Composer(s): Donizetti, Gaetano
Lyricist(s): Bidera, Emanuele
Conductor(s): Cinquegrani, Bruno
Label: Naxos
Genre: Opera DVD
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 2.110616-17
Barcode: 747313561560
Distribution Note(s):
Available Worldwide
Release Date: 04/2011

DONIZETTI, G.: Marino Faliero (1835 edition) (Bergamo Musica Festival, 2008) (NTSC)

Donizetti’s fiftieth opera, Marino Faliero, was first performed in Paris on 12 March 1835 with a cast comprising four of the finest singers of the period before premiering in London a few weeks later. Although these premières were both overshadowed by Bellini’s I Puritani, Marino Faliero subsequently enjoyed a long and successful run of international performances throughout the 19th century before disappearing from the stage until its modern revival in 1966. Set in Venice in 1355, it remains a major work of Italian Romanticism, sentimental, martial, full of conspiratorial adventure and culminating with the execution of the leading rôle.

Gaetano Donizetti
MARINO FALIERO

 

Marino FalieroGiorgo Surian
ElenaRachele Stanisci
FernandoIvan Magri
Israele BertucciLuca Grassi
StenoLuca Dall'Amico
LeoniLeonardo Gramegna
A gondolier / Strozzi – Domenico Menini
Irene – Paola Spissu
Vincenzo – Aleksandar Stefanovski
Beltrame – Giuseppe Di Paola
Pietro – Enrico Marchesini
Marco – Livio Scarpellini
Arrigo – Elvis Fanton
Giovanni – Moya Gonzalo Ezequiel

Bergamo Musica Festival Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Fabio Tartari)
Bruno Cinquegrani, conductor

Marco Spada, stage director
Alessandro Ciammarughi, set and costume designer
Giovanni Pirandello, lighting designer

 

Recorded live at the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Italy, 31 October and 2 November 2008.

 

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM 2.0 / Dolby Surround 5.0 / DTS 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, English
Running time: 152 mins
No. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 5 + DVD 9)