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DVD : Donizetti - Roberto DevereuxIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Giuseppe Sabbatini, Ildiko Komlosi, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Roberto Servile, Alessandro Corbelli  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9786305871118 Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 6305871116 Label: Image Entertainment Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Image Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 27, 2000 Running Time: 136 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1998 Sales Rank: 90379 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: A lyric tragedy in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. Roberto Devereux was composed in the summer of 1837, the year, according to biographers, in which Donizetti seems to have suffered most, having lost his third son and his adored wife Virginia Vasselli. The opera made its debut at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples on October 28th in the same year and was a great success. The rehearsals of the original performance were postponed for a month due to censorship of the decapitation scene of the leading actor. 1.85:1 - Color - Italian - 5.1 Dolby Digital - Sub: English Average Rating:
 Rating: - Roberto ExcellenceI now have two Roberto Devereux's on DVD, one with Beverley Sills & this one with Alexandrina Pendatchanska. I raved about the Sills recording; but having seen this one, I am gob-smacked. I thought Sills could act! You haven't seen anything till you see Pendatchanska's Elizabetta. It is so life-like, it's scary. To be perfectly honest, I had never heard of this woman until now. I did not know what I was getting, as I did not know any of the cast, so I was apprehensive when I first played this ... Read More Rating: - Could not there be more stars?Amazing! Couldn't imagine modern operatic production could reach such high level. Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley are well-known historical characters, but Donizetti's opera is less well-known. With the swerve of Elizabethan mania these days over Helen Mirren's performances for the two Queen Elizabeths, one cannot help but recall this almost 10-year old opera recording. Too much praise is due to Sabbatini and Pendachanska's singing. I note that some viewers here call her an ... Read More Rating:  - Great production, cast, despite vocal problems of PendatchanskaIn terms of production splendor, this one is indeed, spectacular. The most sumptuous sets and costumes are to be found on this Image Entertainment release of Roberto Devereux, which originates from the San Carlo Theater in Naples (there's no performance date listed anywhere on the box or even in the program; the packaging lists a 1998 copyright). Here, the stage and performers are decked out in dazzling Elizabethan splendor, not a detail or expense spared: ... Read More Rating: - When 2 is more than enough to make 5My 5-star review is based on the two leads in this production. While the rest of the cast was adequate, these two lifted it to a high plane of achievement. Of course, the other star-performer, Donizetti, gets his accolades as ever for his rich and irresistable melodies. The singing by Pendatchanska and Sabatini was beyond praise. Both rose to an occasion that I am thrilled to have had captured (since I wasn't in Naples that night). I cannot understand how one human can sing the queen without ... Read More Rating: - Why isn't Pendatchanska at the Met????It's all been said in the raves above. Pendatchanska is thrilling. If you have the luck to be in NY in April, she will be at NYCO in ERMIONE. Browse for similar items by category:
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