Rossini: La Gazzetta (Maurizio Barbacini) [2006]{2 DVDs}

Rossini: La Gazzetta (Maurizio Barbacini) [2006]{2 DVDs}
DVD9+DVD5 | NTSC 720x480 | 29,970 fps | MPEG-2@7400 kbps | AC3@768 kbps | Total 9.77 GB
Genre: Classical | Length: 155 mins | Language: Italian

It is rather ironic that this opera, which was written right after Rossini’s most successful work, Il barbiere di Siviglia, was one of his worst failures. La gazzetta premiered in Naples on September 26, 1816. It was performed only a few times, hastily withdrawn, and was not heard again until 1960. That performance from the RAI was recorded and first issued on LP on the EJS label; subsequently my old company, Voce Records, issued it on LP, and it appeared on CD in 1992 on the Memories label.