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DVD
release 31 05 2004
G.
Puccini
La
fanciulla del West
Minnie:
Mara Zampieri
Dick
Johnson: Placido Domingo
Jack
Rance: Juan Pons
Lorin
Maazel
Directed
by Luca Ronconi
Milano:
Teatro alla Scala
Mara
Zampieri is rivetting from first appearance until her
departure from California to who knows where, totally
different from her extraordinary assumption of the chilling
Lady Macbeth in the admired Sinopoli/Ronconi DVD on
Arthaus Musik. A dramatic soprano who gets right inside
her roles. She has a still authority and presence here
with a voice which stamps her as a great artist; all
are in good voice and we found ourselves playing it
straight through, not our invariable practice at home
- another fine night at the opera. Very strongly recommended.
Peter
Grahame Woolf
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