This is spectacular because it’s not dubbed. They’re actually singing and not lip-syncing. That’s rare for an opera “film”. Watching OPERA SINGERS lip-sync is unendurable. The famous Furtwängler Don Giovanni movie with Siepi and Erna Berger is lip-synced except for all the recits, which were filmed “live.”
I had several lessons with Russell Smyth. A great teacher as well as a great performer and a lovely guy. His Di provenza is fantastic. Here he acts and sings brilliantly with the fantastic gerraint Evans. I hate to say it, but you really don't get anything as good these days. I wonder why? What's gone wrong. Bryn certainly has a good voice, but these two are just pure entertainment. Every detail. Very, very special clip. Well done Russel, love Ashley Bremner! Hope your well.
Devo dire francamente che non ho mai visto questo duetto eseguito in modo più spettacolare!!! Mi entusiasmano anche le imprecisioni di pronuncia, bilanciate, peraltro, da una travolgente recitazione, una splendida regia ed una conduzione travolgente!!!👏👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕
The music reminds me of Rossini and the main character reminds Don Bartolo. This opera is among the supreme tetralogy of opera buffas; Le Nozze di Figaro, The Barber of Seville and Falstaff being the other three.
The performance by Salvatore Baccoloni and Martin Lawrence is the best I have ever heard -both are hugely enjoying it and the pace incredible Available on a Nimbus recording .
I have tried deep and wide to find and purchase a copy of this film, to no avail. I love it, thank you for posting these excerpts to get us to know that this film even exists! Also, your clips are very high quality! Not even the original VHS is available for purchase, there is no DVD, no digital format. How come such an artistic treasure is left to be completely forgotten? If you please know, tell us how to obtain the whole film? If a company holds the rights, why doesn't it publish it, this is preposterous. And if no company holds any rights, can you please upload the whole film, or point to some resources from where one can purchase the film in any format available? Again, thank you!
@@marinathibaud9838 www.operaonvideo.com/don-pasquale-tv-opera-wales-1973-evans-davies-watson/ full opera, though a very bad quality, seems to be a recording from VHS. and a DVD is available I from premier opera: Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5473 here is the catalog, and can be ordered via email or website, which seems to be not working currently. www.premiereoperaintl.com/DVD%20catalog.txt
OMG This is absolutely wonderful!!! The diction from both singers is amazing. The tempo is slightly slower than I have heard before but the quality of singing amazing. Obviously Sir Geraint Evans as Pasquale but who is Malatasta?
