Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco

Not the number one choice, but neither is it without interest. — Music Week, October 2016

Release Date: 1st Apr 2016
Catalogue No: 37676
Label: Dynamic

Jessica Pratt (Giovanna), Jean-François Borras (Carlo VII), Julian Kim (Giacomo), Roberto Cervellera (Delil) & Emanuele Cordaro (Talbot)
Chorus of the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia
Riccardo Frizza

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Director and Sets Fabio Ceresa

Costume Designer Massimo Carlotto

Light Designer Giuseppe Calabrò

Choreographer Luciana Fumarola

Giovanna d’Arco, Verdi’s seventh opera, was premièred at La Scala in Milan on 15th February, 1845. It was written between the composition of I Due Foscari (November 1844) and Alzira (August 1845), a period when Verdi was already enjoying popularity as a recognised heir to Bellini and Donizetti. After the success of Nabucco, which had launched him on the Italian operatic scene, the Venetian triumph of Ernani cemented Verdi’s reputation as a composer of international stature, both at home and abroad.

The composition of Giovanna d’Arco is not clearly documented in Verdi’s letters, but what we do know is that he wrote it in just four months, using a libretto by Temistocle Solera based on Friedrich Schiller’s five-act romantic tragedy Die Jungfrau von Orléans.

Giovanna d’Arco contains a wealth of beautiful music that displays Verdi’s infallible theatrical sense and perfect dramatic timing, both hallmarks of his style.

Subtitles in Italian, English, French, German, Japanese and Korean.

Sung in: Italian

Video Format/ Aspect ratio: NTSC – 16:9

Audio Format: PCM 2.0 - Dolby digital 5.1

Subtitles: Ita, Eng, Fre, Ger, Jap, Kor

Region code: 0 – All regions

Recording date & place: July 2013 – Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy

Duration: 117 min.

Notes: English, Italian

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Music Week October 2016

Not the number one choice, but neither is it without interest.

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