Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera
by Brian Large
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Actor: Dolora Zajick, Eva Marton, Jeffrey Wells, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill MilnesDirector: Brian Large
Writer: Salvatore Cammarano
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); Chinese (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); French (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), PCM Stereo; Italian (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), PCM Stereo; English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); English (Unknown); Italian (Original Language), PCM Stereo; Italian (Dubbed), PCM Stereo
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-12-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Movie Reviews of Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera
Movie Review: the beauty of the darkened atmosphere
Summary: 5 Stars
Now, we have a magnificent cast above all. Pavarotti looks simply divine, and his sparkle never leaves him. Eva Marton is generally regarded as "miscast", well maybe this is not a spinto part but her great, thrilling voice and subtle acting are always more than welcome. Milnes sings like a beautiful dream in his strong stage presence. And Zajick is simply awesome in her signature role. Wells is a nice surprise as well.
Every one seems to hate this stage production.. But I simply adore it, and even consider it as the ideal stage production. Without forcing the singers to "act", it offers them a very comfortable stage which permits them to unleash their vocal powers to the highest point. while creating a unique atmosphere of darkness and tragedy with simple but effective lighting and very elegant (but not extravagant) stage designs, it imposes the whole power of Verdi's music on us who are never allowed thanks to masterful video direction by Brian Large, to focus on anything else but the singers who in their glamorous costumes are shining beautifully like their renditions, throughout this dream like production.
Recommended only for those who are looking for a solid opera production which is inspired and colored by the music and nothing else but the music.
Karajan's Wiener production is an alternative which possess a more "suitable" cast but lacks the involvement and the music's dark atmosphere on stage that makes the met production such a powerful performance.
But surely you will find that wiener production has a higher rating due to people who desperately try to seem like an intellectual by despising the ny met's productions and endorsing the European opernhaus productions instead.
I can hardly wait for a dts re mastering that will allow this il trovatore to become an even more delightful experience.
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