Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci - BLU-RAY

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2016 product/publication from BBC / Opus Arte

Violeta Urmana, Vincenzo La Scola, Dragana Jugvic, Viorica Cortez, and Marco di Felice star in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, and Vladimir Galouzine, Maria Bayo, Garlo Guelfi, Antonio Gandia, and Angel Odena star in Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci in this 2007 Teatro Real performance of the new Giancarlo del Monaco production conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos.

Mascagni's first and most successful work has become an opera classic as it features elements of the Greek tragedy, mixing up religious and archaic elements. It's a story of love, passion, jealousy and restored honor in bloodshed. Directors Di Gangi and Giacomazzi set this traditional Cavalleria in a Sicilian village of the 1940s where the buildings are rather bare and the piazza is the stage for private as well as public drama. Conductor Valerio Galli is at the head of the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, one of the best in Italy. Good performance reviews for the whole cast. InchThe star of the show is Angelo Villari, who plays an impeccable Turiddu. Thanks to his warm and fiery voice, the Italian tenor adds credibility to a complex character, torn between passion and sensitivity... Soprano Alexia Voulgaridou portrays a perfect, melancholic Santuzza. She possesses an excellent vocal instrument and her voice is lyrical, dramatic and emotionally engaging... Marina Ogii is a Lola imbued with charm and sensuality, with a warm and cleverly projected voice... Elena Zilio is a well-centered and engaging Mamma Lucia, with a magnetic stage presence and an incredible expressive talent... Lorenzo Fratini is at the head of the chorus which provides excellent and powerful contributions to the performance. Inch (connessiallopera. It)