Concert performance of Gioachino Rossini’s opera

Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Sir Walter Scott's eponymous epic poem Conductor: Arvo Volmer In Scotland, the Highlanders are at war against King James V. Elena, the daughter of Douglas, a Highland chief, arouses the passion of the King, disguised a hunter Uberto. But the girl loves and is loved by young Highlander Malcolm. This love is thwarted by Douglas who wants his daughter to marry Rodrigo, the first Highlander in whom Scotland has vested all its hopes. Love will triumph in the end: the king kills his adversary, then pardons Douglas and Malcolm, generously giving the latter Elena's hand.