Cecilia Gasdia Movies
- 2004
Cecelia Gasdia, Mstislav Rastropovic, Renato Bruson and Pietro Ballo lead a rousing Christmas celebration at the Basilica di St. Maria in Rome in the Christmas From Rome musical program. With the help of the Cappella Giulia St. Peter Choir, this performance features such classic works by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
- 2000
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The Italian composer Emilio de' Cavalieri penned La Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo (Representation of the Body) in February 1600, inadvertently creating history's first oratorio. In recent years, a manuscript surfaced, authored by de' Cavalieri and dated September 1600 -- in which the composer lists out specific instructions for a performance of the work. The home-video release La Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo offers a live record of a performance tailored to de' Cavalieri's notes -- held in Rome, Italy, in the Basilica San Paolo Fuori Le Mura. Soprano Cecilia Gasdia, baritone Furio Zanasi, Roberto Staccioli, Massimo Rossetti, Stefano Cucci, and Lucilla Tomino perform alongside the Roma Barocca Ensemble and the Symphonic Opera Choir of Rome, as directed by Lorenzo Tozzi. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Featuring opera legends Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, this production includes selections from La Boheme, Carmen, La Traviata, Madam Butterfly, The Barber of Seville, and Turandot, among others. Noted sopranos Raina Kabaivanska and Janet Baker also make appearances, as well as Cecilia Gasdia, Nicola Martinucci, Eva Marton, and Neil Shicoff.
~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- 1983
Franco Zefferelli directs the Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini's Turandot in this live on-stage recording fromPolygram. Starring legendary performers Placido Domingo, James Levine, and Eva Marton, this opera is presented in the original Italian with English subtitles. Turandot tells the story of a princess in Peking who has pledged to marry the man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who can not answer correctly meet with bloody consequences. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
