Agnese (Blu-ray)

Parma native Ferdinando Paer, who wrote more than 50 operas, composed Agnese in 1809 for a private entertainment and a company of amateur singers. In 1824, with a few changes to the score, this opera semiseria in two acts reached the Theathre- Italien in Paris where it gained international success; among it's early admirers were Berlioz, Chopin and Victor Hugo who mentioned it in his Les...