L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Teatro alla Scala / Georg Nigl, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Raffaella Milanesi, Furio Zanasi / Rinaldo Alessandrini (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Wednesday 11 May 2011
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"Alessandrini directs an authentically sized La Scala orchestra in playing that is at once historically informed and always alive...Georg Nigl, previously a Wozzeck at La Scala, sings with much beauty of voice."
(Gramophone)
"Director Robert Wilson takes his inspiration from a Titian painting, Venus with Eros and an Organist, and delivers a series of starkly-lit tableaux - strong geometric shapes framing the highly stylised gestures of the cast. The drama comes from Alessandrini's edition and the bite and brilliance of the La Scala orchestra, and Concerto Italiano's inventive continuo section."
(BBC Music)
"Beautifully flimed in Milan, this DVD shows how well Wilson's minimalist productions can take to the small screen...Alessandrini directs an authentically sized La Scala orchestra in playing that is at once historically informed and always alive...Georg Nigl, previously a Wozzeck at La Scala, sings with much beauty of voice."
(Gramophone)
"I've never heard [the separation scene] more effectively sung by either Orfeo or Euridice...[Nigl] animates the recitatives by putting the words and their rhetorical structures first...In short, this is a wonderfully satisfying performance, featuring one of the finest Orfeos on disc, and a production which suits the needs of both the large-scale theatre and the small screen equally well."
(International Record Review)
Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved wife Euridice (Roberta Invernizzi), who has died from a snake bite. In a new production for La Scala, based on a painting by Titian and directed by Robert Wilson, the opera receives a powerful and inspiring performance from a fine cast, the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and Concerto Italiano under the much-admired Italian early music specialist, Rinaldo Alessandrini. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.
'Robert Wilson meets Monteverdi with successful results' The Opera Critic
Extra features:
Cast Gallery
Illustrated Synopsis
Running time 1 hours 56 mins
Region Code All regions
Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9
Sound format 5.1(5.0) DTS
Menu languages EN
Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
