Mozart - Cosi fan tutte (Daniel Harding, Erin Wall, Elīna Garanca, Barbara Bonney)
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte (Daniel Harding, Erin Wall, Elīna Garanča, Barbara Bonney) [2005]
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Letterboxed | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) Italiano (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) Italiano (DTS, 6 ch) | 6.77 Gb+6.62 Gb (2*DVD9)
Classical | Virgin | Sub: Italiano, Francais, English, Deutsch, Espanol | 179 min | +3% Recovery
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Letterboxed | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) Italiano (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) Italiano (DTS, 6 ch) | 6.77 Gb+6.62 Gb (2*DVD9)
Classical | Virgin | Sub: Italiano, Francais, English, Deutsch, Espanol | 179 min | +3% Recovery
The singers are all good, the orchestra light, lively and evocative. But it is above all Patrice Chereau's direction that makes this production one of the best filmed opera experiences I have had. This is a fairly long opera (about 3 hours), but it flies by in this version with rapid and telling movement on stage and in the pit, and with a constantly moving camera. Chereau's is an expectedly dark interpretation, both modern and classical, that refuses to play up the buffo elements and achieves a remarkably heart-rending, bittersweet effect. The singers are all well-coached actors; we are never allowed to forget that we are watching a performance (occasional views of the conductor in the pit) but that doesn't mar the emotional impact of one of Mozart's most touching scores. Period costumes on what is made to seem to be a bare, ancient Italian stage..
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte (Daniel Harding, Erin Wall, Elīna Garanca, Barbara Bonney)
Performer:
Fiordiligi - Erin Wall
Dorabella - Elīna Garanča
Despina - Barbara Bonney
Ferrando - Shawn Mathey
Guglielmo - Stéphane Degout
Don Alfonso - Ruggero Raimondi
Arnols Schönberg Chor
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor - Daniel Harding
Mise en scène - Patrice Chéreau
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