Verdi: Aida

Gómez, Miguel Ángel, Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, soliści

DVD OA 0894 D

Verdi ; Aida times new roman, times, serif" Filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Daniela Dessì, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons and Roberto Scandiuzzi lead the cast in the renowned period production filmed in 2003 against the historic paper trompe-l'oeil sets painted between 1936-45 by Josep Mestres Cabanes, the last representative of the old Catalan school of scenography. Mestres Cabanes worked on his Aida vision for eight years. The opulent staging he created in 1945 is here in every detail. The seven magnificent sets he painted for Aida in 1945 have been subtly and painstakingly restored by Jordi Castells and his team - revealing the palaces, temples and surroundings of Memphis and Thebes which the set designer had wanted to evoke in his historical yet also fantasy-like vision. These fascinating sets are not just realistic - but also magical in the theatrical sense. Mestres Cabanes loved the theatre which he had been exploring for over a quarter of a century. His sets are dramatic and visceral, conceived for stage action, conveying the dynamic tensions proper to each part of the work ; intimate, epic, severe, sensual, troubled and tragic. Stefano Palatchi, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Juan Pons, Josep Fado, Ana Nebot Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez Stage Director Jose Antonio Gutierrez class=redText Plus UL LI Scenographer Josep Mestres Cabanes at the Liceu LI Illustrated synopsis LI Cast and Set Galleries /LI /UL CAT NO: OA 0894 DFORMAT: All Formats REGIONS: All Regions PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9 LENGTH: 186 MINS SOUND: DOLBY SURROUND / LPCM STEREO SUBTITLES: FR/DE/ES/NL RELEASED: 01/06/2004 NO OF DISCS: 2

DVD

23.04.2010

809478000945