Verdi: Macbeth [Blu-ray]

Well Cast
This was issued before on DVD by TDK in 2007 and reissued on DVD by ARTHAUS MUSIK in 2011. It was compiled from 6 performances given at Parma in October 2006. The blu-ray case has "FILMED IN HIGH DEFINITION", but the picture quality is no better than that of an average DVD from the period.

Nucci gives a superbly nuanced performance vocally, with tremendous urgency and pathos, suave timbre that he paints in different shades, no hint of fatigue, and more dramatic weight than most Macbeths today (it has now become customary to cast voices two sizes too small for the role). His singing is a lesson in style and legato.

Sylvie Valayre as Lady Macbeth has a huge dark voice perfectly suited in timbre to the role. The role requires a lot of qualities, and Valayre's voice checks all the boxes perfectly, with one small exception: the role requires quite a significant degree of agility, and Valayre has about 95% of it. There are 2 bars on "retrocede", right before Vieni,...

Upconverted SD
If the picture is important for you avoid this one, this is not High Definition, it's upconverted standard definition.
I don't know why???



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