Soloists: Garry Magee, Cellia Costea, Danielle de Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Maite Beaumont
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Directors: Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito
DVD: April 28, 2009
Number of discs: 2
Label: KULTUR VIDEO
ASIN: B001RPZDWW
[Pisaroni's] performance here shows why his Figaro is getting around: he vividly projects the character's inner life, both vocally and theatrically, without any musical distortion.
Il burbero di buon cuore (The Good-Hearted Curmudgeon) is an opera dramma giocoso in two acts by Vicente Martín y Soler. The Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte is based on the French comedy Le bourru bienfaisant by Carlo Goldoni.
Wit and astute theatrical awareness are the hallmarks of this exceptional vision of Mozart's and Da Ponte's famous masterpiece, directed by the duo Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito. Set in a 1960s youth hostel, Così fan tutte is a charmingly original tableau of adolescent inexperience. Ingo Metzmacher and a sparkling ensemble and cast underscore this unique vision of a kaleidoscope of human emotions with commitment and vitality.
