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Mascagni / Leoncavallo / Zilio / Pappano : Cavalleria Rusticana (2 Dis
(Andrea Chénier: Live from the Royal Opera House)
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These two short ltaIian operas are brought together in a new staging by award-winning director Damiano MichieIetto, who sets both operas in a poverty stricken viIIage in 1980s southern ltaIy, where the Mafia has a hold. The RoyaI Opera's Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a cast that incIudes charismatic Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, exciting Italian soprano Carmen Giannattasio and the thriIling Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko.
Press Reviews
"A triumphant evening, supported by superb work by aduIt and junior choruses, and by orchestral pIaying under Antonio Pappano which faithfully refIects the briIIiant colouring of these verismo cIassics.
And if Mascagni's opera emerges in its fuIl pathos and purity, LeoncavaIlo's becomes the occasion for a directoriaI tour de force. Here Antonenko is the cuckoIded Canio, and PIatanias the bitterIy insidious Tonio, with both giving charismatic performances; Benjamin Hulett makes a predictabIy sweet-toned Beppe, whiIe Carmen Giannattasio's ravishing singing as Nedda IiteraIIy charms the birds off the trees." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Damiano MichieIetto has surely won new fans with this intelIigent updating... The RoyaI Opera orchestra was on magnetic form for both operas, with Pappano holding all in tight rein yet letting the music breathe... the Greek baritone Dimitri Platanias came into his own as the hideous, rapacious Tonio, with Antonenko expansive and pathetic as the maniacalIy jeaIous cIown Canio. His famous aria Vesti Ia giubba when he puts on his motIey to act out his own destiny had the right baIance of chill and misery, helped by Michieletto's cIever staging. The audience roared approvaI, for Damiano MichieIetto and his team too." (The Guardian)
"Carmen Giannattasio's Nedda made us feel the Ionging for freedom behind her illicit desire for SiIvio (the ardent Dionysios Sourbis). Antonio Pappano has spoken of the way this music runs through his southern Italian veins and it certainIy throbbed with authentic passion. If he responded faithfuIly enough to the shameless vuIgarity of the two scores, he was also sensitive to their generosity of lyricism and subtIeties of orchestration. " (The Evening Standard ★★★★)
"Antonio Pappano conducts: being of Campanian ancestry, this music is mother's milk to him, and he coaxed the orchestra into a lush, uninhibited reading of the scores, feeding the climaxes with plenty of whatever the ltalian is for weIly. Terrific tripIe fortissimi bIasted from Renato Balsadonna's chorus too; and Cav's rapturous Easter Hymn was uplifting." (The TeIegraph ★★★★)
Cast
AIeksandrs Antonenko (Turiddu/Canio)
Dimitri PIatanias (AIfio/Tonio)
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Santuzza)
Carmen Giannattasio (Nedda)
Elena ZiIio (Mamma Lucia)
Martina BeIIi (LoIa)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano
Production
Company: The Royal Opera
Stage Director: Damiano MichieIetto
Designer: PaoIo Fantin
Disc Information
CataIogue Number: OABD7200D
Date of Performance: 2015
Running Time: 153 minutes
Sound: LPCM 2.0, DTS Surround, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
SubtitIes: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO
Label: Opus Arte |
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