DON PASQUALE
Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti
DON PASQUALE
2006
Soloists:
Mario Cassi, Claudio Desderi, Laura Giordano
Orchestra, Chorus:
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Coro del Teatro Municipale di Piacenza
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Director:
Andrea De Rosa
“…Riccardo Muti conducts Don Pasquale in Ravenna - a great celebration for everyone.” This press quote from the Italian music magazine Il giornale della musica hit the mark exactly. Watching this realistic, young and vital production, directed by the 21 year old Andrea da Rosa and listening to a high potential and unspent young cast, you feel how powerful, charming and timeless this score by Donizetti is. This production was recorded during the Ravenna Festival in the gorgeous and patriarchal Teatro Dante Alighieri, in December 2006. Maestro Riccardo Muti shows one more time, what it means to perform an Italian opera with a young and professional Italian cast – an outstanding and breathtaking performance and really, ''a great celebration for everyone'': the audience, the cast and now - with this DVD - also for the costumers home.
Label:
Arthaus Musik
Genre:
Oper
Running Time:
124
Picture Format:
16:9
Sound Format:
PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Number of Discs:
1
Region:
0
Languages:
IT
Subtitle Languages:
DE, FR, GB, IT, ES
EAN:
0807280130393
UPC:
807280130393
Blu-ray:
101304
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