Rossini - La Cenerentola
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Movie Reviews of Rossini - La Cenerentola
Movie Review: La Cenerentola- Rossini's Comic Opera
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently got La Cenerentola Rossini's comic opera and I dare to say that this is a great production. Of course, I refer the Bologna production of this opera for the Houston Grand Opera in 1995. Cecilia Bartoli do her best mezzo coloratura singing and acting in this opera as never seen and heard before. Argentinian light tenor Raul Gimenez is superb in his great singing and acting qualities perhaps the best role before the nowdays peruvian Juan Diego Flores. Bass Enzo Dara despite his age sings and acts delightfuly the buffo art which make him unique bravo! I sincerely recomend this dvd not just for Rossini opera lovers but also for anyone who wish to be in touch more with the art of comic opera.Movie Review: Forget Disney
Summary: 5 Stars
While this production looks (potentially) magical, there's no magic in the plot, just the singing. Get Disney's take out of your head and everything starts making sense. This is Bartoli's signature role (note the book "Cinderella & Company") and she enjoys her feisty take on the girl. An excellent light entertainment for anyone who enjoys opera or the musical theater.Movie Review: Dandy Do!
Summary: 5 Stars
Quick and energetic, fun and fantastic. And all this in Texas?!Movie Review: Great singing with a little twitching thrown in
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this video for the singing. As a matter of fact, I would recommend it over Bartoli's Decca cd recording because the best principal singers are the same, except in this video, you get Raul Giminez as the Prince, instead of William Matteuzzi on the cd, and although Giminez' voice is a bit lighter, it's a prettier voice, and his fioratura is much more smooth and lovely. La Cenerentola is Bartoli at her finest vocally - it suits her sound and vocal style perfectly, but the acting is another matter. Bartoli is just not funny to me, plus she does alot of odd twitching and jerking that are terribly annoying.
Corbelli is great both vocally and as an actor. Giminez is enjoyable. Pertusi is fine. Dara gives me the same feeling as Bartoli - a bit too silly, but his singing is fine. There is a serious message to this opera that doesn't come across because of the ridiculousness of some of the acting and some of the costumes: The message is that 'goodness triumphs', which is the alternate title of this opera, and I personally feel this opera needs a handful of elegance and subtley (sorely lacking in this video) to convey that message in a witty way.
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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