Description
Vinci: La Partenope 2 DVD Set / DRAMA FOR MUSIC IN THREE ACTS / Recorded at: Auditorio V. Villegas / VIDEO DIRECTOR: MARCO SCALFI / CONDUCTOR: ANTONIO FLORIO / DIRECTOR: GUSTAVO TAMBASCIO / BOOKLET BY SILVIO STAMPIGLIA / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 168 Minutes
UPC: 8007144336868
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.48 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 4 Ounces
- Director : Gustavo Tambascio, Marco Scalfi
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, Color, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 48 minutes
- Release date : February 26, 2013
- Actors : Sonia Prina, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Maria Ercolano, Stefano Ferrari, Antonio Florio
- Subtitles: : French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Korean
- Producers : Auditorio V. Villegas Murcia
- Studio : Dynamic
- Writers : Leonardo Vinci, Silvio Stampiglia
- Number of discs : 2
Double layer disc: this feature may cause a minor pause at the layer changes.
This world premiere on DVD features a superb performance presented by Antonio Florio and the cast of true Baroque Specialists such as Pino de Vittorio (en travestu). Some very comic Intermezzi has been added (as was customary in 18th century).
Maria Grazia Schiavo, Maria Ercolano, Charles do Santos, Leonardo Vinci, Giiuseppe De Vittorio, Antonio Florio, Gustavo Tambascio, Borja Quiza, Sonia Prina, Silvio Stampiglia, Stefano Ferrari, Eufemia Tufano, Auditorio V. Villegas Murcia, Marco Scalfi, I Turchini di Antonio Florio
Parthenope "with the maiden face" was one of the three sirens defeated by Ulysses, whose body washed ashore in the spot where Naples was founded. Or was she the Greek princess of this libretto, who founded a city that took her name and successfully defended it against the neighbouring Cumaeans? Set to music by a number of composers such as Caldara, Hasse, Sarro, Handel, and Vivaldi - the myth of Parthenope was very popular and known in as many as sixteen different versions. Neapolitans, even today, call themselves "partenopei", "children of Parthenope". A rich and colourful production, entrusted to world-renowned specialists of the Baroque repertoire and with the added value of some very comic intermezzi, as was customary in 18th-century music theatre.
