Gioachino Rossini - Opera "Il Mosè in Egitto". Antique
Il Mosè in Egitto. Gran Oratorio del Sig. Maestro Rossini. Ridotto per pianoforte solo - Editore Giovanni Ricordi, Milano, ca. - ca. 100 pages - Half leather hardcover - 32 x 23,5 cm Good overall condition, except for small signs of wear.Mosè in Egitto is an opera by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, from the tragedy L'Osiride by Francesco Ringhieri.It opened with good success on 5 March at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, although the public appreciated more the first two acts rather than the last act which, following a trivial scenic incident (there was a problem on the opening of the Red Sea), ended amid laughter from the audience. Rossini then rewrote the final Act (added among other things the famous preghiera Dal tuo stellato soglio, the opera’s most famous aria) of the second version staged on 7 March followed by a third version on 24 February . Read More