Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Fiorenza Cossotto, Gianfranco Cecchele, Joh Vickers, Raina Kabaivanska, Rolando Panerai Director: Herbert von Karajan DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: Italian (Original Language), DTS 5.1; English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: Classical, Color, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 79 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Deutsche Grammophon |
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Movie Reviews of Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Movie Review: A Force of Nature
Summary: 5 Stars
When I ordered this DVD several weeks ago, I didn't realize that these were filmed, as opposed to live performances of Cav/Pag. I have a decent live Pagliacci performance (from the Met, paired with Puccini's Il Tabarro), but there don't seem to be any live, staged DVD performances available of Cavalleria Rusticana. Upon receiving the DVD, I was initially disappointed, because even though the lip-synching is very well done here, I much prefer seeing a staged, live performance to a filmed, on-location presentation such as this.
Nonetheless, this DVD set gets five very favorable stars from me, not only due to the impeccable sound and picture quality of performances from 40 years ago, but primarily because of the acting and singing of a force of nature named Jon Vickers in Pagliacci.
I was not fortunate enough to have seen Mr. Vickers, the Canadian heldentenor, on stage. I have his Peter Grimes from Covent Garden on DVD, and his performance there is intelligent, nuanced and oftentimes searing in intensity. In this Pagliacci, his performance is nearly overwhelming: I don't think I have ever seen such frightening, impassioned, murderous rage on display before in an opera performance, whether filmed or otherwise. As noted by Mike Birman in yet another of his spot-on Amazon reviews, Mr. Vickers was the full package, ladies and gentlemen -- and I only wish there was a DVD of his Fidelio somewhere out there.
Very, very highly recommended.