Verdi - I masnadieri (320kbps .mp3)
 
Giuseppe Verdi only wrote one opera specifically for London: 'I masnadieri' - 'The Bandits'. Based on a play by the great German dramatist Friedrich Schiller, it had a triumphant premiere with the famous soprano Jenny Lind as the heroine before an audience led by Queen Victoria... and it's flopped ever since. Here's your chance to find out whether that fate is deserved, in a production from the Fenice Theatre in Venice.

Carlo, elder son of Count Massimiliano ..... Andeka Gorrotxategui (tenor),
Amalia, his beloved ..... Maria Agresta (soprano),
Francesco, Carlo's wicked younger brother ..... Artur Rucinski (baritone),
Massimiliano, Count Moor ..... Giacomo Prestia (bass),
Arminio, the Count's servant ..... Cristiano Olivieri (tenor),
Rolla, a bandit ..... Dionigi D'Ostuni (baritone),
Moser, a priest ..... Cristian Saitta (bass),
La Fenice Chorus and Orchestra,
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)
With a selection of images from the production and an audio guide to the opera