I Lombardi: Teatro Regio Torino (Michele Mariotti) (2018)

Welcomed by the press as a 'first-class musical performance, full of colour and vitality', this video captures a wonderful performance of 'I Lombardi' alla prima crociata staged at Teatro Regio of Torino in 2018. This rarely heard work by the young Verdi features a uniformly 'scintillating performance', with its impressive costumes and lighting, outstanding vocal performances from Angela Meade and Francesco Meli in the main roles, conductor Michele Mariottis sensitive and balanced direction, and contributions from the chorus that are both rousing and touching. Full of passages of great musical beauty, the work perfectly reflects the Italian peoples desire for nationhood.