Aureliano in Palmira celebrated its first première on 26 December 1813 at La Scala in Milan. Soon afterwards the work was played in different theatres all over Europe. Nevertheless, compared to the great competitors like 'Tancredi' or the 'Barber of Seville' for which Rossini recycled musical parts of 'Aureliano', the opera fell into relative oblivion.

Over the past few years, this work about love, war, jealousy, loyalty and magnanimity, has been played more frequently. The direction in Pesaro was in the proven hands of the famous film director Mario Martone. Conductor Will Crutchfield contributes to the successful performance of the newly edited 'Aureliano in Palmira' and masterfully directs the Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini.

Michael Spyres as Aureliano “showed immediately that his tenor voice with marvellous top notes has not only flexibility and agility, but also enough body, to provide the Roman emperor great vocal authority” (Opernglas).

Cast:
- Aureliano: Michael Spyres
- Zenobia: Jessica Pratt
- Arsace: Lena Belkina
- Publia: Raffaella Lupinacci

Stage Director: Mario Martone
Chorus Master: Andrea Faidutti
Set Designer: Sergio Tramonti
Costume Designer: Ursula Patzak

Bonus: Making of 'Aureliano in Palmira'

Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
Original Language: IT
Subtitles: IT, GB, DE, FR, KOR, JP
2 x DVD 9 / NTSC
Running Time: 201 mins & 14 mins (Bonus)
FSK: 0
Region Code: 0
Available worldwide