Marina Rebeka, the Latvian soprano, began her career with Rossini's Maometto II in 2008 and gained international attention with her debut as Anaï in Moïse et Pharaon at the Salzburg Festival in 2009.
Composer Biography
Gioachino Rossini's tragic heroines may have been particularly successful because he had a strong woman, primadonna Isabella Colbran, by his side from 1815, for whom he wrote many soprano parts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rossini's tragic operas often feature powerful women who must choose between love and duty, sacrificing personal desires for family, people, or homeland.
Interpretation
For this album, Marina Rebeka studied Rossini's original autograph scores and created her own musical material, including unique coloratura, to best suit her voice and the emotional context of each role.
Composer Biography
Rossini ended his stage work with Guillaume Tell, a masterpiece composed almost exactly in the middle of his life, which was surprising for his contemporaries and unique in opera history.
Composition History
Rossini's opera Otello, based on William Shakespeare's tragedy, was one of his most popular stage works until Giuseppe Verdi presented his own version in 1887.
Composition History
Rossini's opera Guillaume Tell (William Tell) was composed in 1829 for the Paris Opéra, and was notable for being one of the first operas to adapt a work by German writer Friedrich Schiller.
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