Release Date: 02 March 2008
Label: Opus Arte - Dvd / Opus Arte
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 809478009900
Genres: Soundtrack Music Concert
Description
David McVicar's spellbinding production of Le nozze di Figaro is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unraveling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In the relationship between Finley's suave, dashingly self-absorbed Count and R?Âschmann's passionately dignified Countess, which lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent, the tenacious spark between Marcellina (Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira) suggesting what might be rekindled. The production is superbly complemented by the beauty of Paule Constable's lighting and Tanya McCallin's evocative sets. Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth. A classic production, captured in High Definition video and surround sound.
Shakespeare'S Globe Theatre
Various
Tamara Rojo; Federico Bonelli; Edward Watson; Sarah Lamb; Leanne Benjamin; Lauren Cuthbertson; Stev
English National Ballet Philharmonic; Gavin Sutherland
THE ROYAL BALLET; EDWARD WATSON; GARY AVIS; SARAH LAMB; ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE; KOEN KE
EMMA PEARSON; AMITAI PATI; SARAH CASTLE; PAUL WHELAN; STEPHEN DIAZ; CHELSEA DOLMAN; SASHE ANGELOVSK
Liparit Avetisyan; Carlos Álvarez; Lisette Oropesa; Brindley Sherratt; Blaise Malaba; Amanda Baldwi
Leo Tetteh; Alice Kawalek; Constance Devernay; Bruno Micchiardi; Rishan Benjamin; Melissa Parsons;
