Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte / music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; directed by David McVicar, Francesca Zambello ; a Royal Opera House production.
Publisher:
Opus Arte,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
5 videodiscs (589 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (67 pages)
Le nozze di Figaro cast: Erwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count Almaviva), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess Almaviva), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino) ; Don Giovanni cast: Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Kyle Ketelsen (Leporello), Eric Halfvarson (Commendatore), Marina Poplavskaya (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Ramón Vargas (Don Ottavio), Miah Persson (Zerlina), Robert Gleadow (Masetto) ; Die Zauberflöte cast: Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Will Hartmann (Tamino), Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro). Includes booklet with program notes and synopses of each work in English, French, and German. Extra features: Le nozze di Figaro (cast gallery, illustrated synopsis, stage directions encoded into the music, mini documentary containing interviews with David McVicar, Antonio Pappao, and principal members of the cast) ; Don Giovanni (illustrated synopsis, cast gallery, Into the Royal Opera House : a backstage tour, Antonio Pappano in conversation with Charles Mackerras, Antonio Pappano in conversation with Francesca Zambello) ; Die Zauberflöte (illustrated synopsis, BBC feature looks behind the scenes at this production, Conductor Colin Davis talks about Die Zauberflöte).
Contents:
Disc 1-2. Le nozze de Figaro (202 min.) -- Disc 3-4. Don Giovanni (202 min.) -- Disc 5. Die Zauberflote (185 min.) -- Guide.
Summary:
A collection of three Royal Opera productions of Mozart's most celebrated operas: Le nozze di Figaro (2006), Don Giovanni (2008), Die Zauberflöte (2003).
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