Torroba: Luisa Fernanda - BluRay

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Torroba: Luisa Fernanda (OABD7023D) (2006)<br /> <br /> Plácido Domingo (Vidal Hernando); Nancy Herrera (Luisa Fernanda); José Bros (Javier Moreno); Mariola Cantarero (Duchess Carolina); Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real; Jesús López Cobos<br /> <br /> Plácido Domingo heads an internationally renowned<br /> cast in Emilio Sagi's stylish new production for Madrid's<br /> Teatro Real of Moreno Torroba's enduring Zarzuela,<br /> whose story itself is set in the Spanish capital. Jesus<br /> Lopez Cobos conducts the Chorus & Orchestra of the<br /> Teatro Real.<br /> <br /> "The production at the Teatro Real in Madrid was a top-of-the-range version...Vidal is a peach of a role for Domingo:<br /> his voice easily commands its baritone range and he dominates the action, convincingly heroic in voice and figure and still able to project a greying virility in the style of Sean Connery. Nancy Herrara as Luisa and Jose Bros as Javier gave fine support." (The Independent)<br /> <br /> "Emilio Sagi's elegant, minimal and warm-hearted staging gives it a full-scale operatic stylishness that is captured vividly for disc..." (BBC Music Magazine)