La Vedova Scaltra : Gasparon, K.Martin / Teatro la Fenice, Sollied, M.Muraro, etc (2007 Stereo)(2DVD)

ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI: La Vedova Scaltra

Commedia lirica in Three Acts
Filmed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy, 13th & 15th February 2007

Rosaura......Anne-Lise Sollied
Milord Runebif......Maurizio Muraro
Monsieur Le Bleau......Emanuele D’Aguanno
Il Conte di Bosco Nero......Mark Milhofer
Don Alvaro di Castiglia......Riccardo Zanellato
Marionette......Elena Rossi

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Chorus Master: Emanuela Di Pietro
Conductor: Karl Martin

Director: Massimo Gasparon
Video director: Davide Mancini

World Première Recording on DVD

Wolf-Ferrari’s comic opera La vedova scaltra (The Cunning Widow), is among the works he based on plays by Goldoni. It matches closely the conventions of 18th-century opera buffa in its witty if sceptical look at the mechanisms governing the interplay of human relations. Four hopeful suitors vie for the hand of Rosaura, the cunning widow of the title, who disguises herself to meet each wooer, eventually choosing the only one who can demonstrate his sincerity.

Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Surround 5.0
Running Time: 142 mins
NTSC
Region Code: 0