Gaspare Spontini’s Le metamorfosi di Pasquale was premiered in Venice in 1802. The one-act farce, on a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa, was to be his last work for the Italian stage. Following its premiere, the young composer moved to Paris and then to Berlin, during which time the score became lost, and remained so until 2016, when it was unearthed in the library of the Dukes of Ursel in Belgium. This release is the world première recording of the opera in a co-production between the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi and the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia; it uses the critical edition by Federico Agostinelli.

Cast:
- Pasquale: Baurzhan Anderzhanov
- Barone: Carlo Feola
- Costanza: Michela Antenucci
- Il Cavaliere / Un sergente: Daniele Adriani
- Lisetta: Carolina Lippo
- Il Marchese: Antonio Garés
- Frontino: Davide Bartolucci

Sung in: Italian
Audio format: DDD
Recording date & place: September 2018 – Teatro G.B. Pergolesi, Jesi, Italy
Notes: Italian, English