Piero Cappuccilli
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: November 09, 1926
Age: 98 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 12, 2005
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Verdi: Otello
Overview: The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-12
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Il Trovatore - Verdi
Overview: The gypsy Azucena (Fiorenza Cossotto) takes revenge for her mother who was accused of putting a curse on one of the old Count di Luna's two sons: she decides to abduct the younger child and throw it in the flames. But when she is about to carry out this fatal act, the gypsy sacrifices her own child and keeps the old Count’s son, whom she names Manrico (IL TROVATORE, Plácido Domingo). Later, as adults, the troubadour Manrico and the Count di Luna’s elder son (Piero Cappucilli) do not know each other, but become rivals for the beautiful Leonora (Raina Kabaivanska). Manrico succeeds in winning the young woman’s heart, and she sacrifices herself for him, deceiving the Count’s son. Mad with jealousy, the latter orders the execution of the troubadour in front of his mother. Azucena reveals to him that Manrico was his brother. This legendary performance of Giuseppe Verdi's most successful opera was recorded at the Vienna State Opera under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Otello
Overview: Verdi's 'Otello', based on Shakespeare's famous tragedy, is performed at the famous Arena of Verona, with Kiri Te Kanawa and Vladimir Atlantov heading an international cast.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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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 Un Ballo in Maschera
Overview: This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Piero Cappucili (Renato), Patricia Payne (? - the booklet or DVD fails to credit the singer) (Ulrica) and Claudio Abbado in the pit: all at their peak, you just simply cannot go wrong when purchasing this DVD. This performance made me realise why I had fallen in love with opera: beautiful (today one should be thankful) and convincing sets and costumes, and fiery conducting and singing from all the above soloists which leaves you breathless. Domingo as the King (not the Governor of Boston) is simply ravishing! He is so convincing and dashing as Gustavus - I think very few tenors nowadays can even attempt such a convincing vocal and dramatic performance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-27
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In the Mouth of the Wolf
Overview: This documentary offers an incomparable glimpse into the Golden Age of opera, as the nervous stars—opera greats Margherita Roberti, Renato Cioni, and Piero Cappuccilli—prepare their new production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller for Parma’s notoriously demanding audience.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-04-09
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Overview: The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of Genoa and the troubled observer of the conflicts that tore apart 14th century landowners and peasants. An eminently political opera in which power struggles are interwoven with family conflicts, Simon Boccanegra echoes the life of its composer – the man who championed the cause of Italian unification and overcame the loss of his wife and children.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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Don Carlo
Overview: A live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Overview: Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for the inherent subtleties of Verdi’s scoring and for certain rhythmic effects.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-10-27
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Andrea Chenier
Overview: Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena than the one played by Tomowa-Sintow in the ROH production, this production was not as good. It was not as tight and neat. The tempo set was far too slow for the time-period of the story. The stage setting was distracting. The lighting was too dark. Except Domingo, a natural actor who was always into his role and sings and acts with passion, none of the other performers came up with a convincing portrayal of the role he/she played.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-12-31
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Andrea Chenier
Overview: France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite egalite," his sympathies do not extend to the current Reign of Terror. Likewise, the Revolutionary Tribunal has no need for poets or their girlfriends, especially those judged to be an Enemy of the State. Heads will roll.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-19
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Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro
Overview: With the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" commenced the remarkably successful cooperation between Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The first night of "Figaro", presumably Mozart's most perfect musical comedy, was held in Vienna on May 1st, 1786. It is based on Beumarchais' "scandalous" comedy "La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro" which, after its first staging in the pre-revolutionary Paris of 1784, soon became a huge success throughout Europe. For the opera, the revolutionary content of the intricate comedy of love and conspiracy against the background of noble capriciousness was actually toned down but not completely abandoned. The extensive ensemble scenes, the treatment of the orchestra and the delicately nuanced musical profiles of the characters hit the target and, looking back, proved to be pioneering for following generations of musicians.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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