Rossini: L'inganno felice

The happy deception is an early one-act romantic comedy, with Rossini not yet on his greatest form, but already bursting with vitality. This recording does him justice. Michael Tanner


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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm

COMPOSERS: Rossini
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: L'inganno felice
PERFORMER: Raúl Giménez, Annick Massis, Lorenzo Regazzo, Rodney Gilfry; Le Concert des Tuileries/Marc Minkowski
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68148-4

The happy deception is an early one-act romantic comedy, with Rossini not yet on his greatest form, but already bursting with vitality. This recording does him justice. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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