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Verdi - La Forza del Destino (DVD) | Arthaus 107325

Verdi - La Forza del Destino (DVD)

Label: Arthaus

Cat No: 107325

Barcode: 0807280732597

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 25th February 2013

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Contents

Artists

Violeta Urmana
Carlo Guelfi
Marcello Giordani
Julia Gertseva
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Bruno de Simone
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Conductor

Zubin Mehta

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

La forza del destino

Artists

Violeta Urmana
Carlo Guelfi
Marcello Giordani
Julia Gertseva
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Bruno de Simone
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Conductor

Zubin Mehta

About

La forza del destino (The Force of Fate), premiered in St Petersburg 1862, is one of Verdi’s most important opera compositions. Its plot is complicated and combines a sequence of interlaced unfortunate strokes of fate. Donna Leonora is the centre of events, together with her brother Don Carlo di Vargas and her lover Don Alvaro.

The story was originally set in 18th century Spain, however the French director Nicolas Joël established the action in a slightly later period, in the time of the Empire, the early 19th century.

The 2007 performance at the beautiful Maggio Musicale theatre in Florence, conducted by Zubin Mehta, who is a frequent guest artist there, stars Violeta Urmana as Donna Leonora with Carlo Guelfi and Marcello Giordani as Don Carlo and Don Alvaro.

The singing and playing are fantastic, and the production is faithful and unobtrusive. [...] To my mind this set now leads the field and takes its place as one of the great Verdi productions [...] A real classic.” - MusicWeb International

Cast:
- Donna Leonora: Violeta Urmana
- Don Carlo di Vargas: Carlo Guelfi
- Don Alvaro: Marcello Giordani
- Preziosilla: Julia Gertseva
- Padre Guardiano: Roberto Scandiuzzi
- Fra Melitone: Bruno De Simone

Stage Director: Nicolas Joël

Live recording from the Teatro Comunale, Firenze, 2007

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9, 1080i FULL HD
Format: 2 x DVD 9 / NTSC
Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, DE, FR, ES
Running Time: 180 mins
FSK: 0
Region Code: 0
Worldwide available, excluding Japan

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