Verdi - Aroldo
by Pier Luigi Pizzi
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Actor: Adriana Damato, Enrico Giuseppe Iori, Franco Vassallo, Gustavo Porta, Valter BorinDirector: Pier Luigi Pizzi
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Italian (Published)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Dolby, DVD, Import, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bongiovanni
Movie Reviews of Verdi - Aroldo
Movie Review: Not so early Verdi
Summary: 5 Stars
The previous reviewer must have seen a different DVD from the one I just viewed!
I fell in love with this opera in the early 1980s when I purchased a CD of a live recording of a concert version of this opera at Carnegie Hall with Montserrat Caballe singing the role of Mina. Then in 1990 I read that the Sarasota Opera was presenting a full staged version of this opera for the first time ever in the United States ( I believe that to be true as of today) as part of their Verdi Cycle. I went and I was not diasapointed.
Now about this production: There is nothing provincial about it, the singers are young and unknown but they are quite good, in particular Adriana Damato,who sings well and can act. She was particulary moving in Act III. The orchestra and chorus are very good, the storm music in Act IV are like a preview into the storm music of the opening of Otello, yet to come.
The updating of the plot to the 19th century at times seems at odds with the story of a crusader, but the production is visually stunning, the sets and custumes are great, the singers look good and look their parts.
If you like early Verdi, well if you just like Verdi (remember that although the original Stiffelio was written early, Verdi revised the score for Aroldo after Rigoletto, Trovatore and Traviata!)do not miss this production.
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