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Title: Donizetti: La Favorite (Toulouse 2014)
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 1
Actors: Kate Aldrich, Yijie Shi, Ludovic Tézier, Giovanni Furlanetto, Marie-Bénédicte Souquet
Director: Vincent Boussard, Gaetano Donizetti, Antonello Allemandi
Audio Language: French
Runtime: 3 Stunden und 4 Minuten
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Studio: Opus Arte (Naxos Deutschland GmbH)
Subtitle Language: English, French, German, Japanisch, Korean
Description: PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN
PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNG


Press Reviews



"Donizetti's French masterpiece was in the hands of Italian conductor Antonello Allemandi. This maestro, a bel canto specialist, captured the fire and intensity of the passions from the get-go, making the overture a superbly eloquent transition to a musical world based on beautiful lines and colors that elaborate distress and make it compellingly elegant. Allemandi demonstrated a full authority over the stage for the musically complex scenes, and in the arias and duets he demonstrated his confidence in the artistry of distraught singers by establishing ample tempos to support their soaring vocal lines while he concentrated on pulling every possible nuance from the pit players. It was a splendid afternoon of beautifully staged bel canto transformed into great music." (Opera Today)

Cast
Kate Aldrich (Léonor de Guzman)
Yijie Shi (Fernand)
Ludovic Tézier (Alphonse XI, roi de Castille)
Giovanni Furlanetto (Balthazar)
Alain Gabriel (Don Gaspar)
Marie-Bénédicte Souquet (Inès)
Dongjin Ahn (A lord)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse; Antonello Allemandi

Stage Director: Vincent Boussard
Designer: Vincent Lemaire

Catalogue Number: OA1166D
Date of Performance: 2014
Running Time: 184 minutes
Sound: Dolby stereo/DTS Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN/DE/FR/JP/KO
Label: Opus Arte



REZENSION
An important opera well worth getting to know. --Gramophone,June'15

So strong are the lead performances that I got wholly involved in the action. Performance **** Picture &Sound **** --BBC Music Magazine, August'15

A finely controlled musical performance --Opera, Aug'15

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