DVD : Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0824121002046
Format: Digital Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: TDK
Manufacturer: TDK
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: TDK
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Running Time: 148 minutes
Studio: TDK
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Sales Rank: 81360
MPN: OPITAL

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- L'italiana in Algeri
For a load of fun this opera takes the cake. It is high camp, and very well acted as well as sung, by the end of the opera i was left bemused .
The 3 main characters cast a shadow of doubt on my mind , did Isabella (sung by Jennifer Larmore) have a fetish for leather or plastic (her costume gave me that impression) or was she just a merry hooker.
Lindoro,(sung by Bruce Ford) was he the boy friend or the pimp as well as being the favourite slave of Mustafa
And was Mustafa (sung ... Read More

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- Amusing and generally well Sung Italian Girl
This was my second Italiana, the first being the performance from Germany with Doris Soffel. The production (originating in Zurich) is stylish, conventional and effective. Vocally the only flaw is the Mustafa, a singer more at home with Alberich. In the performance under consideration that is hardly the case with the wonderful Simone Alaimo. Jennifer Larimore is a glamorous Isabella, vocally agile, witty and quite delightful. Bruce Ford is an experienced Rossinian, looks good and act well, but ... Read More

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