Mario Cassi

The famos Double Feature of Verismo at La Scala with Daniel Harding conducting from February 2011

Donizetti's 'Gemma di Vergy' recorded live at the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo in September 2011.

Determined to wed, a foolhardy old man is tricked by his friends into a sham wedding with an impish widow who turns into a harpy -- which subsequently cures his desire to marry in composer Gaetano Donizetti's famous opera buffa. Baritone Alessandro Corbelli plays the title character in this lush 2002 production also starring soprano Eva Mei and tenor Antonino Siragusa, with maestro Gérard Korsten leading the Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Lirico.