Marino Faliero | Donizetti

Donizetti’s fiftieth opera, Marino Faliero, was first performed in Paris on 12 March 1835 with a cast comprising four of the finest singers of the period before premiering in London a few weeks later. Although these premières were both overshadowed by Bellini’s I Puritani, Marino Faliero subsequently enjoyed a long and successful run of international performances throughout the 19th century before disappearing from the stage until its modern revival in 1966. Set in Venice in 1355, it remains a major work of Italian Romanticism, sentimental, martial, full of conspiratorial adventure and culminating with the execution of the leading rôle.

Marino Faliero – Giorgo Surian
Elena – Rachele Stanisci
Fernando – Ivan Magri
Israele Bertucci – Luca Grassi
Steno – Luca Dall'Amico
Leoni – Leonardo Gramegna
A gondolier / Strozzi – Domenico Menini
Irene – Paola Spissu
Vincenzo – Aleksandar Stefanovski
Beltrame – Giuseppe Di Paola
Pietro – Enrico Marchesini
Marco – Livio Scarpellini
Arrigo – Elvis Fanton
Giovanni – Moya Gonzalo Ezequiel

Bergamo Musica Festival Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Fabio Tartari)
Bruno Cinquegrani, conductor

Marco Spada, stage director
Alessandro Ciammarughi, set and costume designer
Giovanni Pirandello, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Italy, 31 October and 2 November 2008.

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM 2.0 / Dolby Surround 5.0 / DTS 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, English
Running time: 152 mins
No. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 5 + DVD 9)