Marke: Michael Fabiano
Variante: Blu-ray
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PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN KURZBESCHREIBUNG Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering ‘a superb musical performance’ (The Telegraph) offering ‘lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Enrique Mazzola’ (New York Times). This first-ever professional UK staging of the story of third-century Armenian martyr St Polyeuctus features a ‘trio of world-class young singers’ with Beverly Sills- and Richard Tucker-award-winning Fabiano displaying a ‘thrilling, vibrant tone’ in the title role, Martínez providing Paolina with ‘pinging coloratura’ and Golovatenko giving a ‘radiant-toned’ voice to Severo (The Guardian ★★★★). Press Reviews "Musical standards, under the baton of Enrique Mazzola, were outstanding with tip-top playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra (including a particularly lovely clarinet solo) and a trio of world-class young singers to the fore. The American tenor Michael Fabiano, in the title role, has a thrilling, vibrant tone, fearless in top notes, powerful in the middle and subtly expressive even when, as often with Donizetti, the emotional colours tend towards the downright obvious. Donizetti's rarely seen gem proves a terrific opener to this year's festival " (The Guardian) "[Michael Fabiano] sang with unfailing intensity and bravado, projecting a chesty forcefulness redolent of legendary Italians of yore [...] Ana María Martínez spun some exquisitely floated tone and deliquescent phrasing." (The Daily Telegraph) "Every now and then the world of opera unearths a forgotten masterpiece [...] Poliuto needs at least three world-class singers, and Glyndebourne has them." (WhatsOn Stage) Cast Michael Fabiano (Poliuto) Ana Maria Martinez (Paolina) Igor Golovatenko (Severo) Matthew Rose (Callistene) Timothy Robinson (Felice) Emanuele D'Aguanno (Nearco) London Philharmonic Orchestra; The Glyndebourne Chorus; Enrique Mazzola Stage Director: Mariame Clément Television Director: Francois Roussillon Designer: Julia Hansen Catalogue Number: OABD7201D Date of Performance: 2015 Running Time: 132 minutes Sound: LPCM & DTS 5.1 / LPCM & DTS Master Audio 5.1 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO Label: Opus Arte REZENSION Gaetano Donizetti's three-act tragic opera Poliuto Poliuto has an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Corneille's play Polyeucte about the life of the early Christian martyr Saint Polyeuctus. This has been called Donizetti's most personal opera, and although rarely performed it includes some of the composer's finest music. The opera was written in 1838 for performance at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples later that year. However, King Ferdinand II refused to allow the martyrdom of a Christian saint to be seen on stage and forbade the production. A revised version was produced in 1840 at the Paris Opéra with the title Les martyrs, and it was not performed in Italy until 1848, months after the composer's death. Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering 'a superb musical performance' (The Telegraph) offering 'lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Enrique Mazzola'(New York Times). This first-ever professional UK staging of the story of third-century Armenian martyr St Polyeuctus features Michael Fabiano in the title role, with Ana Maria Martinez, Igor Golovatenko, Matthew Rose, Timothy Robinson and Emanuele D'Aguanno. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra. Extras with this 2015 recording include Passion & Faith: Preparing for a UK premiere, and Love & Oppression: An Interview with Mariame Clément (stage director of this production). --New Classics, Aug'16 Donizetti's score is very fine, clearly pointing the way for Verdi. Gramophone, Sept'16/// Gaetano Donizetti's three-act tragic opera Poliuto Poliuto has an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Corneille's play Polyeucte about the life of the early Christian martyr Saint Polyeuctus. This has been called Donizetti's most personal opera, and although rarely performed it includes some of the composer's finest music. The opera was written in 1838 for performance at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples later that year. However, King Ferdinand II refused to allow the martyrdom of a Christian saint to be seen on stage and forbade the production. A revised version was produced in 1840 at the Paris Opéra with the title Les martyrs, and it was not performed in Italy until 1848, months after the composer's death. Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering a superb musical performance (The Telegraph) offering lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Enrique Mazzola (New York Times). This first-ever professional UK staging of the story of third-century Armenian martyr St Polyeuctus features Michael Fabiano in the title role, with Ana Maria Martinez, Igor Golovatenko, Matthew Rose, Timothy Robinson and Emanuele D Aguanno. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra. Extras with this 2015 recording include Passion & Faith: Preparing for a UK premiere, and Love & Oppression: An Interview with Mariame Clément (stage director of this production). --New Classics, Oct'16 Anyone disputing Donizetti's greatness as a musical dramatist should experience this, because he keeps his eye constantly on the dramatic ball and the result is one of his most impressive scores. Performance ***** Picture & Sound ***** BBC Music Magazine, Oct'16 /// Glyndebourne Festival's production of Donizetti's Poliuto in Mariame Clément's staging comes over rather better on DVD than it did in the theatre where its rather monumental set and somewhat predictable use of video dampened the narrative. Nonetheless it doesn't quite tick all the boxes except on musical grounds. Clément's setting is a contemporary affair set in a Balkan-esque totalitarian state, at war, rather than the original, set in Rome-administered Armenia. The focus on religious martyrdom in an oppressive country has clear modern resonance, though the formulaic nature of this bel canto opera doesn t always chime with modern sets, and some of the action is contrived. Donizetti comes out well though for this is a fine score, full of great arias and ensembles, and Glyndebourne assembled a cast capable of delivering the music extremely well. The title role is sung by Michael Fabiano a superb vocalist. The high-lying role holds no terrors for him, but there s a distinct lack of dynamic subtlety, making the interpretation somewhat wearisome. Dramatically, he characterises well as the Christian convert Poliuto who is eventually executed by the regime led by his wife Paolina s former husband Severo, believed dead, who returns at the head of an invading force. Paolina is beautifully sung and affectingly portrayed by Ana Maria Martinez in a grandiose fashion and with an outstanding voice that possesses a dark timbre to suit the agonies of the character. The DVD is worth having for her contribution alone. Igor Golovatenko sings Severo with burnished and beautiful tone, and is dramatically compelling also. Matthew Rose also stands out as the priest Callistene. The London Philharmonic and Glyndebourne Chorus make important contributions and Enrique Mazzola skilfully keeps the music flowing, relishing its originality and keeping the dramatic temperature up! He's also adept at demonstrating the influence that this and later works by Donizetti had on his successors, especially Verdi. The woodwind and brass sections of the LPO had a good night! The recorded sound is very immediate. As usual with Opus Arte there is an informative booklet and also interesting extras on the DVD including an interview with the director. It is good to have this version of a historically important work for the stage. **** --Classical Source,Dec'16 Mehr
