Verdi - I Lombardi / Carreras, Dimitrova, Carroli, Bini, Gavazzeni, La Scala Opera
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Actor: Carlo Bini, Ghena Dimitrova, Luigi Roni, Maria Luisa Vannini, Silvano CarroliDirector: Brian Large
Writer: Temistocle Solera
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Verdi - I Lombardi / Carreras, Dimitrova, Carroli, Bini, Gavazzeni, La Scala Opera
Movie Review: Pass on this and wait hopefully for the DVD of Anderson/Pavarotti
Summary: 3 Stars
Hopefully one day soon, the Met will release the James Levine, I Lombardi featuring June Anderson in her best work, Pavarotti in outstanding form backed up by superb performances of Richard Leech and Samuel Ramey. If you have heard this CD you will want to see the performance. The Carreras, Dimitrova La Scala is satisfactory but not when compared to this performance. June Anderson and Pavarotti at their best.
Alan
Summary of Verdi - I Lombardi / Carreras, Dimitrova, Carroli, Bini, Gavazzeni, La Scala Opera
Verdi was commissioned to write I Lombardi as a direct result of the success of Nabucco the year before. When the opera was first produced at La Scala, Milan in 1843, Verdi's operas were becoming increasingly popular not only in Italy but also abroad. The cast of international opera stars is headed by Jose Carreras as Oronte, Ghena Dimitrova as Giselda, Carlo Bii as Arvino and Silvano Carroli as Pagano. Gabriele Lavia, one of Italy's most popular producers and the designer, Giovanni Agostinucci, have designed sets of awesome Spartan Grandeur which match Verdi's atmospheric score with unprecedented intensity.Another Verdi triumph from the archives of La Scala, this 1984 production of one of the master's early popular successes showcases Jos? Carreras's truly glorious instrument, a tenor voice of loveliness and delicacy that, in its abbreviated prime, was one of the true operatic glories. He sounds superb as the hero, Oronte, and, as his paramour Giselda, Ghena Dimitrova nearly matches Carreras's ringingly beautiful tone: their wonderful Act 4 duet is almost too much of a good thing.
Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducts an exciting performance by the La Scala Orchestra, while the La Scala Chorus claims as its vocal peak the striking choral writing that begins Act 3. Gabrielle Lavia's staging, evocative and atmospheric without being cloyingly literal, probably looked better in the opera house, but it transfers effectively to the smaller screen. But this I Lombardi is a souvenir and reminder of Jos? Carreras at his best. --Kevin Filipski
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