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Bellini: La Somnambula [DVD] [2004]

DVD ~ Eva Mei

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Actors: Eva Mei, Jose Bros, Giacomo Prestia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chor, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orch
Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: TDK
DVD Release Date: 31 Oct 2005
Run Time: 138 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B000AYJCRS
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 54,482 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A performance of the Bellini opera recorded in 2004 at the Teatro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Daniel Oren conducts.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Edwardian Bellini, 30 Oct 2009

By	Leonard Cope "Leonard" (Birmingham) - See all my reviews

La Sonnambula has a simple plot and a short running time of about 2 hours so it makes a refreshing change from the convoluted plotting and extended running times of some bel canto operas. With its one theme plot, it is a bit like a disease of the week TVM. Amina is betrothed to Elvino but she is discovered in Count Rodolfo's bedroom at the local inn. Elvino breaks off the engagement but the Count reveals that Amina is a somnambulist, waving a medical textbook to prove his point. When Elvino witnesses Amina's sleepwalking all is forgiven and they live happily ever after.

Director Federico Tiezzi sets most of the action on the lawn of a vaguely Edwardian country house. This makes it difficult to work out who the different characters are and also makes nonsense of the plot. Amina falls asleep not in a bedroom but on a sofa in the middle of a cornfield. Not very incriminating really. Still the important thing is Bellini's glorious music, particularly the soprano showcase role of Amina. Eva Mei handles this fiendishly difficult role with some accomplishment although she does not quite dispel the memory of say, Anna Netrebko or Natalie Dessay during the sleepwalking scene. Bass Giacomo Prestia is a sonorous Count and Soprano Gemma Bertagnolli impresses as the innkeeper Lisa. Tenor Jose Bros sounds a little strangulated as Elvino.

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