
Taped live in Venice’s La Fenice in March, 2005, this performance is noteworthy for its smooth orchestral playing and fleet tempos (237 minutes as opposed
Hot on the heels of Decca’s very fine but not definitive recording of Daphne starring the omnipresent Renée Fleming comes a new recording taped live
Composed for Venice in 1837, just a year-and-a-half after the fantastic success of Lucia di Lammermoor, Pia de’ Tolomei “pleased altogether”, in the composer’s words.
This is the video version of the CDs I previously reviewed (type Q8682 in Search Reviews). The production is quite handsome. Pier Luigi Pizzi has
Billed as the “unabridged edition of the original version” of this opera, the only places on this recording I can find any significant differences are