Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte [1998]
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Almost perfect
 Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte [1998]
Starring: Edita Gruberova , Delores Ziegler , Teresa Stratas , Ferruccio Furlanetto , and Luis Lima
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Manufacturer: Universal Music Operations
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ASIN: B000E5KOJS
Release Date: 2006-04-10
Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte [1998]

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Almost perfect.......2006-05-08

I am no fan of studio-shot 'films' of operas. There is no substitute for the sound of the singers' feet on the boards, the muffled shifting of scenery in the background, the interaction (good or bad) with the audience which a live stage production provides. I approached this DVD warily, therefore, although the cast was too mouth watering to pass it up altogether.

I was wonderfully surprised. It is by far the best studio opera I have yet seen, thanks in great part to the brilliant (and sadly mourned) influence of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directing what was to be his final work.

It is thanks, also, to a wonderful cast of singers, whom we now know as veterans, but then in their prime (the film was shot in 1988). Edita Gruberova (Fiordiligi) pulls out all the stops and gives us a bravura performance - the coloratura rationed, and all the better for it. Delores Ziegler is a superlative Dorabella, Ferruccio Furlanetto (Guglielmo) vibrates in his 'young buck' persona (as opposed to the rotund Leporellos of the modern era) and Paolo Montarsolo is a fine Don Alfonso both musically and in appearance and presence. Yet even above these, the great Teresa Stratas reminds us with a captivating Despina just what a force she was.

There is really no weak link, but if one has to find something to criticise then Luis Lima as Ferrando is perhaps not quite as polished vocally nor as comfortable an actor as the rest, but this is marginal.

The whole thing looks utterly gorgeous, with even the 'outdoor' scenes (which can be absurd) pleasing to the eye.

This is a production for male chauvinist pigs (the 18th was a century for them, I fear). Visually Ziegler and Gruberova are fashioned into personifications of femininity; floating, wide-eyed creatures of pastels, flounces, and massed blonde curls. I found myself fancying both of them something rotten (not really a good thing - it interferes with the art).

There is one small bone of contention: the rather odd idea to have Dorabella appear to see through the disguise of Guglielmo well before the finale. This is, frankly, confusing, and is perhaps best overlooked as a foible.

Included is a fascinating half-hour documentary showing Ponnelle in the heat of direction, rounding off an excellent and highly recommended three hours entertainment.

This review refers to the Region Code 0 DVD.

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      Manufacturer: Universal Music Group
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      Release Date: 2006-04-11
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        Manufacturer: Naxos Records
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        ASIN: 6310000691
        Release Date: 2006-02-21
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