Donizetti Heroines: Complete Collector's Box Set | Opera Masterpieces for Music Lovers & Collectors | Perfect for Gifts & Home Entertainment
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This release is entitled Donizetti Heroines because many of the composer's operas are named after their female protagonists. Even in the few cases where they aren't, they give musical portrayals of unforgettable female characters, tragic and passionate figures, often innocent victims of the infernal gears of power and therefore destined to a hapless fate. Between 1818 and 1843 Gaetano Donizetti composed some seventy operas, many of which became very popular in his day. His first success came in 1830 with Anna Bolena and from that moment he rivaled Bellini as the 'leading operatic composer in Italy', churning out works with the constant rhythm of a typical 18th-century composer. Some of Donizetti's best works rank among the masterpieces of 19th-century opera. A few of them have remained in the repertoire worldwide since their debut, while others were to be revived only from the second half of the 1900s, in the wake of what has rightly been called the 'Donizetti Renaissance'. Today operatic audiences are radically different from those of two hundred years ago and during the 2018/19 season Donizetti was placed fifth in the list of the world's most represented composers. We believe that the credit for this goes to his splendid heroines and their great interpreters who, yesterday and today, brought them alive on stage and continue to do so. This collectors' release offers a selection of nine operas featuring some of the most iconic and unforgettable Donizetti characters, performed by outstanding singers such as Mariella Devia, Jessica Pratt, Carmela Remigio, Patrizia Ciofi and Sonia Ganassi.
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This box set comes in a thin cardboard box that is 7 3/8" X 5 1/2" X 2 1/2". The box contains a multi-disc case of thin profile holders. The case holds 13 DVDs. The box also contains a 24 page booklet. All the productions are available individually on Amazon.THE PRODUCTIONS ARE:ANNA BOLENA (2006) 4.0 starsOpera 1, DVD 1 & 2Dimitra Theodossiou is Anna Bolena. Riccardo Zanellato is Enrico VIII. Gian Luca Pasolini is Lord Riccardo Percy. Sofia Soloviy is Giovanna Seymour. Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts the Orchestra del Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti.Singing is excellent. Acting is mostly excellent. The scenery is mostly minimal. There are always bleachers at the back of the stage, usually populated by chorus members. Costumes are excellent.More information and customer reviews are here:ANNA BOLENAPIA DE' TOLOMEI (2005) 3.8 starsOpera 2, DVD 3 & 4Patrizia Ciofi is Pia. Dario Schmunck is Ghino degli Armieri. Andrew Schroeder is Nello della Pietra. Laura Polverelli is Rodrigo. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venzia.Singing is excellent. Acting ranges from very good to excellent. Scenery is nearly nonexistent. Sometimes banners with writing appear, which are just distractions. The inexpensive looking costumes are period, sort of.More information and customer reviews are here:PIA DE' TOLOMEILUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (2006) 4.2 starsOpera 3, DVD 5Désirée Rancatore is Lucia. Roberto De Biasio is Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood. Luca Grassi is Lord Enrico Ashton. Enrico Giuseppe Iori is Raimondo Bidebent. Antonino Fogliani conducts the Orchestra del Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti.The singing is excellent. Acting is very good to excellent. This production has a little more scenery than is usual for Bergamo. Costumes are excellent.More information and customer reviews are here:LUCIA DI LAMMERMOORIL CASTELLO DI KENILWORTH (2018) 4.0 starsOpera 4, DVD 6Jessica Pratt is Elisabetta. Carmela Remigio is Amelia. Xabier Anduaga is Leicester. Sefan Pop is Warney. Riccardo Frizza conducts the Orchestra Donizetti Opera.The singing is truly excellent. Acting is not so excellent. Not much scenery. Costumes support the story.More information and customer reviews are here:IL CASTELLO DI KENILWORTHMARIA STUARDA (2001) 4.2 starsOpera 5, DVD 7Caemela Remigio is Maria Stuarda. Sonia Ganassi is Elisabetta. Joseph Calleja is Leicester. Riccardo Zanellato is Talbot. Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts the Orchestra Stabile di Bergamo "Gaetano Donizetti".Excellent singing and acting. The sparse scenery is not adequate. Costumes are excellent. The video quality is not very good.More information and customer reviews are here:MARIA STUARDALA FAVORITE (2018) 4.2 starsOpera 6, DVD 8 & 9Veronica Simeoni is Léonor de Guzman. Celso Albelo is Fernand. Mattia Olivieri is Alphonse XI. Ugo Guagliardo is Balthazar. Fabio Luisi conducts the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.Excellent singing by principals and chorus. Not much acting. Very basic scenery. Costumes are an inexpensive version of period.More information and customer reviews are here:LA FAVORITEIL PIGMALIONE (2017) 3.9 starsOpera 7, DVD 10Antonino Siragusa is Pigmalione. Aya Wakizono is Galatea. Gianlica Capuano conducts the Orchestra dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala.This 34 minute opera was Donizetti's first. Siragusa is the main performer. He gives his all as a singer and actor but appears to be past his prime. The inexpensive set is modern."Il Pigmalione" is issued on DVD along with Giovanni Simone Mayr's opera "Che originali!".More information and customer reviews are here:IL PIGMALIONEROBERTO DEVEREUX (2016) 4.5 starsOpera 8, DVD 11Mariella Devia is Elisabetta I. Mansoo Kim is Duca di Nottingham. Sonia Ganassi is Sara, duchessa di Nottingham. Stefan Pop is Roberto Devereux. Francesco Lazillotta conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice.Excellent singing and acting. The eye catching scenery and costumes are a little distracting, but do support the story.More information and customer reviews are here:ROBERTO DEVEREUXROSMONDA D'INGHILTERRA (2016) 4.2 starsOpera 9, DVD 12 & 13Jessica Pratt is Rosmunda. Eva Mei is Leonora. Dario Schmunck is Enrico. Nicola Ulivieri is Clifford. Sebastiano Rolli conducts the Orchestra Donizetti Opera.Excellent singing, especially from Pratt. Costumes are bizarre. There is almost no scenery except moveable walls.More information and customer reviews are here:ROSMONDA D'INGHILTERRA
