The Count Ory by Rossini

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Aylesbury Opera presents a semi-staged performance of Rossini's sparkling comedy, his penultimate opera.

In medieval France, the womanising Count Ory is entranced by the beauty of Countess Adèle. But there's a huge obstacle in Ory's way: with Adèle's brother and the other menfolk away fighting a Crusade, Adèle and the ladies of her castle are adamantly resisting all male attention! In pursuing Adèle, Ory also has to fend with his own page, Isolier, who's totally infatuated with her. Ory disguises himself as a wise hermit so he can pretend to comfort the forlorn Adèle, but his true identity is soon revealed. He then manages to get himself and his cohorts into the castle, disguised as nuns. For Rossini's audience, the result of that trick is nonstop antics, culminating in a final trio both intoxicatingly beautiful and hilarious. 

Sung in English, with orchestra. Conducted by Sam Laughton.