Mercadante's Il proscritto | 'L'aura ch'io spiro' | Ramón Vargas, Carlo Rizzi, Britten Sinfonia

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Set in Edinburgh against the backdrop of Oliver Cromwell’s rule, Il proscritto saw a marked return to melody by Mercadante who retained the harmonic experiments and orchestral richness of his “reform” operas but restored aspects of bel canto lyricism.

Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas (as Giorgio Argyll) sings opposite young Peruvian tenor Iván Ayón-Rivas, winner of 2021 Operalia competition, as his rival Arturo Murray. Their mutual love interest is Malvina Douglas played by American mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts. The cast is completed by Elizabeth DeShong, Sally Matthews, Goderdzi Janelidze, Susana Gaspar, Niall Anderson and Alessandro Fisher.