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Director: Tiziano Mancini
Conductor: Daniele Callegari
Stars: Roberto de Biasio, Michele Pertusi, Cristina Giannelli, Dimitra Theodossiou, Roberto Tagliani.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2651762/
4th Verdi opera.
First performance at the Teatro alla Scala, 1843
Time: 1096 - 1097
Place: Milan, in and around Antioch, and near Jerusalem
Filmed at Teatro Regio di Parma.
The star again is D.Theodossiou. I ran this at least 3 times, and was only compelled to watch when she did a compelling aria about 2/3rds in.
I was distracted by her "father" looking younger than she. They needed to grey his hair. He also looked too similar to her beau, although he had a different voice.
I could not tell you what the story is about, despite watching the introduction a couple of times. Something about the Crusades. I was confused by the pairing of a lovely violin portion with the wounded Crusaders walking home; was that a modern decision, or did that come from Verdi?
From the Great Course: this was well received, solidifying Verdi's status as the new composing star in Milan (La Scala).
Per the 2012 featurette, without naming the source of world-wide most-performed rankings, this is 22nd among Verdi's operas, 415th among all operas. (another source-less list of the top 100; Operabase Statistics) Verdi's only work based on an Italian text.
Unitel, cond. Callegari; 7
