Verdi - Rigoletto / Marcelo Alvarez, Roberto Servile, Inva Mula, Andrea Silvestrelli, Svetlana Serdar, Keri Lynn Wilson, Siena Opera
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Actor: Marcelo Alvarez, Roberto ServileDVD: Region Code 99
Audio: Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Verdi - Rigoletto / Marcelo Alvarez, Roberto Servile, Inva Mula, Andrea Silvestrelli, Svetlana Serdar, Keri Lynn Wilson, Siena Opera
Movie Review: look at that wart!... or is it a mic?
Summary: 1 Stars
As my fellow reviewers already mentioned, this video has many flaws. The sound is very bad. At moments you can scarcely hear the orchestra; sometime sound and image are not really in sync; the voices are not well balanced. And you can see the mic! At first I thought that Servile/Rigoletto had a huge, ugly wart on his forehead, then I realized it was a microphone, and if you check you'll see one on almost every singer, on the forehead, at the hair line. Sparafucile has one on his check, poorly covered by his bart. Now, the problem with opera singer having this kind of micro, is that the voice comes out muffled or - on the contrary - too loud and ugly (like in Sparafucile's case). It was very annoying to see and hear this DVD, for this reason.
Then the staging. Quite boring and without fantasy. It may seem unconventional if you are used to the old-fashioned, dusty Met stagings ? la Otto Schenk. Otherwise, everything is just as the libretto describes it. No hint, no attempt to suggest something more or something other than the plain story.
The singing. Mula is very good. ?lvarez is good too, but with some small imperfections in the high notes (saliva in his throat?). Servile sings loud the whole time, no nuance, no real mezzavoce. Sparafucile's voice is distorted by the micro.
It's difficult to judge the conducting when - as I said - you scarcely hear the orchestra.
Really disappointing...
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Summary of Verdi - Rigoletto / Marcelo Alvarez, Roberto Servile, Inva Mula, Andrea Silvestrelli, Svetlana Serdar, Keri Lynn Wilson, Siena Opera
Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece RIGOLETTO is brilliantly brought to life in this unique production of the beloved opera, performed under the stars of Siena, Italy, by Roberto Servile, Inva Mula (The Fifth Element), Marcelo Alvarez and the Toscanini Foundation Orchestra, conducted by Keri Lynn Wilson and costumes by renowned fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood. In the 1550's Mantua, the Duke (Alvarez), a celebrated ladies man, seduces Gilda (Mula), the beautiful daughter of his sharp-tongued jester, Rigoletto (Servile). Vowing revenge, her furious father hires Sparafucile, a notorious assassin, to avenge his family's honor, a decision that will end in tragedy for all.Music Video & Concerts DVD Video
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