Mercadante: I Due Figaro / Muti

Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Rosa Feola (soprano), Asude Karayavuz (soprano), Annalisa Stroppa (mezzo-soprano), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor), Antonio Poli (tenor), Omar Montanari (baritone), Mario Cassi (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chor Wien, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Riccardo Muti

MERCADANTE, S.:I due Figaro ([Insert Graphic: 3 CDs for the Price of 2])

Saverio Mercadante's opera I due Figaro saw its first modern staging in Salzburg under the direction of the Italian maestro Riccardo Muti. Only in recent years have musicologists acknowledged Mercadante's pivotal role in the development of the Italian Bel canto. I due Figaro presents an amusing subject which by affinity forms a trilogy with Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. This debut release on the Ducale label was recorded live in 2011 at the Teatro Aligheri, Ravenna.