Verdi: Il trovatore - DVD

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Verdi: Il trovatore (OA0974D) (2006)<br /> <br /> Carl Tanner (Manrico); Iano Tamar (Leonora); Željko Lučić (Il Conte di Luna); Marianne Cornetti (Azucena); Moscow Chamber Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Rösner<br /> <br /> A gigantic blood-red monster, made of steel and flames, floating on the still waters of Lake Constance – this is Robert Carsen’s unconventional vision of the setting of Verdi’s masterpiece Il Trovatore for the 60th anniversary of the Bregenz Festival. <br /> <br /> The High Definition live recording of this most spectacular outdoor production combines astonishing images, relevant reflections on today’s world and superb musical expression from the soloists and the world-renowned Wiener Symphoniker Orchestra, inspired by musical director Thomas Rösner.<br /> <br /> "It is nothing short of staggering to see how Carsen, using only light and shade, manages to create new spaces again and again within this dreadful labyrinth of steel. Fabio Luisi conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra as though in a beguiling dream. Every single instrumental ornament, no matter how small, is clearly audible on the evening air. The ensemble, freed from the obligation to produce great volume in sound, can now concentrate entirely on beauty of tone and expression." (Stuttgarter Zeitung)