Rienzi (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY
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Rienzi (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY
Theâtre du Capitole, Toulouse / Torsten Kerl, Marika Schönberg, Daniela Sindram / Pinchas Steinberg (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 October 2013
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"A simple set keeps the action flowing and the moments of high drama are not shirked...Steinberg's conducting provides...a controlled but vivid reading of this sprawling score...Kerl's tenor remains unflagging throughout, with reserves to make something special of his Act 5 prayer." (OperaNow)
Championing love and personal heroism in the face of ecclesiastical oppression and political chicanery, Wagner's third opera explores characteristic themes with terrific energy which culminates in the eponymous Roman tribune's famous prayer to the gods of his fatherland, followed by a riot which prefigures the young composer's own abortive career as a firebrand and revolutionary. Within the timeless and elegant minimalism of Jorge Lavelli's production, Torsten Kerl brings ringing authority to the title role, supported by the experienced Wagnerian Pinchas Steinberg. Opus Arte's key release for the Wagner BICENTENARY.
Features Torsten Kerl as Rienzi - a role he has won wide acclaim for.
Conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, who draws particularly fine playing from the Capitole's orchestra.
Extra features include: 'Thoughts on Rienzi' and Cast gallery.
Running time: 231 minutes
"Lavelli and conductor Steinberg make much sense of (at least) the personal drama of Wagner's grand Romantic opera...[Kerl, Sindram and Schonberg] pace themselves well; even with the blue pencil this is big singing...I was moved. Good sound, sensible pictures and a well-rehearsed musical result. Buy it" (Gramophone)
"A simple set keeps the action flowing and the moments of high drama are not shirked...Steinberg's conducting provides...a controlled but vivid reading of this sprawling score...Kerl's tenor remains unflagging throughout, with reserves to make something special of his Act 5 prayer." (OperaNow)
