Editorial Product Review: :Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2), and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if ...
Editorial Product Review: :Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2), and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if ...
Editorial Product Review: :Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2), and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if ...
Editorial Product Review: :Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2), and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest.
Editorial Product Review:Description:Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest.
Editorial Product Review:Description:No opera is more romantic than Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani. Three rivals risk everything for a hot-blooded woman, plotting abductions, hatching conspiracies, swearing fatal oaths. This 1983 Metropolitan Opera production brought together a superb cast of singers, well able to take on the challenge of Verdi's searing music. Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Leona Mitchell, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi. Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor: James Levine
Editorial Product Review:Description:'Sherrill Milnes gave a performance of deep feeling and ...grandeur' - The New Yorker. 'The set, costumes and lighting are superb.' - NY Times. Simon Boccanegra, Doge of Genoa, is one of Verdi's most profound characters, a complex man ruled by love of family and devotion to country. The compelling, richly colored music of Simon Boccanegra vividly embodies the tangled personal passions and political rivalries of Renaissance Italy. Conducter: James Levine. Soloists: Sherrill Milnes, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Vasile Moldoveanu, Paul Plishka. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Production, Tito Capabianco. Includes optional English Subtitles.
Editorial Product Review:Description:In this classic production of Tosca, Placido Domingo is joined by dramatically gifted Bulgarian soprano Raina Kabaivanska. The opera's celebrated love triangle is completed by the imposing American baritone Sherrill Milnes. Also includes a rare scene of Domingo's young son, Placido Domingo Jr. in the role of the shepherd boy, Pastore. Beautifully shot on location in Rome by Gianfranco de Bosio, it features the very buildings and interiors specified in Puccini's libretto. A treat for the eye as well as the ear. Raina Kabaivanska: Tosca Plácido Domingo: Mario Cavaradossi Mario Ferrara: Spoletta ...
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