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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Erica Jeal

Il Proscritto review – Opera Rara unearth an uneven gem

Pace and conviction… conductor Carlo Rizzi with singers Ramón Vargas and Iván Ayón-Rivas.
Pace and conviction… conductor Carlo Rizzi with singers Ramón Vargas and Iván Ayón-Rivas. Photograph: Russell Duncan

Opera Rara’s disinterring of forgotten works continues with this uneven gem by Saverio Mercadante, unheard for nearly two centuries but lifted from the Naples Conservatory archives by Carlo Rizzi, who conducts with pace and conviction. This studio recording was made around last summer’s concert at the Barbican.

Il Proscritto album artwork
Il Proscritto album artwork Photograph: PR handout
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