NINO ROTA (1911-1979): La notte di un nevrastenio, I due timidi.

Description: From 1960 and 1950 respectively, these two one-act comic operas profit from Rota’s sense of humor and gift for word-setting while the libretto for I due timidi has its own claim to posterity, being by the same woman who wrote such screenplays as The Bicycle Thief, Miracle in Milan, Senso and The Leopard. Italian-English libretti. Giorgio Celenza, Carlo Feola (basses), Sabrina Cortese (soprano), Daniele Adrani, Antonio Sapio (tenors), Chiara Osella (mezzo), Reate Festival Orchestra; Gabriele Bonolis.