Product Details

• Actors: Alessandro Corbelli, Sergei Leiferkus, Marie McLaughlin, Felicity Palmer, Sally Matthews
• Directors: Francesca Kemp, Ann Abel Arden
• Format: Classical, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Italian (Stereo), Russian (Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC / Opus Arte
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Run Time: 162 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001BSH198
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,645 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #78 in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Performing Arts

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a real operatic bargain, November 8, 2008

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John Chandler (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gianni Schicchi [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Gianni Schicchi and the Dark Knight are at first sight an unlikely couple but the booklet explains why they have been linked. Schicchi is now a very popular black comedy but the knight's tale is really grim. The music however is pure Rachmaninov and well worth repeat listening. Both operas are very well staged and the Opus Arte presentation is excellent apart from the cover art. One would hardly know the Miserly Knight was included! This is silly as what appears to be a one opera disc is so much more attractive when one discovers it combines the previous two DVD release in a superb blu ray disc. Get it! A wonderful Christmas disc to match the joy of Schicchi, with the Knight more in tune with current economic times!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Hidden Treasure, July 14, 2011

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Satish Kamath (India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gianni Schicchi [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Yes dear Friends... there is a real treasure hidden within this Blu Ray disc. Not Gianni Schicchi.. That was good, ... However, I am referring to the 'other' opera within this disc, one that has been given such a step-motherly treatment by the producers of this BD, that it would make Cinderella's stepmother look inadequate in terms of ill-treatment.

I did not know this was included when I ordered for Gianni Schicci. Just look at the Amazon page and the cover of the BD. The fact of the Rachmaninoff 'Miserly Knight' being included in this BD is written in such a small print that it could be mistaken for the 'small-print' in a dubious insurance policy document. I did not notice it. At that time, there was no other review either on the page, pointing this out. I think they treated this inclusion like the Miserly Knight wanting to guard his treasure from others even after his death....

For those who enjoy Operas of Wagner, Debussy, Janacek and their ilk, the Miserly Knight, although it lasts for just around 70 minutes, is a thoroughly enjoyable fare. In fact, it is just wonderful. The singers, the directors and of course Jurowsky have made it into a fabulous production. The Music that Rachmaninoff composed for this is just out of this world...even out of his world... There are no great arias (in fact none), no hum-able tunes that pop out or for that matter, no 'action' either. The work seduces you in its entirety just by the dominance of the Orchestral portion with all the treatment Rachmaninoff is famous for. The singers have difficult parts that blend so well with the drama and the music, and is an 'All-Male' affair...

I would suggest you buy this disc for the Rachmaninoff rather than Schicchi, which you may already possess in another production.

Not that the Schicci is in any way performed inadequately. In fact, it is one of the best Schicchi's that I have seen, with Allessandro Corbelli in the title role along with absolutely all the others doing a fabulous job of it.

This disc was worth every penny I paid, and I do hope one is as pleasantly surprised by the Rachmaninoff as I have been.
BUY IT...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful surprise package of 2 Glyndebourne operas, August 25, 2009

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Mr. John A. Coulson "Tassie Devil" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This disc is a surprise Glyndebourne package. First surprise is the delightful comic headline opera "Gianni Schicchi" and the second is a second Rachmaninov opera "The Miserly Knight", both operas only being around an hour long.
I am unfamiliar with either so it was a pleasant acquaintance with a clever plot in the Puccini opera highlighting human greed and clever manipulation of fortuitous events. The Russian opera, with an all male cast of fine singers had some particularly fine singing by Albert Schagidullin in the role of the miserly Duke.
Video and audio quality was up to the top Blu Ray standards with a good balance of voices and orchestra. Recommended