Sergio Fontana
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Andrea Chénier - La Scala
1985-07-06
Andrea Chénier - La Scala
Overview: Live from La Scala Saturday 06 July 1985
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-07-06
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Verdi Macbeth Chailly
1987-01-01
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
Overview: Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. It's acted by the singers of the Decca recording of the opera (with two substitutions of actors standing in for singers) and the lip-synching is generally unobtrusive. The musical performance is superb, conducted by Riccardo Chailly with admirable fire, and sung by some of the leading lights of the opera stages of the 1980s. Shirley Verrett virtually owned the role of Lady Macbeth at the time, and she delivers a terrific performance, the voice equal to the role's wide register leaps and it's suffused with emotion, whether urging her husband on to murder or maddened by guilt in the Sleepwalking Scene. Leo Nucci's resonant Macbeth may lack the ultimate in vocal color and steadiness (his last notes of the great aria Pietà, rispetto, amore are wobbly) but he compensates with intensity in both singing and acting.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Madama Butterfly
1986-01-09
Madama Butterfly
Overview: Opera at La Scala Milan
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-01-09
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I Vespri Siciliani
1986-07-17
I Vespri Siciliani
Overview: I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact that it has 5 acts, therefore they conclude that it must be incredibly long. It is long but not as long as some people may fear as most of the acts are under half an hour each. The total length of the DVD in question is 171 minutes, just under 3 hours, including titles at the beginning, applauses and curtain calls between the acts and at the end. The opera contains Verdi's most powerful overture and a number of very elegant arias, duets and ensembles for the principals.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-17
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