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Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (Lamberto Gardelli, Katia Ricciarelli, Jose Carreras) [2006 / 1986]
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Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (Lamberto Gardelli, Katia Ricciarelli, Jose Carreras) [2006 / 1986]
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7,16 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: BCS | Sub: No | 133 min | +3% Recovery
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7,16 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: BCS | Sub: No | 133 min | +3% Recovery
This is my favorite production of Lucia di Lammermoor on DVD. If you're not familiar with the opera, it wouldn't be the best choice because there are no subtitles. Although the picture can be a bit grainy, the all-important sound quality is fine. Jose Carreras, as Edgardo, is the star of this production. His final scene (staged next to Lucia's deathbed) is as powerful as Lucia's Mad Scene. Carreras' voice flows so naturally from him that it can appear effortless. His voice is full but also beautifully delicate and vulnerable. His acting is restrained but expressive; it's never overwrought (as we sometimes see today) no matter how emotional the scene. This is a great opportunity to see the least famous of The Three Tenors in an opera on DVD.
Katia Ricciarelli as Lucia has a beautiful bel canto voice; there's no straining at the top (always a relief for me). Her voice doesn't create the fireworks of a Joan Sutherland, but she uses her singing and acting ability to draw you right into Lucia's tragic circumstance. It's a gripping portrayal. The duets between Carreras and Ricciarelli are electrifying, starting with their desperate-sounding love duet of Act I and ending with their confrontation after Edgardo discovers that Lucia has married Arturo.
As Enrico, Leo Nucci completes the stellar cast. It's a treat to see Nucci as a young performer before he became a major Verdi baritone.
The conductor, Lamberto Gardelli makes the orchestra an integral part of the production, with spirited execution of the opera's ominous preludes and of Donizetti's unsettling choice to subject us to cheerful wedding and then party music in the midst of such a sad sad tale.
If you love Lucia di Lammermoor, you'll love this production.By Toni Bernhard
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Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (Lamberto Gardelli, Katia Ricciarelli, Jose Carreras) [2006 / 1986]
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Performer:
Lucia - Katia Ricciarelli
Edgardo - José Carreras
Enrico - Leo Nucci
Normanno - Ermanno Lorenzi
Raimondo - John Paul Bogart
Alisa - Waltraud Winsauer
Arturo - John Dickie
Chorus of the Wiener Volksoper
Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor - Lamberto Gardelli
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