This week’s operatic offering from Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin goes out as a request. Our Own Camille asked for (and got) a little Mercadante in the mix, so here’s a live performance of I briganti from 2012.

Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870): I briganti

Virtuosi Brunenses
Camerata Bach Chor Posen
Antonino Fogliani, conductor
Rossini in Wildbad
14 July 2012

Massimiliano, conte di Moor – Bruno Praticò
Ermano – Maxim Mironov
Corrado – Vittorio Prato
Amelia d’Edelreich – Petya Ivanova
Teresa – Rosa Fiocco
Bertrando – Atanas Mladenov
Rollero – Jesús Ayllón Guerrero

I briganti (libretto by Jacopo Crescini) is based on Die Räuber by Schiller, which also serves as the source for Verdi’s I masnadieri.

Photo: Patrick Pfeiffer.

La Cieca

James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.

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