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.
Magdalen/Williams/Pott/Fox
Francesca Hayward; William Bracewell; James Hay; Lauren Cuthbertson; Bennet Gartside; Steven McRae;
Yasmine Naghdi; Matthew Ball; Thomas Whitehead; Christina Arestis; Joonhyuk Jun; Martin Georgiev
The Royal Ballet; Sarah Lamb; Vadim Muntagirov; Marianela Nunez; Matthew Ball; Francesca Hayward; M
Finley:Netherlands Po:Renes
Various
Acosta:Nunez:Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet
Lucerne Fo:Abbado
Soloists:The Philharmonics
Prey/Deutsch/Hokanson
Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim
Go Leipzig/Chailly
Tallinn Co/Estonian Pcc
White/Heras-Casado
Various
