Damrau, Beczala, Mariotti, Met Opera - Verdi: Rigoletto (2013)
Damrau, Beczala, Mariotti, Met Opera - Verdi: Rigoletto (2013)
Classical | Bluray-rip 720p | Audio: Italian | Subtitles: ENglish | Run time: 136 mins | 6.56 GB
AVC, MKV 1280x720 (16:9) 29.97fps, 5365kbps | DTS, 48000Hz, 6ch, 1510kbps
Classical | Bluray-rip 720p | Audio: Italian | Subtitles: ENglish | Run time: 136 mins | 6.56 GB
AVC, MKV 1280x720 (16:9) 29.97fps, 5365kbps | DTS, 48000Hz, 6ch, 1510kbps
The sought-after lyric tenor Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera. Željko Luèiæ sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. This DVD and Blu-ray release appears in the Verdi year 2013, as music lovers around the world celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italy’s beloved composer.
Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 – an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Zeljko Lucic, Piotr Beczala, Diana Damrau, Stefan Kocán, …
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Reviews: "Piotr Beczala was a perfect duke, singing with style and the smiling assurance of a guy who knows he looks good in a dinner jacket." (Bloomberg.com)
"Piotr Beczala as the Duke was a breezy, sleazy leader of the Rat Pack, a Frank Sinatra-type lurching from bender to hookup. His arias were winning and convincing."(Washington Times)
[Piotr Beczala is] one of today's most exciting young singers…Tall, trim and handsome, with a Hollywood smile, he also emits some of the most beautiful sounds to be heard on the current opera stage." (Opera News)
One of the greatest tenors in the world, Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdi's Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera.
Zeljko Lucic sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigolettos daughter Gilda. This DVD release appears in the Verdi year 2013, as music lovers around the world celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italy's beloved composer.
Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi's towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence.
Tracklisting:
1. Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Zeljko Lucic (Baritone), Piotr Beczala (Tenor), Diana Damrau (Soprano),
Stefan Kocán (Bass), Oksana Volkova (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Gilda - Diana Damrau,
Rigoletto - Zeljko Lučić,
Il Duca di Mantova - Piotr Beczala,
Sparafucile - Stefan Kocán,
Maddalena - Oksana Volkova,
Giovanna - Maria Zifchak,
Monterone - Robert Pomakov,
Marullo - Jeff Mattsey,
Borsa - Alexander Lewis,
Conte Ceprano - David Crawford.
Screeshots
Damrau, Beczala, Mariotti, Met Opera - Verdi: Rigoletto (2013)
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