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La Gazza Ladra Melodrama in Two Acts
La Gazza Ladra Melodrama in Two Acts
Genres: Indie & Art House, Musicals & Performing Arts
NR     2008     3hr 21min


     
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Genres: Indie & Art House, Musicals & Performing Arts
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Classical
Studio: Dynamic Italy
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen
DVD Release Date: 05/27/2008
Original Release Date: 01/01/2008
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2008
Release Year: 2008
Run Time: 3hr 21min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
Edition: Classical,Import
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: Italian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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"This is a superb production from Pesaro. It is presented in the highest technical standards of audio and video, which set Dynamic in a class of its own, a notch or two above all competitors.

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The bad news is that the tenor role of Giannetto calls for a type of voice that is extinct. Dmitry Korchak is a great singer, with a sizable voice and easy top, who was received enthusiastically in his Carnegie Hall debut as Donizetti's Dom Sébastien in 2006. Here his voice sounds tiny, strained and frayed at the top - either a bad night or maybe he just is not a Rossini tenor. Short of JD Florez, I would humbly submit that the only Rossini tenors who can do the role some measure of justice are Robert McPherson and Lawrence Brownlee, in that order - it's high time that Robert McPherson, a superb bel canto tenor and the greatest Nozzari tenor of our time, was invited to Pesaro. The other singers are fine to good - this cast will rarely be matched.

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This genre of opera semi-seria is long extinct and very difficult to bring off. Michieletto manages the comic and sentimental aspects as well as the tragic ones - some scenes here are intensely dark and very touching, almost disturbing - while keeping a believable dramatic and esthetic balance.

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La Gazza Ladra steals show.
Charles C. Coffee | 03/05/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Excellent production. The sparse scenery, essentially large, movable plastic pipes, added nothing, but at least was not a distraction. The very athletic young woman who mimed the magpie stole the show."