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Rossini - La Pietra del Paragone / Spinosi, Ensemble Mateus

Language: Italian | Subtitle Languages: English, Italian, Spanish

Genre: Opera

Miracles do happen, it seems. Three weeks after Rossini's La pietra del paragone received its first DVD incarnation on Opus Arte, the French Naïve label released this alternative. Remarkably, both DVDs document excellent, entertaining performances, both are extremely well filmed, both come with generous extras and both are brilliantly packaged. Yet each performance offers a different approach – musically and production-wise – so both are worthy of consideration. Filmed in January 2007 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Pierrick Sorin and Giorgio Barberior Corsetti's production updates the action to the 1950s or 60s. But this is an opera production with a difference. The singers perform in front of a blue background and are filmed by three cameras at the front of the stage while the action is projected onto a giant screen above their heads. Small models (which are also filmed) of interior and exterior settings are wheeled on by men and women dressed in blue skin costumes so that the live action is superimposed on top of these onto the big screen above.

...The young cast is absolutely brilliant. Prime amongst them is tenor José Manuel Zapata in the role of Giocondo. His voice is natural and beautiful, his intonation is mostly secure and his sense of style is impeccable. His aria 'Oh come il fosco impetuoso' is one of the vocal highlights of the performance...Sonia Prina is a splendid comedienne, making La Marchesa Clarice into a feisty character, and her true contralto voice is well suited to the difficult tessitura; Jennifer Holloway (Aspasia) and particularly Laura Giordano (Fulvia) offer strong female support; and François Lis's elegant Asdrubale is the ideal centrepiece of the varied dramatis personae. Joan Martín-Royo's Macrobio, Christian Senn's Pacuvio and Filippo Polinelli are just as superb as the rest. It has to be said that the group singing tends to be stronger than some of the arias; the singers are remarkably well co-ordinated during the tricky ensemble numbers such as the quintet in the second act...Jean-Christophe Spinosi's conducting of the period-instrument Ensemble Matheus is lively and assured...Not to be missed.

Gioacchino Rossini:

La Pietra del Paragone

opera buffa in two acts

Libreto by Luigi Romanelli

Direction, designs and video: Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and Pierrick Sorin

Costumes and collaboration on décor: Cristian Taraborrelli

Performed in the Rossini Foundation/Casa Ricordi edition

rec. live, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 24, 26, 28 January 2007

Synopsis, essays, artist profiles in French and English

Bonus DVD:

interview of Jean-Christophe Spinosi

interview of Pierrick Sorin

video self-portrait of Pierrick Sorin

audio track adapted for partially-sighted people

Content of the book:

Synopsis

A text by Stendhal

Conversations with Jean-Christophe Spinosi and G.B Corsetti

A text by Pierrick Sorin

Biographies…

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Works on This Recording:

1. La pietra del paragone by Gioachino Rossini

Performer: François Lis (Bass), Christian Senn (Bass Baritone), José Manuel Zapata (Tenor),

Sonia Prina (Alto), Jennifer Holloway (Soprano), Laura Giordano (Soprano),

Joan Martín-royo (Baritone), Filippo Polinelli (Bass)

Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Orchestra/Ensemble: Parma Teatro Regio Chorus, Ensemble Matheus

Period: Romantic

Written: 1812; Italy

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