“SINGERS IN THEIR WONDERFUL PRIME”
It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime Verdian Baritone that he was at that time; Nicolai Ghiaurov proves again that he was one of the greatest "Verdi Basses"; Mirella Freni shows that there was more to her than just being Mimi and Susannah-in fact I can remember reading that at the time of the premiere of this production that there were fist fights (not unusual in La Scala's gallery) between Mirella's many fans--between those fans that just wanting her to continue singing the light lyric repertoire that they were use to her singing and those that felt she should and could sing the lyric-spinto repertoire which, of course, she proved that,indeed, she could (She's still singing more than twenty years later). This performance captures some of the best Verdi singers of the time doing dear ole wonderful Giuseppi proud.
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Plácido Domingo
Ernani
Known for
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
The Book of Life
Mirella Freni
Elvira
Also in
The Marriage of Figaro
Falstaff
Renato Bruson
Don Carlo
Also in
Nabucco
Giovanna d'Arco
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva
Also in
Aida
La Boheme
Riccardo Muti
Self - Conductor
Also in
Don Giovanni
Resurrection
Orchestra della Scala
Self - Orchestra
Also in
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
Aida
Luca Ronconi Director · Preben Montel Director Francesco Maria Piave Writer
First release July 28, 1982 · Produced in Italy
Production
Kultur Video
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · July 28, 1982
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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