Rossini - La Cenerentola

Rossini - La Cenerentola
by Christoph Eschenbach, Fabio Sparvoli

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Actor: Alessandro Corbelli, Cecilia Bartoli, Enzo Dara, Michele Pertusi, Ra?l Gim?nez
Director: Christoph Eschenbach, Fabio Sparvoli
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language); French (Original Language); German (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 159 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Decca

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Movie Review: The production can make or break an opera...
Summary: 3 Stars

While this is a delightful opera, I felt that the production was lacking in many ways. For one thing, Cecilia Bartoli does not look at all as Cinderella should. Mostly because she is obviously overweight, it's hard to see why the prince is SO captivated by her appearance. The prince himself did not look half as handsome (or young) as Prince Charming should, although I could forgive these small faults if those were my only objections to this recording. I realize that Raul Giminez and Cecilia Bartoli were not chosen for their looks but for their vocal talent. However, that's not the only problem. The make-up people did a HORRENDUOUS job on the prince's valet, Dandini, making him as ugly as possible. The step-sisters were worse...who's idea was it to make them wear flower pots on their heads!!! I thought that this was completely unnecessary. Even the lighting and sets were dark and ugly. Visually, the whole production was very poorly executed, although the singing was fine. This comic opera in and of itself is delightful, but I would much more highly recommend the 2006 Deutsche Gramophone DVD starring Frederica von Stade. The singing is just as beautiful, and the singers, sets, makeup and costumes are infinitely more so.

EDIT: The aforementioned opera movie was filmed in 1981; it was released on DVD in 2006.

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