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| 1.Verdi - Falstaff / Muti, Maestri, Frittoli, Florez, Frontali, Antonacci, Busseto Teatro Verdi starring: Barbara Frittoli, Ambrogio Maestri, Juan Diego Florez, Roberto Frontali, Riccardo Muti November 18, 2003 |
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| Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory ... Read More: |
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| 2.Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Manca di Nissa, Almerares, Antonucci, Kuhn, Naples Opera starring: Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Gustav Kuhn, Paula Almerares, Paola Antonucci, Pregetto Italia directed by: Gustav Kuhn, Alberto Fassini, Walter Licastro January 25, 2005 |
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| This edition does not have subtitles, is in 16:9 letterbox, has Dolby 5.1 sound. Decent vocal and orchestral performance, bright video, and clear sound alleviate what some viewers may find a static, tedious production that emphasizes dancers' writhing bodies. Not all that much "expressive truth" here. |
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| 3.Pergolesi - Lo Frate 'Nnamorato / Corbelli, Focile, Norberg-Schulz, di Nissa, D¿Intino, Felle, Muti, La Scala Opera starring: Luciana D'Intino, Alessandro Corbelli, Amelia Felle, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz directed by: Nuccia Focile August 17, 2004 |
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| Too late did I realize that this opera was baroque...which I really don't care for. I find the music monotonous! And, I would not normally review a baroque opera for that reason. Let those who enjoy and appreciate it influence the rest.
BUT, I have to comment on the wonderful performance of Alessandro Corbelli as Marcaniello. I love this guy!!! He deserves an academy award for his singing and acting. He was made to look like an old man with an artificial hooked nose, a ridiculous wig and a bad case of gout. ... Read More: |
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| 4.Falstaff starring: Ambrosio Maestri, Roberto Frontali, Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Frittoli, Inva Mula directed by: Pierre Cavassilas |
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| Too late did I realize that this opera was baroque...which I really don't care for. I find the music monotonous! And, I would not normally review a baroque opera for that reason. Let those who enjoy and appreciate it influence the rest.
BUT, I have to comment on the wonderful performance of Alessandro Corbelli as Marcaniello. I love this guy!!! He deserves an academy award for his singing and acting. He was made to look like an old man with an artificial hooked nose, a ridiculous wig and a bad case of gout. ... Read More: |
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| 5.Pergolesi - Lo Frate 'Nnamorato starring: Alessandro Corbelli, Nuccia Focile, Amelia Felle, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Luciana D'Intino directed by: John Michael Phillips August 26, 1998 |
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| This 3 hour opera purports to be 100% Pergolesi. I wouldn't want to have to swear to that, but certainly the music is quite nice and is baroque with a few classical touches. R. Muti conducts a portion of the La Scala orchestra along with arch lutes, theorbos, and harpsichord. The playing is very good, though the string sound is more what I expect of a more modern period. I won't list all the singers, none of whom I recognize except for the Marcaniello (Alessandro Corbelli). There are 6 almost equally important soprano roles and each ... Read More: |
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| 6.Falstaff starring: Bryn Terfel, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Frontali, Désirée Rancatore, Kenneth Tarver directed by: Humphrey Burton |
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| This 3 hour opera purports to be 100% Pergolesi. I wouldn't want to have to swear to that, but certainly the music is quite nice and is baroque with a few classical touches. R. Muti conducts a portion of the La Scala orchestra along with arch lutes, theorbos, and harpsichord. The playing is very good, though the string sound is more what I expect of a more modern period. I won't list all the singers, none of whom I recognize except for the Marcaniello (Alessandro Corbelli). There are 6 almost equally important soprano roles and each ... Read More: |
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| 7.Tancredi [Region 2] starring: Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Maria Bayo, Raúl Giménez, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Katarzyna Bak directed by: Claus Viller |
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| It is difficult to believe that Rossini's opera seria "Tancredi" was composed in the same year as the joyous "Italian Girl in Algiers." And yet if you listen very carefully to (say) the Act I finales to both works in which every one declares how amazed they are at the turn of events, you might be hard pressed to explain why you think one is the serious and the other the comic situation. Perhaps the composer was basically such a happy chap that he saw the humor in all things. At any rate, there is only one video version ... Read More: |
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| 8.Rossini - Tancredi / Bayo, di Nissa, Gimenez, d'Arcangelo, Bak, Piscitelli, Gelmetti, Schwetzingen Festspiele starring: Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Maria Bayo, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Schwetzingen Opera directed by: Raul Gimenez July 19, 2005 |
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| The current DVD's of Tancredi that are available are all basically satisfactory, no more, no less. The best production of this is the RCA, Abbado version which has both the tragic and the original happy ending.
Vessellina Kasarova and Ramon Vargas are outstanding. Eva Mei does a nice job. The production and sound is top notch. Great Rossini Music. Unfortunately this has not been done on DVD. In addition the three CD set is currently out of print and unavailable. I have been trying to obtain this for over a year with no ... Read More: |
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