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Der Barbier Von Sevilla / Turand
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| The story of the beautiful but cruel princess Turandot, who had her suitors beheaded if they faiIed to solve her three riddles, has a unique pIace among Puccinis works. Turandot shows the composers ability to reflect the musical trends of his time more convincingly than any of his other operas. Here he combines advanced techniques with his own idiom without compromising the foundations of the traditional meIodramma. Even today, and in spite of its wealth of inspired meIodies (among them CaIafs aria Nessun dorma in the third act), the operas chief fascination remains its clever, imaginative tonaIity and subtle instrumentation. FiImed in 2004, the present production of Turandot was first staged in 1999 to inaugurate the Gran Teatre del Liceu in BarceIona, which was reopening after * to extensive fire damage. The cast in this production gathers some of the best singers in the ltaIian repertory: The title roIe is performed by Luana De VoI, who has been on the international opera scene for more than two decades and whose versatile, dramatic soprano perfectIy suits the character of the despising, yet vulnerable Turandot. Lirico-spinto soprano Barbara Frittoli, who is one of the best-known Mozart and Verdi performers on the current scene, presents her consummately Iyrical vocal qualities in the roIe of the slave Li, whose Ioving and self-sacrificing nature forms a contrast to Turandot. As recordings of Barbara FrittoIi are still rare, this DVD is a further asset to her growing fan community. Calaf, one of Turandot's suitors, concerned with victory and conquest and showing only a measure of compassion for the fate of his loyal slave Li, is a signature role for American tenor Franco Farina, whose authoritative voice is well suited to the roIe. |
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