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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) -- Vienna/Chailly [DVD]

Angela Denning (Actor), Daphne Evangelatos (Actor), Claus Viller (Director) | Rated: Exempt | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Angela Denning, Daphne Evangelatos, Walter Berry, Ann Murray, Francisco Araiza
  • Directors: Claus Viller
  • Writers: Charles Perrault, Jacopo Ferretti
  • Format: Classical, PAL
  • Language: Castillian
  • Subtitles: German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Arthaus Musik
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Sep 2001
  • Run Time: 162 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00005NTJB
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 221,255 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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La Cenerentola is one of the few operas to have an important subtitle, "The Triumph of Virtue". This Salzburg production makes a point of its being a moral tale rather than a mere fairy tale like the version reflexively sung by Angelina in her "Cavatina": the defeat and forgiveness of the stepsisters and their greedy father is a settling of moral accounts. The production is also tremendous fun--partly because of gimmicks like the mechanical coach and horses that arrives on stage in the high wind of the Act Two storm--but mostly because of the endlessly energetic pulse of Riccardo Chailly's conducting of the Vienna Philharmonic. Anne Murray is an ideal Angelina, equally good at the heroine's witty intelligence and at the complexity of her emotional situation--loyal to the family that mistreats her. Francisco Araiza is an attractive Don Ramirez; the byplay between him and his servant Dandini (Gino Quilico)--in the duet "Zitto, zitto. Piano, piano", for example is for once genuinely amusing. Parts like Don Magnifico were the late Walter Berry's stock-in-trade--his occasionally menacing portrayal is far richer and more interesting than a mere buffoon.

On the DVD: As usual with Arthaus Musik, an excellent production and performance is left to sink or swim without any detailed production notes either on the disc or in the leaflet. The sound is standard PCM stereo and the picture ratio 4:3. There are instructions in French, German, English and Spanish and subtitles in all of those languages plus Italian. --Roz Kaveney

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DVD Pal/Regions 2+5 W/Vienna Po/Wolfgang Schone
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5.0 out of 5 stars The strong class consciousness adds zing & cohesion to both stage action and the musical unities. 9 Jan 2013
By Ronald Haak
Format:DVD
Having seen the DiDonato and von Stade DVD productions too, I have no hesitation in proclaiming this my runaway favorite for four reasons: (1) The stage production is saturated with ancien regime consciousness, beginning right at the start when Don Magnifico makes his first appearance. The daughters treat him with respect and as an authority to be deferred to --- a reigning paterfamilias. This sets the tone for the opera and signals that status and social class distinctions are in everyone's blood and are of the utmost importance. This is consistent throughout the production and gives a vital reality to all the snobberies and nose-in-the-air disdain of the two sisters in their treatment of Cinderella and their horror when the "valet" (the disguised prince) is proposed as a consolation prize to the loser. In the other two productions, the father is mainly regarded as a schemer who just happens to be older. Much is lost when the supreme importance of the breaking of the class barrier so emphasized by Chailly is reduced in the other productions to just getting rich and having servants to order around, which is a very different thing. (2) The stage direction attains the rare heights of a remarkably expressive spatial placement of the six characters that weaves their voices, emotions and gestures into a true aesthetic ensemble, with all six on camera at the same time and reacting to each other, rather than the camera flitting back and forth between broken up clusters who are keeping their separate spaces. What emerges is a true unity where the musical and emotional totality is immensely more than the sum of its parts.... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars No Fairy Godmother Here 27 Aug 2001
By Richard Alexanian - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
This is the story of Cinderella with a different twist. A Step father vs a Stepmother. Don Magnifico played by Walter Berry and his two warring daughters/siblings Clorinda And Tisbe. A pair of bracelets rather than glass slippers. Finally, the Prince's tutor, Alidoro, posing as a beggar to whom Cinderella gives bread. Alidoro will become Ciderella's angel and advocate. No Fairy Godmother here. Dandini, the counterfeit Prince played by Gino Quilico is a pure delight, pulling of the deception in brilliant fashion. Francisco Araiza as the real Prince whom I have seen in other Opera's is of magnificent tenor voice along with superb acting. Ann Murray as Cinderella is incomparable, wow what a performance, convincing, heartfelt and purley delightfull in every respect. The themes of forgiveness and respect hit home. Certainly a Five Star rating at Amazon.Com, but a 10 out 10 for performance, visual scenery and the Vienna Philharmonic. Some of my favorite scenes were the Wine Cellar, the Coach ride and Dandi's interplay with Don Magnifico's daughters and much much more. Totally delightfull. A must for any collection. Sound Quality A1 Picture Qaulity- Clean and crisp
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5.0 out of 5 stars Overall enchantment and performance. 26 July 2001
By Mrs. Sunar Tjahjono - Published on Amazon.com
We are amazed that this delightful opera, although containing so much similarity to the tunes and music in The Barber of Seville, is not as wellknown and popular. We appreciate that the Vienna State Opera undertake to perform this opera, so that we can enjoy the enchanting music and the sparkling Belcanto which is Rossini's identity, sung and performed with such excellence and brilliancy by all the singers. Especially tenor Francisco Araiza, which I have seen in different operas, shows in here all his excellence by acting and singing so magnificent and beautifully, accomplishing the character he plays as The Prince. In overall this opera, although not as wellknown as The Barber of Sevilla, is not less enchanting and so delightful which give us so much enjoyment from the beginning to the end, particularly as it is performed with such excellence and beautiful singing and backed by such splendid scenery and colorful background.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A whole new perspective on Cinderella! 13 July 2000
By Heather Tiemens - Published on Amazon.com
Wow! This is one fantastic production of La Cenerentola! The orchestra starts out with Rossini's finest overture, and the opera only rises in brilliance to the final, spectacular scene. The male lead is extremely good, and of course Cinderella is incomparable. There is some very amusing interplay between the prince and his valet, who have switched places, and a dazzling sextet when Cinderella and the prince finally find each other. The music is absolutely flawless. The stage settings leave a little to be desired, but who cares with this kind of singing? You should absolutely get this!
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