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From the Schwetzinger Festspiele at the Schlosstheater (Rokoko Theathre) Schwetzingen, a historical performance of Gioachino Rossini’s “La Scala die Seta - featuring Luciana Serra and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti. With subtitles in English, Italian, French and German (available in the Youtube player). Gioachino Rossini - La Scala die Seta (The Silken Ladder) Operatic farsa comica in one act Libretto: Giuseppe Foppa Watch also Rossini’s “La Cambiale di Matrimonio“: Subscribe to EuroArts: CAST Luciana Serra - Giulia David Griffith - Dormont, Giulia’s tutor Jane Bunnell - Lucilla, Giulia’s cousin David Kuebler - Dorvil, Giulia’s lover Alberto Rinaldi - Blansac Alessandro Corbelli - Germano, Giulia’s servant Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Gianluigi Gelmetti - conductor Costumes: Chiara Donato Stage design: Hartmut Warnecke Musical director: Gianlugigi Gelmetti TV director: Claus Viller Recorded live at the Schwetzingen Festival in 1990 About the performance Schwetzingen is a tiny town near Heidelberg which has a famous palace with magnificent gardens, not unlike those at Versailles. The Schwetzingen Festival is held every Spring in the palace and commissions a small-scale opera for the palace’s exquisite Rococo theatre, built in 1752. “La scala di seta“ is one of the five one-act operas - farsa giocosa - in which the teenage Rossini first demonstrated his operatic genius. This sparkling production continues the Rossini one-act opera series emerging from the Schwetzingen Festival. It was realized to perfection in the small, jewel-like Rococo Theatre of Schwetzingen Palace.
