Product Details

• Actors: Rosemary Joshua, Luca Pisaroni, Pietro Spagnoli, Annette Dasch, Angelika Kirchschlager
• Directors: Jean-Louis Martinoty
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unknown (DTS 5.1), Unknown (PCM Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bel Air Classiques
• DVD Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Run Time: 188 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K2UHY2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,766 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars See it for the Count and Countess!, January 6, 2008

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P. Sutherland (Berea, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (DVD)

I bought this DVD to see Luca Pisaroni (who was so wonderful as Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte) as Figaro and he was very good. But he was upstaged by Pietro Spagnoli as the Count! What a great job Spagnoli did. I've seen him in two Rossini productions and was not really impressed by him before this. Annette Dasch as the Countess was another pleasant surprise. Her singing was wonderful, but the real jolt for me was that I could believe she was actually Rosina from The Barber of Seville! I've seen six or seven Nozze productions and the Countess is always so pathetic. I wonder, "What happened to the lively Rosina and the funny, love-sick Count of Almaviva?" (Of course, I know there are two different composers and librettists!) Perhaps the director deserves the credit for instilling liveliness in these characters.

Rosemary Joshua as Susanna, Angelika Kirchschlager as Cherubino, and Sophie Pondjiclis as Marcellina were excellent. Marcellina and Bartolo looked way too young for their roles, but they performed them well enough.

I agree with other reviewers that the sets were awful, confusing and distracting. They detracted from the production; thus, my four stars instead of five. And, I don't know if it was just my DVD, but the subtitles appeared out of sync with the singing on the first disc. That's annoying.

Apart from the sets, this is a first class production and Mozart lovers will surely enjoy the music, singing and acting! I recommend it.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful production, March 20, 2007

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TATSUHOKO (JAPAN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (DVD)

I remember how exciting this performance was in June 2004. My wife and I went there four times a week. We bought very cheap seats with a half view. The singers were good lookings, especially Susanna (Rosemary Joshua !), Rosina, Contess. If you saw this performance there, I bet you would like to have this DVD. If you are crazy about Figaro, you may want to add this in your collection. Personally I appreciate Bel Air classics greatly. But sometimes in this performance on your television, you may miss Cotrubas, Popp, Kiri Te Kanawa, Janowitz, von Stade... If you want to have one single DVD for Figaro, I would like you to consider about the other choices.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling Figaro, January 17, 2007

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rhun10 (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (DVD)

At long last, Bel Air Classiques has released a DVD of the Jun 2004, Theatre des Champs-Elysees (Paris), Rene Jacobs/Concerto Koln performances of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. Those productions along with the ones in Oct 2001 were a treat to attend and having a DVD of the 2004 event is a dream come true.

Figaro is mostly an orchestra opera, and with Concerto Koln, Mozart and Jacobs have the instrument parfait. Concerto Koln's wind section is sublime. The oboe soli during Dove sono are bewitching. The bassoons are a gift all on their own. The horn section resonant their basso continuo parts and nail their highlighting, for even more musical passion. Meanwhile, the basses and cellos underscore and lift Mozart's work to new heights. Nicolau de Figueiredo's pickup riffs on the pianoforte make delightful appetizers. Jacobs brings this all together with a musicality rarely achieved.

Mora, mora! The man of the match is Il Conte, Pietro Spagnoli. From his entrance just before Cosa sento!, Spagnoli proves there is a singer who can easily hang with the full gusto Concerto Koln. His Act III solo Hai gia vinta (I don't even like that aria) is emotionally charged and sung devastatingly good. Spagnoli's long, alluring climbs near the end of that aria are ooo-la-la! What makes this Il Conte special is his ensemble work. He is there for his mates and leads by example with lovely riffs.