Description
Verdi: Macbeth / Melodramma in four acts / Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE / PIEDMONTE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SCHOOL OF SINGERS SAN GREGORY MAGNO / Conductor: GIUSEPPE SABBATINI Chorus Master: MAURO ROLFI / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 158 mInutes
UPC: 8007144376895
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.39 x 0.67 x 7.6 inches; 2.93 Ounces
- Director : Dario Argento
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Widescreen, NTSC, Classical
- Run time : 2 hours and 38 minutes
- Release date : April 28, 2015
- Actors : Piemonte Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sabbatini
- Subtitles: : English, French, German, Italian, Japanese
- Studio : Dynamic
- ASIN : B00URNXB10
- Number of discs : 1
Double layer disc: this feature may cause a minor pause at the layer changes
MacBeth undoubtedly marked a turning point in Verdi's operatic writing, i. e. , the foregrounding of the characters' introspective, psychological aspects. This DVD/Blu-ray captures the production staged at Novara's Teatro Coccia during the 2013-14 season, with thriller/horror filmmaker Dario Argento tackling opera direction for the first time. One could only expect a direction in line with his films, and from that point of view this MacBeth meets expectations, with the visualization of the opera's bloody, indeed gory scenes matching the dark, brutal character of Shakespeare work.
Giuseppe Verdi (Le Roncole, 1813-Milan, 1901) MACBETH
Melodramma in four acts
Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE
PIEDMONTE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SCHOOL OF SINGERS SAN GREGORY MAGNO
Conductor GIUSEPPE SABBATINI Chorus Master MAURO ROLFI
Director DARIO ARGENTO
Light and Set Designer ANGELO LINZALATA Costume Designer ELENA BIANCHINI
Video Director MARCO SCALFI
Bonus interview with director Dario Argento COCCIA THEATER
Recorded at: Carlo Coccia Theater, Novara
