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DVD : Donizetti - Don Pasquale
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Donizetti - Don Pasquale starring: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Nuccia Focile, Gregory Kunde, Riccardo Muti, Lucio Gallo directed by: Stefano Vizioli List Price: $32.98 CD-Charts Price: $29.49 You Save: $3.49 (11%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0824121002213 Format: Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled Label: TDK Manufacturer: TDK Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: TDK Release Date: May 29, 2007 Running Time: 130 minutes Studio: TDK Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Sales Rank: 61771 MPN: DVWWOPDPSC Related Items:
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 Rating: - Ferruccio Furlanetto shines as Don Pasquale but Riccardo Muti and his orchestra are the real stars of the productionFor me, the stars of this production are Riccardo Muti and his orchestra. There are many scenes in "Don Pasquale" (e.g., the fake marriage) where what is going on in the orchestra is more exciting than what the performers are doing onstage. In other words, Donizetti wrote a magnificent score, beginning with an overture that can easily stand alone as an orchestral piece. Muti conducts with great energy and with careful attention to detail, the latter allowing the solo instruments to shine. He also varies the pace perfectly to bring out the contrasts in the mood onstage. Ferruccio Furlanetto gives a refreshingly different portrayal of Don Pasquale. He doesn't play him as a buffoon but as an aging lonely man, hoping to find love. (By ... Read More: Rating: - WHAT A SURPRISEI am not a fan of this opera. The only music that floats my boat is the love duet in the last act. I find these stories of dirty old men chasing after young innocent girls interspersed with "Italian Rap" type songs dated and musically over the hill. So why did I buy this? Three reasons: Riccardo Muti,, Ferruccio Furlanette and especially Nuccia Focile. They almost made me like DON PASQUALE plus the Scala production is on the wonderful side. Nuccia Focile as Norina is a joy to watch and her singing is music to my ears. She's quite the singing actress. Muti has the orchestra playing the score at a break neckpace pace that spreads joy all over the auditorium. Did I say I didn't like this opera? Excuse me while I watch it again! Rating:  - The Opera Gods Were ListeningA few years ago I purchased a DVD of "Don Pasquale" produced by Teatro Lirico-Cagliari starring Eva Mei and Alessandro Corbelli. The singing was great, as expected, but I found the direction way too over-the-top. Everyone was mugging uncontrollably and it really got in the way of my enjoying the performance. Too bad, as the production was one of the most gorgeous and clever I'd ever seen. If only, I thought, the same production had been directed in a more subdued, realistic fashion. Well, apparently the opera gods were paying attention to my plea, because here it is: the same production presented at LaScala, but this time toned down a notch. Admittedly it's a little TOO subdued at times (Ferruccio Furlanetto is not the natural ... Read More: Rating:  - Great production!I'm a fan of Riccardo Muti and this opera production shows him at his best, including smiles of satisfaction, pleasure and amusement throughout. How often do you see that? The overture is simply wonderful and sets this production apart immediately from the other recent Don Pasquale DVD with Alessandro Corbelli. The same notes, but Muti's is better. (I'm not a musician but I know what I like.) Speaking of that other production, if you watch both, you will notice immediately that you are seeing the same sets, costumes and direction. The only differences are the singers, conductors, orchestras and opera houses! I liked this one better. But the very funny Alessandro Corbelli is a terrific Don Pasquale, too--watch him with the pistols ... Read More: Rating: - Oh giubiloThe curtain opens on a study appointed with appropriate masculine elegance, dominated by shelves and cabinets of dark wood; Pasquale mutters to himself as he fusses over the arrangement of his collection of classical sculptures. A little later, he stands in front of an impressively stocked bookcase while blustering at nephew Ernesto, who is slouched/sprawled sideways across a chair -- a physical attitude familiar to anyone who has ever seen (or, indeed, *been*) a teenager. Ernesto is looking at a newspaper and listening to his uncle, but not seeming to be paying much attention to either; he had entered yawning. The reading materials are one useful contrast (the hardbound volumes, which suggest the wisdom of posterity, versus the up-to-the-minute, disposable ... Read More: |
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