Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera

Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera
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Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera
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Actor: Dolora Zajick, Eva Marton, Jeffrey Wells, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes
Director: Brian Large
Writer: Salvatore Cammarano
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); Chinese (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); French (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), PCM Stereo; Italian (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), PCM Stereo; English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); English (Unknown); Italian (Original Language), PCM Stereo; Italian (Dubbed), PCM Stereo
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-12-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon

DVD Reviews of Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera

DVD Review: you can do a lot better
Summary: 2 Stars

As a production over all, this was definitely hard to stomach, an odd stage (though nothing too odd) and a dreadfully mismatched cast make it something I would not recommend.

Eva Marton is well past her prime at this point (and why she continues to sing to this day confuses me). As she struts around the stage missing notes, pushing her notes so hard it seems like she's about to cry (or generally explode). Forgetting that there is something called subtlety, she plays a Leonora who can be pitied it's true, but only because she still thinks she can play this role. Admittedly Leonora is hard to cast, but Marton is dismal.

Pavarotti seems off his game, I can't quite put my finger on it but he seems distant, almost like he's forgotten that others are on stage and that there's an audience at all. While all the notes are there his character seems to not be. He was alright, but nothing like what he can be. I'll admit though his "Di quella pira" was wonderful.

I don't know Milnes work particularly well, but opposite Pavarotti he doesn't overshadow him, nor is he overshadowed. It's another average performance I suppose.

The highlight of the show is Dalora Zajick. Absolutely stealing every moment of this show she's in. Had I not seen her perform this well in at least ten other shows I would believe this was the role she was born to play. Truly a master of the art, and alone almost enough to have me recommend this production.

This was my first exposure to Il Trovatore, and it wasn't until I bought the Milo, Domingo, Zajick, Morris CD Verdi: Il Trovatore that I began to see it's true beauty so stained was I to the opera upon having seen this production first.

In the end, an unfair representation of one of Verdi's greatest works. I don't know any other DVDs that are good, (though that's only because of lack of exposure) but the CD I mentioned before is excellent if you are interested in only the music, and I'd recommend that well before this.
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