The Stranger by Bellini, -tól (2013/2013), Rendezte Christof Loy, Karmester Fabio Luisi, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

La Straniera A mysterious stranger who only leaves her house wearing a veil has aroused the suspicion of the villagers. Nevertheless, she awakens the love of Count Arturo di Ravensteel, who is about to marry Isoletta. He has no idea that the future queen of France is hiding behind the stranger whom he met under the name Alaide. La straniera , premiered in Milan in 1829 with great success, represents a milestone within Bellini's oeuvre , for the score reveals Bellini's will to break away from Rossini's stile fioritoto solve it radically and to seek the truth of feeling in song. However, the unrealistic plot was already criticized at the premiere, but Bellini and his librettist Felice Romani were by no means concerned with stringent logic. They set different accents: for example in the figure of Arturos, who, like Goethe's Werther, is driven by his obsessive passion and expressly refuses to learn Alaide's secret. La straniera is an unjustly forgotten jewel of bel canto culture, which we would like to show again this season in Christof Loy's production. Edita Gruberova as Alaide leads the exquisite cast of singers, General Music Director Fabio Luisi brings the score to bloom with the Philharmonia Zurich.