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"Ricciarelli is a harmonically sensitive Lucia who makes drama out of 'Regnava nel silenzio,' feeling every word. She uses a heavier, more forceful sound in Act II, acts well and interpolates a D-flat at the end of the sextet. Carreras feels the part of Edgardo, is in fresh voice and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Chor der Wiener Volksoper (Singer, Performer), Wiener Symphoniker (Instrumentalist, Performer), Österreichischer Rundfunk
Other Authors: Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 (Librettist), Ricciarelli, Katia (Performer), Carreras, José (Performer), Nucci, Leo (Performer), Lorenzi, Ermanno (Performer), Bogart, John-Paul (Performer), Winsauer, Waltraud (Performer), Dickie, John, 1953- (Performer), Gardelli, Lamberto (Conductor), De Tomasi, Beppe (Director), Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Format: Video
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Sung in Italian.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Bel Canto Society, 1982.
Series:Opera in video
Subjects:
Operas.
Operas
Alexander Street Video.
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"Ricciarelli is a harmonically sensitive Lucia who makes drama out of 'Regnava nel silenzio,' feeling every word. She uses a heavier, more forceful sound in Act II, acts well and interpolates a D-flat at the end of the sextet. Carreras feels the part of Edgardo, is in fresh voice and has a good breath span. He's impassioned in the 'Maledetto' section of Act II and sings the opera's final moments with pathos. Nucci imbues Enrico with great emotional intensity, also a precision of rhythm from which the music benefits. He feels 'Cruda funesta smania' in his guts--and gives a spinal chill. His is the most viscerally satisfying account of the aria I've heard. Both face and voice ooze disdain. In Act II Gardelli opens a duet usually cut for Lucia and Raimondo. It's Bellinian in the beauty of its slow section."
Item Description:Based on: The bride of Lammermoor / Sir Walter Scott.
Title from closing credits.
Program notes and synopsis in English inserted in original container.
Physical Description:1 online resource (video file (133 min.))