Wolf-Ferrari’s comic opera La vedova scaltra (The Cunning Widow), is among the works he based on plays by Goldoni. It matches closely the conventions of 18th-century opera buffa in its witty if sceptical look at the mechanisms governing the interplay of human relations. Four hopeful suitors, English, French, Spanish and Italian, vie for the hand of Rosaura, the cunning widow of the title, who disguises herself to meet each wooer, eventually choosing the only one who can demonstrate his sincerity. This production, filmed live at the Teatro La Fenice in February 2007 in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Goldoni in Venice in 1707, is the first to appear on DVD.
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Stars: Anne-Lise Sollied, Maurizio Muraro, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Mark Milhofer, Riccardo Zanellato, Elena Rossi
Crew: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (Original Music Composer), Massimo Gasparon (Stage Director), Karl Martin (Conductor), Mario Ghisalberti (Opera), Carlo Goldoni (Original Story)
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Runtime: 142 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 15, 2007
IMDb: 10
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