New life breathed into Donizetti's lost opera

‘Mark Elder is a conductor who really understands how to let Donizetti breathe’

Freya Parr

Published: May 1, 2019 at 2:55 pm

‘It’s Joyce El-Khoury as Sylvia, the King’s mistress, and David Jonghoon Kim’s Leone, the young man in love with her, who steal the singing honours. Their last act duet when all that awaits them is death or a monastery could wring tears from a stone’

Donizetti

Joyce El-Khoury, David Junghoon Kim, Laurent Naouri, Vito Priante, Evengy Stavinsky; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/ Mark Elder

Opera Rara ORC58 156:03mins (2 discs)

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

New life breathed into Donizetti's lost opera

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