Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Claudio Abbado

Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia
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Actor: Enzo Dara, Hermann Prey, Luigi Alva, Paolo Montarsolo, Teresa Berganza
Director: Claudio Abbado, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Italian (Published), DTS 5.1; English (Published); German (Published); French (Published); Spanish (Published); Mandarin Chinese (Published)
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon

Movie Reviews of Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Movie Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a wonderful production. It is obviously not a live performance; this means the singers get a chance to finely hone their singing and acting. Alva is a great actor, and makes his romantic interest shine through in his singing. Berganza also gives depth to her character, and her voice is lovely. This version is my favorite and is full of humour, even in the great choreography.

Summary of Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Like all successfully filmed operas, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1974 film of his 1972 La Scala production of The Barber of Seville weaves its magic on multiple levels: naturalistic lighting and camera work that take the viewer to the heart of the action; wonderful casting and magnificent singing; singers who can act; and conducting (by Claudio Abbado) that simply revels in the richness of an extraordinarily vibrant and much-loved score.

Rossini's 1816 work, based on Beaumarchais's Figaro characters, is one of the great joys of comic opera, crammed with familiar arias and duets, all of which drive the galloping pace of the book without ever interrupting the plot. At the heart of the tale is Figaro (Hermann Prey, making the most of his trademark theme "Largo al factotum") and the love triangle of Count Almaviva (a lusty Luigi Alva), the willful Rosina (Teresa Berganza at the peak of her mezzo-soprano powers), and her guardian with an ulterior motive Bartolo (Enzo Dara). --Piers Ford

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