Hamlet: Bregenz Festival (Paolo Carignani) (2016)
2h 25min
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- Synopsis:
This production offers all an Italian-opera-lover could possibly desire wrote the FAZ after the revival of this forgotten gem at the Bregenz Festival. The festival continued its rediscovery series with Amleto/Hamlet, an opera by Verdi contemporaries Franco Faccio and Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeares tragedy Hamlet. Premiered in 1865 in Genoa and restaged in 1871 at Milanos La Scala, Hamlet was only revived in 2014 concertante in the US before its triumphal rebirth (Deutschlandradio Kultur) at the Bregenz Festival, where the opera was also recorded for the first time ever. Faccio, who conducted the first performance of Verdis Aida in Italy and the world premiere of Otello, and Boito, Verdis librettist of Otello and Falstaff, skillfully and effectively challenge the conventions of Italian opera, which they wanted to revitalize by infusing it with the spirit of Shakespeares drama. Anticipating the musical language of later Italian verismo composers, the opera combines lovely musical interludes with superb vocal writing. Heading a supreme cast, Pavel ernoch as Amleto delivers superbly, using his colorful tenor skillfully to develop the transformation of the insecure youngling to the ice-cold avenger (NZZ) and granting the work large scale (Abendzeitung). Under the baton of Paolo Carignani with the Vienna Symphoniker and Prague Philharmonic Choir it carried terrific punch. Olivier Tambosis excellent staging served it well, with a clear focus on the high points. - Studio:
- Select Music And Video Dist Ltd
- Genres:
- Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Italy
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