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Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
Stars: Ambrogio Maestri, Daniela Pini, Luca Salsi, Romina Tomasoni, Svetla Vassileva.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2813068/
26th Verdi opera, 27th and final major work.
Premiere 1893, La Scala, Milan
(NB: Otello premiered 1887, Aida 1871, Requiem 1874; Verdi was 80 y.o.)
Time: The reign of Henry IV, 1399 to 1413
Place: Windsor, England
Filmed at Teatro Farnese di Parma (capacity 3,000 spectators; where the Requiem was performed)
I like the performers/singing, many costumes are colorful, and the sets are a nice abstraction of Windsor. The opera moved along at a nice brisk clip. I really just don't appreciate the story.
A full 6 chapters in the Great Course (45 min each), each scene is discussed. Apparently this is a culminating work of musical evolution, but that's all lost on me. Also discussed: Verdi's charitable work, which was extensive.
Per the 2012 featurette, without naming the source of world-wide most-performed rankings, this is 6th among Verdi's operas, 24th among all operas. (another source-less list of the top 100; Operabase Statistics).
Rated 7.2 (5); one of the votes is a 4.
Unitel, cond. Battistoni; 7
