Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Savall, Zanasi, Figueras, Mingardo, Abete, Turk, Vargas, Bettini, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona
by Brian Large
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Actor: Arianna Savall, Cécile van de Sant, Furio Zanasi, Montserrat Figueras, Sara MingardoDirector: Brian Large
Editor: Steve Eveleigh
Producer: Hans Petri
Writer: Alessandro Striggio
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Unknown)
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC / Opus Arte
Movie Reviews of Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Savall, Zanasi, Figueras, Mingardo, Abete, Turk, Vargas, Bettini, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona
Movie Review: A Cascade, a torrent, a cataract of gorgeous music
Summary: 5 Stars
I see that the opinions vary on this production. I must wholeheartedly and enthusiastically endorse this edition from The Gran Teatre Del Liceu in Barcelona. It seems anything from this stage is worth serious consideration for your collection.
I found the music so exhilirating and even emotionally moving, that I had to leave the room...I'd return felling much better..and there it would be again...soaring,and melifluous, with a fabulously rich melodic phrasing accomplished by virtuosos ..with period stringed instruments, including the great "Chitarro"...(sp?) (Guitar).
Since we are about to embark on a journey to Hell and then to Heaven, the composer thoughtfully treated us all to the most soothing music in the Universe, allowing us to feel our own hopes and fears...much the way we did in the cinematic version
of "What Dreams May Come", with Robin Williams....and carries us all the way through Hell and up to Michael the Archangel, and to Heaven.
And if you think you can sing Italian arias, and Bel Canto?...these are much harder...and this cast is so good they can toy with that sumptuous melodic complexity.
It is the closest to actual music from Heaven which you will hear as you are being escorted from the horror below .. up and up you go
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