Product Details

• Actors: Real Giguere, Bruson, Dunn, Chailly
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Italian
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Run Time: 127 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E1ZBJ0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,271 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Verdi - Giovanna d'Arco / Susan Dunn, Vincenzo La Scola, Renato Bruson, Pietro Spagnoli, Riccardo Chailly, Bologna Opera" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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GIOVANNA D'ARCO:TEATRO COMUNALE DI BO - DVD Movie

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good singing, April 11, 2006

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figaro "jacoba" (Eugene, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verdi - Giovanna d'Arco / Susan Dunn, Vincenzo La Scola, Renato Bruson, Pietro Spagnoli, Riccardo Chailly, Bologna Opera (DVD)

This opera doesn't have a lot of action but it does have great tunes - one after another, and this makes a nice audio recording to listen to over and over. Susan Dunn is an exceptional soprano with a beautiful, powerful, flexible voice - what more could one ask for? Vincenzo La Scola is a good silvery-toned tenor with reliable high notes. Bruson's singing is touching as always. Dunn and La Scola are more of your 'stand and deliver'-type singers - not great actors, so with the lack of action in the opera, I do not give the video a full five stars.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good performance of a rarely heard opera, March 9, 2006

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This review is from: Verdi - Giovanna d'Arco / Susan Dunn, Vincenzo La Scola, Renato Bruson, Pietro Spagnoli, Riccardo Chailly, Bologna Opera (DVD)

Although Giovanna d'arco is not one of Verdi's best operas, it is very enjoyable, especially for opera lovers who want to go beyond the standard operas we hear all the time. This was very well performed and recorded. My only real complaint is that it did not have a synopsis of the opera. For a little known opera such as this, a synopsis would be very helpful for following the story.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vivid if Germanic 'Giovanna d'Arco' from Bologna., June 23, 2005

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Gerard Fagan (Dublin Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Giovanna D'Arco [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Teatro Communale presents a well sung 'Giovanna d'Arco' ably conducted by Riccardo Chailly. Susan Dunn sings sytringly in the title part ably seconded by Vincenzo La Scola who sings mellifluously as Carlo. Renato Bruson as Giacomo Giovanna's father easily carries home the gold medal for his singing and acting. Herzog's production is very germanic in style so that scenically the opera seems more wagnerian than verdian. Please can this production be issued on DVD a.s.a.p.