Puccini Gianni Schicchi, Rachmaninov The Miserly Knight : Arden, V.Jurowski / LPO, Corbelli, Leiferkus, etc (2004 Stereo)

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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi: Alessandro Corbelli
Rinuccio: Massimo Giordano
Lauretta: Sally Matthews
Zita: Felicity Palmer
La Ciesca: Marie McLaughlin

Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight
Albert: Richard Berkeley-Steele
Servant: Maxim Mikhailov
Moneylender: Viacheslav Voynarovskiy
The Duke: Albert Schagidullin
The Baron: Sergei Leiferkus
Aerialist: Matilda Leyser

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Stage Director: Annabel Arden
Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, UK, on 11th July 2004.

Plus
Interviews with Alessandro Corbelli, Vladimir Jurowski and Annabel Arden.
Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery.

PICTURE FORMAT: 1080i
LENGTH: 162 Mins
SOUND: 2.0 & 5.1 PCM AUDIO
SUBTITLES: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

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Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden’s whirlwind production of Puccini’s compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love. ( Opus Arte )