Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Performer: Donizetti Opera Choir, Annalisa Stroppa, Anaïs Mejías, Carmela Remigio, Klodjan Kaçani, Simon Lim, Roberto Frontali, Celso Albelo
Orchestra: Donizetti Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dynamic
Catalogue: CDS7907
Release: 2021
Size: 597 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Belisario, A. 47
CD 01
Act I Scene 1
01. Trionfo – Sinfonia
02. Plauso d’eterna gloria
Act I Scene 2
03. Corri amica
Act I Scene 3
04. Plauso! Voci di gioia
05. Sin la tomba è a me negata!
06. Ti conforta
Act I Scene 4
07. O nume degli eserciti
Act I Scene 6
08. Cesare, hai vinto
09. Quando di sangue tinto
10. Sul campo della gloria
Act I Scene 7
11. Padre!
Act I Scene 9
12. Che mai sarà!
Act I Scene 10
13. Sostegni del mio trono
Act I Scene 12
14. Ah! Da chi son io tradito
15. Sognai fra genti barbare
CD 02
Act II Scene 1
01. L’esilio – Oh duce! Oh eccesso orribile
Act II Scene 2
02. A sì tremendo annunzio
03. Vien la figlia
Act II Scene 3
04. Trema Bisanzio! Sterminatrice
05. Amici è forza separarci
Act II Scene 4
06. Ah se potessi piangere
Act III Scene 1
07. La morte – Qui siedi, o padre
Act III Scene 2
08. Diffondasi terribile
Act III Scene 3
09. Se il fratel stringere m’è dato
10. Figli partiam
Act III Scene 4
11. Itene al campo
Act III Scene 5
12. Da quel dì che l’innocente
13. Vittoria! Vittoria!
Act III Scene 6
14. Di pianto, di gemiti
Act III Scene 7
15. Egli è spento
Donizetti’s three-act tragic opera Belisario was a resounding success in its day, driven by its composer’s superlative theatrical instinct and his skillful interweaving of intense tragic narrative and emotional pathos. Belisario is betrayed by his wife Antonina, who falsely accuses him of high treason. Belisario is blinded and exiled, with proof of his innocence coming too late, and is mortally wounded during a final military victory. This production was performed and recorded without an audience in Bergamo in November 2020 – a moving performance reflecting a spirit of defiance amidst ruin and darkness.