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Catalani - La Wally (DVD) | Unitel Edition 806308

Catalani - La Wally (DVD)

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Label: Unitel Edition

Cat No: 806308

Barcode: 0814337017293

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 24th June 2022

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Artists

Izabela Matula
Leonardo Capalbo
Jacques Imbrailo
Ilona Revolskaya
Alastair Miles
Zoltan Nagy
Sofia Vinnik
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Wiener Symphoniker

Conductor

Andres Orozco-Estrada

Works

Catalani, Alfredo

La Wally

Artists

Izabela Matula
Leonardo Capalbo
Jacques Imbrailo
Ilona Revolskaya
Alastair Miles
Zoltan Nagy
Sofia Vinnik
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Wiener Symphoniker

Conductor

Andres Orozco-Estrada

About

Catalani’s masterpiece, first performed in 1892 at La Scala in Milan, is best known for its aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana”. With nuanced harmonies and colourful instrumentation, he pays great attention to the orchestra sound. He chose highly unusual material for his opera: the successful novel Die Geier-Wally by Wilhelmine von Hillern tells the story of a young woman who does not fit any of the gender clichés of the time. Unlike many earlier operatic heroines commanded to marry against their will, Wally does not look for a solution in society, but instead runs away to the mountains. Her husband must be her equal, someone unafraid to face both a bear and her father.

“Izabela Matula - A Wagnerian hell of a woman with a great soprano.” – Kronenzeitung

“Catalani’s highly dramatic music finds an intense advocate in Andrés Orozco-Estrada on the podium of the excellently disposed Wiener Symphoniker.” – Wiener Zeitung

Cast:
- Wally: Izabela Matula
- Giuseppe Hagenbach: Leonardo Capalbo
- Vincenzo Gellner: Jacques Imbrailo
- Walter: Ilona Revolskaya
- Stromminger: Alastair Miles
- Il Pedone: Zoltán Nagy
- Afra: Sofia Vinnik

Staged by Barbora Horáková Joly
Recording date: Theater an der Wien, November 2021
Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Picture: NTSC, 16:9
Subtitles: Italian (original language), German, English, Korean, Japanese
Booklet: English, German, French
Total running time: 135 mins

Reviews

...this seems to be one of only two versions [of La Wally] currently available on DVD or Blu-ray. It’s a welcome release, and a characteristically engaging production from Vienna’s ever-enterprising Theater an der Wien. ... Right from the start, when, ahead of the orchestra’s first entry, we hear a kind of atmospheric, yodelling call to prayer, it’s clear that Barbora Horáková Joly has no truck with representing the Swiss locale in any picturesque way. ... As the character herself thaws, so does Matula’s performance, with the acting catching up with the impressive, powerful singing. ... Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Symphony with plenty of passion and punch... All in all, then, a powerful, intelligent account of this fine verismo work.  Hugo Shirley
Gramophone November 2022

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