Puccini - Tosca / Corelli, Caniglia, Guelfi, Pugliese, de Fabritiis, RAI Rome Opera
by Gian Giacomo Guelfi
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Actor: Franco Corelli, Maria CanigliaDirector: Gian Giacomo Guelfi
Adapter: Franca Duval
Cinematographer: Franco Pugliese
Composer: Oliverio de Fabritiis
Conductor: RAI Opera
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hardy Classics DVD
Movie Reviews of Puccini - Tosca / Corelli, Caniglia, Guelfi, Pugliese, de Fabritiis, RAI Rome Opera
Movie Review: Interesting Document
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD is for the people who are interested in studying the early career of Franco Corelli. Singing-wise, it is a good production, with Maria Caniglia singing some beautiful phrases with a biting technique, which is very interesting, especially in the middle and lower registers, but with harsher high sounds, and with a decent if not great Scarpia by Gian Giacomo Guelfi.
And with a very young Franco Corelli, still on his way up, but already worth listening to carefully and replaying what he sings, as he renders the strong personality of the character pretty impressively with his voice. He looks very youthful, almost like a kid, which is not bad, considering how utterly naive Cavaradossi is in his idealism.
Visually, the movie appears to have been conceived for cinemascope or wide screen, which probably explains the director's preference for very long shots and his very little use of close-ups. The bad thing is that on television the acting is barely visible. Sometimes this is good, though, because much of the acting is basically not great, worst of all being Franca Duval. But how can an actor/actress do their job if their faces are not shown properly?
This movie is also an opportunity to see Corelli's brother, Aldo Relli, as Sciarrone, also shown from a very great distance, but still visible: very stylish, he seems to have looked good.
One last comment: the chorus at the beginning of Act 2 is too loud, making it difficult to focus on the altercation between Cavaradossi and Scarpia; also, some high sounds both of voices and in the orchestra are weak throughout the movie. Perhaps these and some other minor distortions are caused by the old recording technology or have occurred in the digitalizing process.
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