The opera La campana sommersa (‘The Sunken Bell’) is Respighi’s operatic masterpiece. A symbolist drama on a supernatural theme, it is steeped in beauty, mystery and foreboding, and orchestrated with the Romantic opulence familiar from his sumptuous trilogy of Roman tone-poems. Its triumph at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1928 was repeated at La Scala, Milan, and this most recent production at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, world-renowned for its staging of rarities, was hailed for its ‘brilliant production’ and magnificent performances.

Stage director: Pier Francesco Maestrini

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, English, French,German, Japanese, Korean
Total running time: 140 minutes