Verdi: La Traviata

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Genre: Classical

DVD | 1 disc(s) | Release: 18-04-2011

Verwachte levertijd (in NL): +/- 7 tot 15 werkdagen

€ 20.95

Extra info

Extra info:	Royal Opera House Covent Garden // Ntsc/All Regions
Maatschappij:	Play It Again Sam (PIAS)
Label:	Opus Arte
Barcode:	0809478010401
Suffix - prefix:	1040 OAD
Taal:	IT
Herkomst:	Holland
Genre (extra):	Opera/Operette
Solist(en):	FLEMING/BOTHA/HAMPSON
Orkest:	ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN
(Beeld)formaat:	2
Geluid:	4
Speelduur:	154 minuten

Beschrijving

Renée Fleming (Violetta), Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont), Sarah Pring (Annina), Monika-Evelin Liiv (Flora), Haoyin Xue (Gastone), Kostas Smoriginas (Marquis d'Obigny), Eddie Wade (Baron Douphol), Richard Wiegold (Doctor Grenvil) & The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Richard Eyre (director)

Verdi’s best-loved work, is performed here by a star cast in a revival of Richard Eyre’s highly acclaimed 1994 production. Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts La traviata for the first time at Covent Garden. American soprano Renée Fleming returns to Covent Garden to sing Violetta for the first time with The Royal Opera. La traviata was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice in March 1853.

Extra features:
Cast gallery / Antonio Pappano interviews Renée Fleming
Running time 135 mins / Region Code All regions / Picture format 16:9 Anamorphic / Sound format 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Menu languages EN / Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

"...Antonio Pappano takes charge of this revival, searching out the meaning of Verdi's score in a supple, sentient reading that sweeps you along."
The Guardian

"At the age of 50, [Fleming] still looks very good in the role of the doomed courtesan...[she] sounds good, too, singing with consistent skill...There's a sincerity to Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja's portrayal of Alfredo which gives it more spontaneity than his American colleagues supply...Stronger than the vocals is the conducting of Antonio Pappano, which possesses a natural stylishness and fluency."
BBC Music Magazine - July 2011 ***

"This is a sensible, believable, attractive presentation that is more in line with Verdi than with the idiocies of Regietheater...Vocally, [Fleming] is on good form at almost every turn... Calleja must sound authentic enough as an Italianate tenor for anyone...I always have the impression that [Pappano] works with the singers rather than challenging them to a duel. The chorus and orchestra respond fittingly to his direction."
International Record Review - July 2011