Soloists: Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Christoph Eschenbach
Director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Conductor: Tiziano Mancini
DVD/Blu-Ray (July 31, 2015)
Number of discs: 1
Label: EuroArts
ASIN: B00XZKQBJQ
Luca Pisaroni’s Guglielmo is strongly sung and there’s throughout a sense that he’s not comfortable with Don Alfonso’s game or life in general. He has a touch of dangerousness that’s very appealing.
The first D minor chords thunder ominously from the orchestra pit, while on the stage, the entrance hall of an elegant hotel appears, symbolic of a place of non-committal encounters. An ensemble of exquisite vocal talent accompanies the high aesthetic intrigue of the productions masterful parody of our everything is possible time, brought to fruition by director Sven-Eric Bechtolf.
Dan Ettinger conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this performance of Mozart's comic opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in August 2015. Adam Plachetka performs as Figaro alongside Martina Janková as Susanna, Anett Fritsch as Contessa Almaviva and Luca Pisaroni as Conte Almaviva.
