Title: Gioakkino Rossini: "The Virgin of the Lake"
Original title: Gioacchino Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Release year: 2015
Genre: opera
Director: Paul Curran
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Cast: Joyce DiDonato (Elena), Juan Diego Flórez (Giacomo V), John Osborn (Roderigo), Daniela Barcellona (Malcolm), Oren Gradus (Douglas), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Description:
The Metropolitan Opera gives this live performance of Rossini's work based on the poem by Sir Walter Scott. Michele Mariotti conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus with Joyce DiDonato as Elena, the lady of the lake, who loves the heroic Malcolm (Daniela Barcellona). However, King James V (Juan Diego Flórez) arrives in the Highlands and sets his sights on Elena while her father Douglas (Oren Gradus), who is rebelling against the King's rule, promises his daughter to clan chief Rodrigo (John Osborn).
Issued: United States | Erato
Duration: 2:44:35