The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD release. Recorded in 2005 under the musical direction of Maurizio Barbacini, Fo's production brings fresh vitality and colour to the story of Lisetta, and of her father Don Pomponio's increasingly ridiculous attempts to find a husband for her through an advertisement in the newspaper LA GAZZETTA. Filmed using high definition cameras with multitrack sound.
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

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Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and persona...

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A 12-year-old boy tries everything to join a music lovers club.

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Based on a revolutionary play supposedly written by the Eternal President of the Democratic People's...

The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.