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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 2 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9786305089193 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 6305089191 Label: Image Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Image Entertainment Release Date: August 26, 1998 Running Time: 168 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1991 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: If his life had not been so tragically short, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) might have become a friend of Mozart. Musically, he is a predecessor. He used the idioms of baroque comic opera (which were much more flexible than the rigid forms of opera seria) to convey emotional depths as well as hilarity. Sometimes he anticipates Mozart's style a half-century later. Most of the time, Lo Frate 'Nnamorato (using a Neapolitan dialect that makes the subtitles doubly welcome) is a delightfully melodious romp through standard opera buffa situations: servants are smarter than their masters, old men scheme to marry young women who find ingenious ways to resist patriarchal pressure, young lovers have silly quarrels. The music is splendid and beautifully performed. There is much virtuoso singing and Ricardo Muti stylishly conducts a small orchestra of period instruments. The visual elements--sets, costumes, and acting--are all excellent. Baroque comic opera has been underrepresented in video recordings, but this outstanding production does a lot to make amends. --Joe McLellan Description: Enter the sparkling world of eighteenth-century commedia musicale! Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's "Lo Frate 'nnamorato" is a jewel of an opera, rediscovered and mounted by Riccardo Muti and the forces of La Scala to universal acclaim. A charming tale of mismatched lovers and rival suitors, the story provides a wealth of arias and ensemble pieces displaying an astonishing variety of melodies! This sumptuous production reflects the superb alliance of musical and artistic talent brought together to make this little-known baroque masterpiece a triumph of the stage. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Buy this opera for the singing aloneThis 3 hour opera purports to be 100% Pergolesi. I wouldn't want to have to swear to that, but certainly the music is quite nice and is baroque with a few classical touches. R. Muti conducts a portion of the La Scala orchestra along with arch lutes, theorbos, and harpsichord. The playing is very good, though the string sound is more what I expect of a more modern period. I won't list all the singers, none of whom I recognize except for the Marcaniello (Alessandro Corbelli). There are 6 almost ... Read More Rating:  - Italian baroque opera treat....lose a star for dvd transferThe sound is excellent, the menu is good, the performance is delightful. I turned up the "sharpness" on my Sony 7000 player to compensate for softness. Fortunately, the lighting is great which helps. I think that the softness is the result of a less than premium conversion from the European video system. Nevertheless this kind of thing must be enormously expensive to produce. We should be thankfull to IMAGE for it. I love the disk. I look forward to some "DDD" (all digital) opera dvds of 1998 ... Read More |
