Rossini “Amor fatale”

Marina Rebeka is one of the most successful sopranos of her generation. On the occasion of Rossini Year 2018, the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death, she recorded an album with highly dramatic opera arias together with the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Marco Armiliato.

The CD “Amor fatale” offers the opportunity to reacquaint oneself with the great soprano arias from Rossini’s less well-known but musically convincing tragic operas, in a fine interpretation. The concept album entitled Amor fatale focuses on powerful female roles from the operas Otello, Armida, La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake), Maometto II, Semiramide (Semiramis), Moïse et Pharaon (Moses and Pharaoh) and Guillaume Tell (William Tell). The women are obliged to choose between love and duty, and frequently have to subordinate their personal fate to that of their family, nation or homeland.

Content:

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)

1. Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge ∙ Quelle horrible destinée!… Grand Dieu! j’implore ta clémence
2. Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge ∙ Je l’aimais!.. je fuis sa présence
3. Otello ossia Il moro di Venezia ∙ Assisa a piè d’un salice 
4. Semiramide ∙ Bel raggio lusinghier 
5. Maometto II ∙ Giusto ciel, in tal periglio 
6. Guillaume Tell ∙ Ils s’éloignent enfin…
7. Guillaume Tell ∙ Sombre forêt, désert triste et sauvage
8. Armida ∙ D’amor al dolce impero 
9. Maometto II ∙ Quella morte che s’avanza… Invan la perfida…
10. Maometto II ∙ Si, ferite: il chieggo, il merto…
11. Maometto II ∙ Madre, a te che sull’empiro
12. Guillaume Tell ∙ Pour notre amour
13. Guillaume Tell ∙ Sur la rive étrangère 
14. La donna del lago ∙ Tanti affetti in tal momento… Fra il padre e fra l’amante