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Donizetti - L’Elisir d’Amore | Dynamic 33577

Donizetti - L’Elisir d’Amore

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Label: Dynamic

Cat No: 33577

Barcode: 8007144335779

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 27th October 2008

Contents

Artists

Silvia Dalla Benetta
Raul Hernandez
Damiano Salerno
Alex Esposito
Elena Borin
Orchestra and Chorus of the Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti
Flute Ensemble of the Istituto Musicale Gaetano Donizetti

Conductor

Alessandro de Marchi

Works

Donizetti, Gaetano

L'elisir d'amore

Artists

Silvia Dalla Benetta
Raul Hernandez
Damiano Salerno
Alex Esposito
Elena Borin
Orchestra and Chorus of the Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti
Flute Ensemble of the Istituto Musicale Gaetano Donizetti

Conductor

Alessandro de Marchi

About

This new Dynamic opera, L'elisir d’amore, was performed in Donizetti’s native city of Bergamo, during the most important world festival dedicated to the Italian composer. The opera is set in a rural environment and the action takes place in a country farm. It is a brilliant comedy with many points of contact with semi-serious operas. The choice of this subject must have been strongly influenced by the successes of Vincenzo Bellini’s 'La Sonnambula'.

The opera is performed by a talented cast. Dulcamara is interpreted by young and talented bass Alex Esposito, who makes his debut here in the theatre of his native city. In 2006 he was awarded the Abbiati Prize as best opera singer of the season. Dulcamara steals the show thanks to Esposito’s dynamism and charismatic interpretation, adding to the opera a touch of freshness and modernity.

Conductor De Marchi used the original performance as his inspiration, altering the dynamics, highlighting aspects that are usually neglected and accompanying the recitatives with the cello or double bass rather than the piano or harpsichord, enhancing the theatrical aspect of the text.

The music is folksy and the melodic writing frank and straightforward with a broad variety of passages of high technical content and more elegiac in character; such is the case of the most famous piece in the whole opera, the aria 'Una furtiva lagrima', which is also the leitmotiv of the soundtrack of the 2005 film Match Point.

Bergamo, Italy, Teatro Donizetti, second edition of the Bergamo Music Festival, October 12th-14th, 2007.

Cast:
- Silvia Dalla Benetta (Adina)
- Raùl Hernández (Nemorino)
- Damiano Salerno (Belcore)
- Alex Esposito (Il Dottor Dulcamara)
- Elena Borin (Giannetta),

Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: DD 5.1 / LPCM 2.0
Subtitles: I / E / G / F
Menu Languages: I / E / G / F
NTSC
Running Time: 132 mins
Region Code: 0

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