Zandonai - Francesca Da Rimini (remastered)
by Placido Domingo, Piero Faggioni
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Actor: Cornell MacNeil, Gail Robinson, Isola Jones, Renata Scotto, William LewisDirector: Piero Faggioni, Placido Domingo
Brand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Dubbed); English (Dubbed); French (Dubbed); German (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Digital Sound, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
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Movie Review: The stars were in perfect alignment...
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw--and absorbed---Francesca da Rimini when the Met offered it, and like almost everyone else, I was swept away. Oh, yes, Zandonai is not Puccini, not Mascagni, but there is just something "special" about Francesca da Rimini that has always captivated me (well, I also like very much Spontini, Montemezzi, Auber, R.Strauss, and Mussorgsky). With the right cast and staging it DOES work...and the Met production, with Domingo, Scotto, and MacNeill, all in stellar voice, and those magnificent sets, well, it was indeed an "event" of the first order. And this DVD preserves it all.
I must confess that I really adore all the twists and exotic turns musically, as well. Ovderheated? Oh, yes, most definitely. Not something you want to hear or see everyday...but, wow, yes, most assuredly from time to time. The love duet at the end of Act III and the final feverish scene of Paolo and Francesca are simply spectacular, passion-filled, volcanic eruptions....I don't fight them, rather I just enjoy them.
Magda Olivero, Leyla Gencer, and Raina Kaibavanska sang Francesca, and I enjoy each of their interpretations, but this Met production remains unique and special.
Let yourself go, let the music (as overblown as it may seem, at times) and the drama envelope you. Have a glass of wine with it all, and simply enjoy it. Highly recommended.
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