Académie baroque européen d'Ambronay

Gioachino Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio

The Marriage Contract (1810), opera in one act, semi-staged performance, with a libretto by Gaetano Rossi

Following the huge success of the 2009 Soloist Academy, dedicated to Mozart, the 19th European Baroque Academy ventures once more away from baroque territory and into its first encounter with Gioachino Rossini. His early opera La cambiale di matrimonio (‘The Marriage Contract’) was composed in 1810, yet the spirit of the baroque era lives on under the direction of Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor in residence at the Ambronay Cultural Encounter Centre. The group of six young singers has been recruited in partnership with the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Recorded: 19.7.2012, Ljubljana, Slovenian Philharmonic