Rigoletto: From The Arena Di Verona 2002

Rigoletto: From The Arena Di Verona 2002 DVD VIDEO OPERA performance singing TDK Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: TDK Released: 2002 Media: DVD Rigoletto: From The Arena Di VeronaThis is a superb performance of Rigoletto made at the Arena di Verona. TDK has issued some excellent opera DVDs recently, featuring Eurpean performances, where opera is taken seriously. The digital video and the DTS sound option make the performance very realistic on a big screen TV. Although this is an outdoor performance, on the screen it comes across very well, and there is no sonic compromise, either.Aquiles Machado is a very good Duke; his spinto voice is perfect for the role, and his interpretation has enough con brio to fit the part. Inva Mula does the most she can with the role of Gilda, which is a "look pretty/sing pretty" character. In her opening scene with Rigoletto, she sings in a pure lyric style, but the voice becomes more of a spinto in the second and third acts, with more richness. I