LoginBoito - Mefistofele / Arena, Ramey, Benackova, San Francisco Opera - Region 1 DVD
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Arrigo Boito's treatment of the Faust legend has never been as popular as Gounod's, but Boito was an imaginative composer and a great librettist (he wrote the words for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff, the two finest librettos in Italian opera). As the title suggests, his Mefistofele puts the spotlight on the diabolical villain of the story at least as much as its hapless hero. It is a role ideally suited to Samuel Ramey, requiring a rich, deep voice, a striking stage presence, and only elementary acting skills. He has taken it to most of the world's great opera houses with spectacular success, and it is good to have it in a first
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Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Release date: 31 July 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780769700243 UPC: 032031002494
Release date: 31 July 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780769700243 UPC: 032031002494
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