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Rossini - Torvaldo e Dorliska

starring: Michele Pertusi, Darina Takova, Francesco Meli, Bruno Pratico, Jeannette Fischer
directed by: Mario Martone

Release Date October 30, 2007
The tiny jewel-box opera house of Pesaro, Rossini's hometown, holds only a few hundred people. A proscenium walkway surrounds the orchestra pit, and characters often wander onto it to sing their arias. There are two ornate boxes exactly adjacent to the main stage, in effect behind the orchestra, where patrons sit within arm-length of the divas. Look carefully at the boxes on the left side of the stage and you'll catch a few glimpses of me, enjoying the musical intimacy by chance on the evening of this filming. Characters also wander down into the aisles around the audience, so many of the film-nighters have the trophy remembrance of seeing themselves when they play this disk. The intimacy is not insignificant; director Mario Martone has taken ... Read More:

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Nasty Love ( L' Amore molesto ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Great Britain ]

directed by: Mario Martone

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The tiny jewel-box opera house of Pesaro, Rossini's hometown, holds only a few hundred people. A proscenium walkway surrounds the orchestra pit, and characters often wander onto it to sing their arias. There are two ornate boxes exactly adjacent to the main stage, in effect behind the orchestra, where patrons sit within arm-length of the divas. Look carefully at the boxes on the left side of the stage and you'll catch a few glimpses of me, enjoying the musical intimacy by chance on the evening of this filming. Characters also wander down into the aisles around the audience, so many of the film-nighters have the trophy remembrance of seeing themselves when they play this disk. The intimacy is not insignificant; director Mario Martone has taken ... Read More: