Ali Baba - Restored to Life at Opera Southwest!
With a libretto based on "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," the well-known and lively story from One Thousand and One Nights, Ali Baba was composed by Giovanni Bottesini, an Italian composer and double bass virtuoso, known as the "Paganini of the bass."
The opera was premiered in 1871 in London, receiving considerable acclaim and numerous performances. However, later the score was lost and the opera has not been heard in well over a century. As with Opera Southwest's Amleto (Hamlet) project, Maestro Anthony Barrese has reconstructed the score from the composer's original manuscript, and Opera Southwest will give the work its modern American premiere.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Sunday, October 20, 2019 2pm
Friday, October 25, 2019 7:30pm
Sunday, October 27, 2019 2pm
October 25, 2019
Ali Baba - Restored to Life at Opera Southwest!
With a libretto based on "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," the well-known and lively story from One Thousand and One Nights, Ali Baba was composed by Giovanni Bottesini, an Italian composer and double bass virtuoso, known as the "Paganini of the bass."
The opera was premiered in 1871 in London, receiving considerable acclaim and numerous performances. However, later the score was lost and the opera has not been heard in well over a century. As with Opera Southwest's Amleto (Hamlet) project, Maestro Anthony Barrese has reconstructed the score from the composer's original manuscript, and Opera Southwest will give the work its modern American premiere.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Sunday, October 20, 2019 2pm
Friday, October 25, 2019 7:30pm
Sunday, October 27, 2019 2pm
October 27, 2019
