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  DVD : Rossini - Il Viaggio a Reims / Bayo, Bros, Merced, Rasmussen, Tarver, Cantarero, Dara, Cobos, Barcelona Opera


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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0824121000790
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Tdk DVD Video
Manufacturer: Tdk DVD Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Tdk DVD Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 21, 2004
Running Time: 164 minutes
Sales Rank: 105722
Studio: Tdk DVD Video




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Editorial Review:

Description:
Composed for the coronation of Charles X in Rheims Cathedral, this pièce de circonstance was to remain Rossini’s last Italian opera. It contains some of the most inspired and brilliant vocal writing the composer ever produced. Most experts and analysts agree that this is an unconventinal opera, light and ironic, festive and exuberant, with a plot as simple as it is extrvagant, a work full of musical references which almost turn it, very subtly, into a "metaopera," or an "opera about opera." The work features no true dramatic action, only a series of incidents, conversations and discussions involving a group of aristocrats from all over Europe who represent the nations ruled by the monarchies of the Holy Alliance. This opera also features a cast more than three times that of a normal opera buffa and composed exclusively of outstanding virtuosi. Picture Format: 16:9 • Subtitles: GB, D, F, I, ES • Sound Format: LPCM Stere, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A rare and precious gem of an opera
I write this for those who are relatively new to opera, and who read over these reviews for assistance in deciding which one
to try "this month".(budget constraints, you know). I am confident you will delight in this one. I wish they were all so sublimely carried off as this one. It is mentioned in another review that this masterpiece by Rossini was ostensibly meant to be a bon bon, performed for a special occasion of a French Coronation. The French Revolution had taken place many years before, ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Viaggio
Not worth the money, in fact not worth a cent. Viaggio is a beautiful opera, but this version is wrecked by incompetant amateur singers, no costumes, and no scenery.



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Ocasión perdida
En este dvd se recoge una muy interesante producción de esa gran ópera que es 'Il Viaggio a Reims', proveniente del Liceu de Barcelona. Si bien la producción escénica (con piscina en escena incluída) es divertida e ingeniosa, para montar esta ópera hacen falta al menos 14 solistas de primer nivel, algo que aquí no se ha conseguido reunir. Solamente Mariola Cantarero (La Condesa de Folleville), Elena de la Merced (Corinna) y Josep Bros (Belfiore) brindan interpretaciones realmente interesantes. El ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - a very good recording of a rarely-heard gem
I was quite excited when i first heard about a DVD of one of my very favorite Rossini Operas. Il Viaggio is an opera that is seldom perform and that laid dormant for way over a century. How wonderful to hear it here, with excellent singers (though msot not quite known) who give life to an unknown opera by many. Rossini's vivid and florid score is one of his best. There is so much invention here that it makes you wonder what more could have been composed by Rossini if he had continued composing after he retired ... Read More



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Lovely to look at, not to hear
I must respectfully disagree with the previous reviewers in that I found the singing mostly inept. There have been three other telecasts in Europe with better singers; see if you can track them down. Sound is excellent, production is beautiful, conducting very slack and some of the singing quite painful.




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