Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LA FINTA GIARDINIERA DRAMMA GIOCOSO IN THREE ACTS Libretto by GIUSEPPE PETROSELLINI

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Product Details

• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek
• Director: Jean Jourdheuil
• Stage Design and Costumes: Mark Lammert
• Lighting: Klaus E. Zimmermann
• Dramaturgy: Juliane Votteler
• Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart
• Production Director: Heinz-J. Hilgeman
• Production Manager: Dietrich Mack
• Editor: Harald Letfuss
• Directed for Television and Video by Hans Hulscher
• A Performance by the Staatsoper Stuttgart
• General Director: Klaus Zehelein
• Sound Format: PCM Stereo
• Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, D, F, SP
• Menu Languages: GB, D, F, SP
• Running Time: 139 min
• Picture Format: 16:9
• Region Code: 0 Worldwide
• DVD/NTSC

Overview

La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden-Girl) is a dramma giocoso in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini. The opera was first performed in Munich in 1775, when Mozart was just 19 years old.

The plot revolves around the character of Violante, who disguises herself as a gardener to escape her past and the man who betrayed her. The opera features a complex web of love triangles, mistaken identities, and comic twists.

This production of La Finta Giardiniera was performed at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and features a talented cast of singers and musicians, led by conductor Lothar Zagrosek. The stage design and costumes by Mark Lammert are colorful and whimsical, perfectly complementing the light-hearted nature of the opera.

Product Specifications

• Format: DVD/NTSC
• Sound Format: PCM Stereo
• Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, D, F, SP
• Menu Languages: GB, D, F, SP
• Running Time: 139 min
• Picture Format: 16:9
• Region Code: 0 Worldwide

Cast and Crew

• Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek
• Director: Jean Jourdheuil
• Stage Design and Costumes: Mark Lammert
• Lighting: Klaus E. Zimmermann
• Dramaturgy: Juliane Votteler
• Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart
• Production Director: Heinz-J. Hilgeman
• Production Manager: Dietrich Mack
• Editor: Harald Letfuss
• Directed for Television and Video by Hans Hulscher
• Cast:
  • Don Anchise: Daniel Ohlmann
  • La Marchesa Violante (Sandrina): Alexandra Reinprecht
  • Il Contino Belfiore: Norman Shankle
  • Arminda: Cellia Costea
  • Il Cavaliere Ramiro: Helene Schneiderman
  • Serpetta: Irena Bespalovaite
  • Roberto (Nardo): Rudolf Rosen

Interesting Facts

• La Finta Giardiniera was one of Mozart's earliest operatic works, composed when he was just 19 years old.
• The opera features a complex plot with multiple love triangles and mistaken identities, typical of the dramma giocoso genre.
• The production features colorful and whimsical stage design and costumes by Mark Lammert, perfectly capturing the light-hearted nature of the opera.