Rossini - La Gazzetta / Cinzia Forte, Bruno Pratico, Pietro Spagnoli, Charles Workman, Maurizio Barbacini, Liceu Opera

The Nobel Prize-winning 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's attempts to find a husband for her through an advertisement in the newspaper La Gazzetta. Filmed using high definition cameras with multitrack sound.

"Lively and hilarious...Pulsating pace, Charleston looks and silent movie aesthetics in a series of gags...Fo takes the opportunity to satirise the world of advertising and the hypocrisy of the powerful." (El Pais)

"La Gazzetta by Rossini has been reborn in this production that has the distinctive stamp of Fo, who has been able to handle with strength the Rossinian chaos without neglecting - and here his major virtue - the music." (El Periodico de Catalunya)

"La Gazzetta was a visionary work, and it is still revolutionary in the actual 'age of disinformation'." (Dario Fo)

Production
Company: Gran Teatre del Liceu
Stage Director: Dario Fo

Disc Information
Catalogue Number: OA0953D
Date of Performance: 2005
Running Time: 161 minutes
Sound: DTS Surround; LPCM Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, CA
Label: Opus Arte