To mark the 150 years since the death of Gioachino Rossini, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy (the composer’s hometown), coming this August 11­-23, will be featuring performances of two operas whose histories hark back to 1818, two centuries ago: Adina and Ricciardo e Zoraide. Rossini wrote the music for the one-act farsa Adina in the summer of 1818 while in Bologna; Ricciardo e Zoraide, a 2-act drama, premiered at Teatro San Carlo in Naples on December 3 that same year.

Check out the listings for all the operas featured at this year’s Rossini Opera Festival.

Ricciardo e Zoraide

Adriatic Arena – August 11, 14, 17, 20

Critical edition of Fondazione Rossini, in collaboration with Casa Ricordi
by Federico Agostinelli and Gabriele Gravagna
Giacomo Sagripanti conductor
Marshall Pynkoski director
Giovanni Farina chorus master 
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
New Production 


Set design by Marshall Pynkoski and Gerard Gauci

Adina

Teatro Rossini – August 12, 15, 18, 21

Critical edition of Fondazione Rossini, in collaboration with Casa Ricordi
by Fabrizio Della Seta
Diego Matheuz conductor
Rosetta Cucchi director 
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini
New Co-production with Wexford Festival Opera

 
Set design by Rosetta Cucchi and Tiziano Santi 

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Adriatic Arena – August 13, 16, 19, 22 

Critical edition Fondazione Rossini/Casa Ricordi 
by Alberto Zedda 
Yves Abel conductor
Pier Luigi Pizzi director, scenes and costumes 
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
New Production

 
Il Conte d'Almaviva (Maxim Mironov) e Rosina (Aya Wakizono)



Opening nights of the three operas will be broadcast live on Rai Radio 3 as part of the FESTIVAL DEI FESTIVAL series.