Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
Rita - Deux Hommes et une Femme (1841)
Rita, strident and dominating proprietress of an inn – Katarina Karnéus (mezzo);
Pepé, her wimp husband – Barry Banks (tenor);
Gasparo, Rita’s first husband, thought drowned – Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Hallé Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder
rec. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, September 2012