Gaspare Spontini
Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka, under conductor Christophe Rousset, shows why Berlioz and others loved “La Vestale”.
Metamorfosi is a marvelously effective and amusing one-act opera that would suit college opera workshops splendidly.
This world-premiere recording of the 1826 Paris version of Gaspare Spontini’s Olimpie makes a powerful case for a composer much admired in his own day.
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