Gaetano Donizetti
Work: La Favorite, grand opera in four acts, first performance 2 December 1840, Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
Libretto: Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play Le comte de Comminges by Baculard d’Arnaud.
Ouverture
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor: Marcello Viotti