21/01/2026

Quel gentil, quel vago oggetto - L'occasione fa Il Ladro, Rossini

In this excerpt from Rossini's quintetto "Quel gentil, quel vago oggetto", each character is reacting on the mistaken identities due to the swapped suitcases. Parmenione is pretending to be Count Alberto, while Ernestina is pretending to be Berenice. Parmenione: Khaled Issa Ernestina: Catriona Arthur Conductor: Elisabeth Streichert Accompaniment: Robin Humphreys Director: Jonathan Cocker

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