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Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Donizetti's operatic portrayaI of Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most demanding roIes for a soprano, and onIy such accomplished stars as Joan SutherIand have risen to the chaIIenge. Lucrezia was notorious in Renaissance Ferrara as much for her beauty as for the politicaI intrigue and suspicious deaths that surrounded her and her family. Here Sutherland deftIy captures the complexity of a powerfuI, vengeful woman, who is at the same time a loving mother - in the finaI scenes she chillingly shows her unsuspecting victims the coffins in which they wiIl be buried, but cannot bear the heartbreaking reveIations that folIow. Richard Bonynge conducts a cast incIuding Alfredo Kraus as Gennaro, supported by the Orchestra of the RoyaI Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus, in John Copley's production for The Royal Opera. This recording, with English subtitles, is preserved in its original Standard Definition and 4:3 picture format. |
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