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Virtuosi Brunensis and the Camerata Bach Choir of Poznan Orchestra of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Prague Philharmonic Chorus Ricciardo spares Agorante's life.Īgorante, Zoraide, Ricciardo, Zomira, Ircano The opera ends with an army of Christian knights rescuing Ricciardo and Zoraide. Agorante's jealous wife, Zomira, arranges the capture of Ricciardo as well and plots to have the young lovers executed to protect her position as Queen.

Ricciardo, a Christian knight and Zoraide's lover, accompanies an emissary to plead for her release.

The Nubian King Agorante, who is infatuated with Zoraide, has defeated her father, Ircano and captured her.

Synopsis Place: the city of Dongola in ancient Nubia. Ricciardo, a Christian paladin knight, in love with ZoraideĮrnesto, friend of Ricciardo, Christian camp ambassador, Zoraide, daughter of Ircano, in love with Ricciardo Roles RoleĪgorante, King of Nubia, infatuated with Zoraide Among other performances, the opera received a production at the Rossini in Wildbad festival in 2013. The Rossini Opera Festival featured a new production of the opera in 2018. It continued to be performed until 1846 but fell out of favor afterwards and was not performed in public again until its revival at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival in 1990. Ricciardo e Zoraide was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 3 December 1818.

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