La Favorite by Donizetti at the Bayerische Staatsoper

La Favorite; Opéra in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848); Libretto by Alphonse Royer, Gustave Vaëz and Eugéne Scribe; First performance in Paris, Opéra, 2 December 1840; Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Karel Mark Chichon (Conductor); Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper; Amélie Niermeyer (Stage Direction); Alexander Müller-Elmau (Sets), Kirsten Dephoff (Costumes); Elīna Garanča (Léonor de Guzman); Matthew Polenzani (Fernand); Mariusz Kwiecien (Alphonse XI); Mika Kares (Balthazar); Joshua Owen Mills (Don Gaspard); Elsa Benoit (Inés); Directed by Tiziano Mancini; Recorded at the Bayerische... Číst dále