Rossini - Zelmira Format:CD with the eminent support of

with the eminent support of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

With it's cinematic mood and compelling groove

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nine months of rehearsal and writing followed

Rossini - Zelmira Format:CD with the eminent support ofZelmira was the last opera Rossini wrote for Naples, knowing it would also be his calling card to Vienna where he had been assured performances. Keen to reconcile the alleged incompatibility between 'Italian' melody and 'German' harmony, Rossini employed exciting and daring harmonies and a raft of dazzling orchestral effects in this tragedy in which a daughter saves her father, the king, and her son, from usurpers to the throne. The opera was