REGIONS: All Regions PICTURE FORMAT: 1080i LENGTH: 155 Mins SOUND: 2.0 & 5.1 PCM SUBTITLES: ENGLISH/FRENCH/GERMAN/SPANISH/ITALIAN/CATALAN NO OF DISCS: 1
The Nobel Prize-winning writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD release. Recorded in 2005 under the musical direction of Maurizio Barbacini, Fo's production brings fresh vitality and colour to the story of Lisetta, and of her father's attempts to find a husband for her through an advertisement in the newspaper La Gazzetta.
Lisetta: Cinzia Forte Don Pomponio: Bruno Praticò Filippo: Pietro Spagnoli Alberto: Charles Workman Madame La Rose: Agata Bienkowska Doralice: Marisa Martins Monsù Traversen: Simón Orfila Anselmo: Marc Canturri
Orchestra Academy of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Intermezzo Choir Musical Director: Maurizio Barbacini Stage Director: Dario Fo.
Recorded live at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, on 1st and 3rd July 2005. Plus Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery. Interview with Dario Fo. Reviews ‘…ironic and sensual, friendly but with a light taste of satire, La Gazzetta by Rossini has been reborn in this production that has the distinctive stamp of Fo, who has been able to handle with strength the Rossinian chaos without neglecting - and here his major virtue - the music.’ El Periodico de Catalunya
