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The barber of Seville : Il barbiere di Siviglia : melodramma buffa in two acts /

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Figaro, the title character, is a matchmaker and man about town as well as a barber. He devises a way to get Rosina to marry Almaviva instead of her guardian, to whom she is already engaged. Taken from performances in July 2009 at London's Royal Opera House, this DVD sees Joyce DiDonato perform...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Royal Opera House (London, England) (Producer, Performer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus (Performer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra (Performer), Virgin Classics (Firm)
Other Authors: Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831 (Librettist), Pappano, Antonio, 1959- (Conductor), Brauner, Patricia, Whitaker, Frances (Producer), Stevens, David (Director), DiDonato, Joyce (Performer), Flórez, Juan Diego, 1973- (Performer), Spagnoli, Pietro (Performer), Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Italian
Language Notes:Sung in Italian; menu and commentaries in English with optional English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles.
Published: [England] : Virgin Classics, [2010]
Series:Opera on DVD
Subjects:
Operas.
Figaro (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Dating services > Spain > Seville > Drama.
Filmed operas.
Televised operas.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Description
Summary:Figaro, the title character, is a matchmaker and man about town as well as a barber. He devises a way to get Rosina to marry Almaviva instead of her guardian, to whom she is already engaged. Taken from performances in July 2009 at London's Royal Opera House, this DVD sees Joyce DiDonato perform her role in a wheelchair after she broke her fibula during an earlier show.
Item Description:Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Performer: Pietro Spagnoli, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez
Release date: Apr. 20, 2010.
Edition published by Bärenreiter, performed by arrangement with Faber Music Ltd, London.
Special features (25 min. of disc 1 and 29 min. of disc 2) include interviews of Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Antonio Pappano, Moshe Leiser, and Patrice Caurier.
Program notes in English inserted in container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD 9; NTSC, region free; aspect ratio 16:9; LPCM stereo., DTS 5.0 surround sound format.
Production Credits:Stage directors, Moshe Leisser, Patrice Caurier ; set designs, Christian Fenouillat ; costume designs, Agostino Cavalca ; lighting design, Christophe Forey.