Verdi - Rigoletto

Buy This Item Verdi - Rigoletto by Tdk DVD Video  Available from Amazon  $21.97  on 11-29-2008     Over all, it's a good version of the famous Verdi's tittle. Among the cast, it shines with his own bright light the argentine tenor Marcelo Álvarez, who gives a real singing lesson in "Farmi veder le lacrime". Inva Mulla, as Gilda, offers a traditional version both in the vocal as in the scenic aspects. Regarding humpbacked Álvarez, he shows us that Rigoletto is a role still to big for him, specially if we keep in mind the Cornell Mc Neil version. López Cobos reads with pulchritude the sublime verdinian score and I think he should highlight some dramatic parts and have more theatrical sense. The staging is simply correct. The DVD's technical aspects are excellent. Reader Reviews I had high hopes for this Rigoletto. First of all, after seeing Inva Mula's excellent Mimi in Madrid's La Boheme, I expected very much. Sad to say, this was not the case, since she doesn't have the vocal agility to cope with the part and just screams her way out of some parts. Second, the production and the direction was not interesting at all. The sets are incredibly boring and the camera work just as bad. Never was I drawn into the opera. Third, the sound was awful. This is one of those productions where the sound "engineers" believe that since the voice is the most important aspect of an opera, why let the music distract from it? And so the orchestra is recorded so low it could well be in an adjacent building instead of the opera house, barely audible, lest it should intrude in the voices. Do they have any idea of how it sound live? They should definitely take a look at the recent Opus Arte productions. It's a shame for Carlos Alvarez Rigoletto is excellent and Marcelo Alvarez Duke is also very good. Still, look elsewhere.

Verdi - Rigoletto Available from Amazon Price: $21.97 Updated on 11-29-2008.

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