Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Opus Arte - Dvd / Opus Arte
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 809478012375
Genres: Soundtrack Music Concert
Description
Donizetti's operatic portrayal of Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most demanding roles for a soprano, and only such accomplished stars as Joan Sutherland have risen to the challenge. Lucrezia was notorious in Renaissance Ferrara as much for her beauty as for the political intrigue and suspicious deaths that surrounded her and her family. Here Sutherland deftly captures the complexity of a powerful, vengeful woman, who is at the same time a loving mother - in the final scenes she chillingly shows her unsuspecting victims the coffins in which they will be buried, but cannot bear the heartbreaking revelations that follow. Richard Bonynge conducts a cast including Alfredo Kraus as Gennaro, supported by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, in John Copley's production for The Royal Opera. This recording, with English subtitles, is preserved in its original Standard Definition and 4:3 picture format.
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;
