Adelaide Di Borgogna

Adelaide Di Borgogna

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 2013

Runtime

2h 17m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Adelaide Di Borgogna

Director

Pier' Alli

Description

"It can be truly said of Adelaide di Borgogna that, like a rose, it bloomed but a day - l'espace d'un matin." First performed in Rome on the 27th December 1817, it enjoyed very few revivals. In 2011 the Rossini Festival in Pesaro presented the second staged performance of Adelaide di Borgogna since 1825. The story of the opera was taken from a historical event that took place in the medieval period, marking the end of an independent Italian kingdom and leading to the birth of the German Holy Roman Empire through the efforts of Otto I of Saxony. Caught between political rivalry and the love of two men, Adelaide of Burgundy struggles to fight for her people and chooses Otto, the better ruler, for herself and her kingdom.