Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri

DG: 0734261

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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri

Awards:

Gramophone Magazine

DVD of the Month - July 2007

Label:

DG

Catalogue No:

0734261

Discs:

1

Release date:

19th Feb 2007

Barcode:

0044007342619

Medium:

DVD Video

Format:

NTSC

Region:

all
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri

Staged and Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle


Marilyn Horne (Isabella), Paolo Montarsolo (Mustafa), Douglas Ahlstedt (Lindoro), Allan Monk (Taddeo)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine

From the Metropolitan Opera in January 1986

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Gramophone Magazine

July 2007

“…the staging is, for the most part, imaginative and stylish, even at times rather beautiful. …Marilyn Horne's… glowing enjoyment is a great life-enhancer throughout, and her voice, if a little less full-bodied than of old on top, is still rich, flexible and utterly individual. Levine conducts with good-humoured firmness, and the orchestra play as though Rossini is their number-one composer.”

BBC Music Magazine

May 2007

****

“Sparkily conducted by James Levine, Ponnelle's 1986 Met production goes for broad comedy rather than subtlety, but Marilyn Horne knows exactly how to sing Isabella, and receives strong buffo support from Paolo Montarsolo.”

Penguin Guide

2011 edition

“Horne is the great star focus...She is predictably brilliant in the coloratura passages, with her commanding presence not getting in the way of a sense of fun...The production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle is brightly attractive, and the direction is at the service of the performance. Levine conducts with characteristic energy.”

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