Gioachino Rossini - Tancredi

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) - Tancredi Melodramma eroico in due atti - Libretto by Gaetano Rossi. Live recorded in Teatro Verdi - Trieste, January 2003 Tancredi, an exiled Syracusean soldier (mezzo) Daniela Barcellona - Argirio father of Amenaide, head of his family, at war with the family of Orbazzano (tenor) Charles Workman - Amenaide the daughter of a noble family, in love with Tancredi (soprano) Mariola Cantarero - Orbazzano the head of his noble family, at war with the family of Argirio (basso) Nicola Ulivieri - Isaura friend to Amenaide (contralto) Sonia Zaramella - Roggiero Tancredi’s squire (mezzo) Daniela Pini - Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste - Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni - Director and costume designer Massimo Gasparon - Chorus master Marcel Seminara - Light designer Claudio Schmid The city of Syracuse is tethered by conflict and war between the Byzantine empire, with which it has an unstable truce, and the Saracen armies headed by Solamir. Not only is Syracu