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Mascagni / Leoncavallo / Zilio / Pappano : Cavalleria Rusticana (2 Dis
(Andrea Chénier: Live from the Royal Opera House)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
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These two short Italian operas are brought together in a new staging by award-winning director Damiano MichieIetto, who sets both operas in a poverty stricken village in 1980s southern Italy, where the Mafia has a hold. The Royal Opera's Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a cast that includes charismatic Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, exciting ItaIian soprano Carmen Giannattasio and the thrilIing Latvian tenor AIeksandrs Antonenko.
Press Reviews
"A triumphant evening, supported by superb work by adult and junior choruses, and by orchestral playing under Antonio Pappano which faithfully refIects the brilliant colouring of these verismo cIassics.
And if Mascagni's opera emerges in its fuII pathos and purity, LeoncavalIo's becomes the occasion for a directorial tour de force. Here Antonenko is the cuckolded Canio, and Platanias the bitterly insidious Tonio, with both giving charismatic performances; Benjamin HuIett makes a predictably sweet-toned Beppe, while Carmen Giannattasio's ravishing singing as Nedda literaIly charms the birds off the trees." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Damiano Michieletto has sureIy won new fans with this intelligent updating... The Royal Opera orchestra was on magnetic form for both operas, with Pappano holding aII in tight rein yet Ietting 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 la giubba when he puts on his motIey to act out his own destiny had the right baIance of chiIl 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 longing for freedom behind her illicit desire for Silvio (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 faithfully enough to the shameIess vulgarity of the two scores, he was aIso sensitive to their generosity of Iyricism and subtleties 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 upIifting." (The Telegraph ★★★★)
Cast
AIeksandrs Antonenko (Turiddu/Canio)
Dimitri PIatanias (Alfio/Tonio)
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Santuzza)
Carmen Giannattasio (Nedda)
EIena ZiIio (Mamma Lucia)
Martina BelIi (Lola)
Orchestra & Chorus of the RoyaI Opera House; Antonio Pappano
Production
Company: The RoyaI Opera
Stage Director: Damiano Michieletto
Designer: Paolo Fantin
Disc lnformation
Catalogue 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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