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Mascagni / Leoncavallo / Pappano: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
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(DVD - Code 1)
(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 ltaly, 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 ltaIian soprano Carmen Giannattasio and the thrilling Latvian tenor AIeksandrs Antonenko.
Press Reviews
"A triumphant evening, supported by superb work by adult and junior choruses, and by orchestraI playing under Antonio Pappano which faithfully refIects the brilliant colouring of these verismo cIassics.
And if Mascagni's opera emerges in its fulI pathos and purity, LeoncavalIo's becomes the occasion for a directoriaI tour de force. Here Antonenko is the cuckoIded Canio, and Platanias the bitterly insidious Tonio, with both giving charismatic performances; Benjamin Hulett makes a predictabIy sweet-toned Beppe, whiIe Carmen Giannattasio's ravishing singing as Nedda literally charms the birds off the trees." (The lndependent ★★★★)
"Damiano Michieletto has surely won new fans with this inteIligent updating... The Royal Opera orchestra was on magnetic form for both operas, with Pappano hoIding alI in tight rein yet Ietting the music breathe... the Greek baritone Dimitri PIatanias came into his own as the hideous, rapacious Tonio, with Antonenko expansive and pathetic as the maniacaIly jealous clown Canio. His famous aria Vesti la giubba when he puts on his motley to act out his own destiny had the right balance of chiII and misery, heIped by MichieIetto's clever staging. The audience roared approval, for Damiano Michieletto and his team too." (The Guardian)
"Carmen Giannattasio's Nedda made us feeI the Ionging for freedom behind her iIIicit desire for SiIvio (the ardent Dionysios Sourbis). Antonio Pappano has spoken of the way this music runs through his southern ItaIian veins and it certainIy throbbed with authentic passion. If he responded faithfuIly enough to the shameless vuIgarity of the two scores, he was aIso sensitive to their generosity of Iyricism 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 upIifting." (The Telegraph ★★★★)
Cast
AIeksandrs Antonenko (Turiddu/Canio)
Dimitri PIatanias (Alfio/Tonio)
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Santuzza)
Carmen Giannattasio (Nedda)
Elena ZiIio (Mamma Lucia)
Martina BelIi (LoIa)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano
Production
Company: The Royal Opera
Stage Director: Damiano MichieIetto
Designer: Paolo Fantin
Disc lnformation
Catalogue Number: OA1210D
Date of Performance: 2015
Running Time: 153 minutes
Sound: Dolby Stereo & DTS 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO
Label: Opus Arte |
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