Verdi - Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Zeljko Lucic, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala)
Verdi - Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Željko Lučić, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala) [2013]
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Pan&Scan | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) Italiano (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.61 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese, Korean | 136 min | +3% Recovery
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Pan&Scan | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) Italiano (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.61 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese, Korean | 136 min | +3% Recovery
"Piotr Beczala was a perfect duke, singing with style and the smiling assurance of a guy who knows he looks good in a dinner jacket." (Bloomberg.com)
"Piotr Beczala as the Duke was a breezy, sleazy leader of the Rat Pack, a Frank Sinatra-type lurching from bender to hookup. His arias were winning and convincing."(Washington Times)
[Piotr Beczala is] one of today's most exciting young singers…Tall, trim and handsome, with a Hollywood smile, he also emits some of the most beautiful sounds to be heard on the current opera stage." (Opera News)
One of the greatest tenors in the world, Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdi's Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera.
Zeljko Lucic sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigolettos daughter Gilda. This DVD release appears in the Verdi year 2013, as music lovers around the world celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italy's beloved composer.
Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi's towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence.
Verdi - Rigoletto (Michele Mariotti, Zeljko Lucic, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala)
Performer:
The Duke – Piotr Beczala
Rigoletto – Željko Lučić
Gilda – Diana Damrau
Sparafucile – Štefan Kocán
Maddalena – Oksana Volkova
Giovanna – Maria Zifchak
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Conductor – Michele Mariotti
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