| Old Rococo: The Life Of Gioacchino Rossini | 
| Director: Colin Nears
Actors: Joan Sutherland, Cecilia Bartoli, John Rawnsley, Maria Ewing
Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 68956
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 80 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 4386
UPC: 032031438699
EAN: 0032031438699
ASIN: B001AR4K9O
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
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Product Description
Shot on location in Italy, this fascinating documentary tells the story of the greatest Italian opera composer of his day, author of the most popular of all comic operas, The Barber of Seville, a wealthy, successful, prolific composer, who, at the age of 37, suddenly gave up writing for the stage.
The programme asks why this happened: it explores the myth of Rossini's personality - bon viveur, man of the world, dilettante which he did as much as anyone else to create; it celebrates the music he wrote for the stage, for church, for singers and chamber groups, through film of the places in which he lived and worked, photographs, stage designs, his own voice and those of his contemporaries. It traces his life, set against the backdrop of the historical events taking place in Italy and through extensive performance excerpts from all his best-known operas as well as less famous works.
Voice of Rossini: BRIAN BLESSED
Voice of Stendhal: TIMOTHY BATESON
Featuring:
JOAN SUTHERLAND
CECILIA BARTOLI
JOHN RAWNSLEY
MARIA EWING
DELLA JONES
ALBERTO RINALDI
MAX-RENE COSOTTI
CLAUDIO DESDERI
ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI
KATHLEEN KUHLMANN
Excerpts from:
La Cambiale di Matrimonio
La Scala di Seta
Il Signor Bruschino
Tancredi
L Italiana in Algieri
Elisabetta, Regina d Inghilterra
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Messa di Gloria
La Cenerentola
Overture: La Gazza Ladra
Semiramide
Overture: Il Viaggio a Reims
Guillaume Tell
Stabat Mater
Petite Messe Solennelle
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