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Il barbiere di Siviglia : melodramma buffa in two acts
2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
disc 1. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1 ; bonus, pt. 1 -- disc 2. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 2 ; bonus, pt. 2.
from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; music, Gioacchino Rossini ; edited by Patricia B. Brauner ; libretto, Cesare Sterbini ; after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais' Le barbier de Séville ; produced by Frances Whitaker ; directed for the screen by David Stevens ; directed for the stage by Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier ; a Royal Opera House production.
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Performer: Pietro Spagnoli, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez
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.
Joyce DiDonato (Rosina) ; Juan Diego Flórez (Count Almaviva) ; Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro) ; Alessandro Corbelli (Doctor Bartolo) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Basilio) ; Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra ; Antonio Pappano, conductor.
Recorded live July 2009 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
DVD 9; NTSC, region free; aspect ratio 16:9; LPCM stereo., DTS 5.0 surround sound format.
Sung in Italian; menu and commentaries in English with optional English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles.
Stage directors, Moshe Leisser, Patrice Caurier ; set designs, Christian Fenouillat ; costume designs, Agostino Cavalca ; lighting design, Christophe Forey.