh Festival… Majella Cullagh offers a voice of jewell-like beauty in the title role, with Jennifer Larmore making light of coloratura difficulties as Ottone. Bruce Ford is firm and clear as Adalberto… Giuliano Carella conducts with spirit.’


The Sunday Times

‘Opera Rara's latest Peter Moores-sponsored excursion into the byways of bel canto takes it to Rossini's opera of 1817...
 
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The Guardian

‘The uneven score was written in haste, but there's some fine music, particularly when Rossini starts exploring territory that links the power of sex to the sexiness of power. Opera Rara's recording, thoughtfully conducted by Guiliano Carella… features some

 
 
 
 
a comparative flop, revived only sporadically and disappearing completely after 1825... But there's much thrilling music, and this live performance is given brilliantly by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a fine cast, including Majella Cullagh in the title role and the outstanding Jennifer Larmore as Ottone.'
 
 
mightily impressive singing from Majella Cullagh (Adelaide) and Jennifer Larmore (Ottone). Mirco Palazzi sounds gorgeous, if too young, as the usurper Berengario, while Bruce Ford is dramatically incisive… as Berengario's guilt-ridden, obsessive son, Adelberto.’