La forza del destino

Verdi La forza del destino opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Directed 2008 by David Poutney at the Wiener Staatsoper. Stars Nina Stemme, Salvatore Licitra, Carlos Álvarez, Alastair Miles, Nadia Krasteva, Tiziano Bracci, Elisabeta Marin, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Roider, and Clemens Unterreiner. Zubin Mehta conducts the Orchester der Weiner Staatsoper and the Chor der Weiner Staatsoper (Chorus Master Thomas Lang). Wiener Stattsballsett choreographed by Beate Vollack. Set and costume design by Richard Hudson; lighting design by Fabrice Kebour; video direction by Karina Fibich; video shot by Momme Hinrichs & Torge Møller; video editing by Gernot Arendt; sound by Gregor Hornacek. Released in 2011, disc has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound.  Grade: Help!

Mike Ashman reviewed this in the March 2012 Gramophone at page 82. He states this is the "best realized of the four current Forza DNDs." He was apparently unaware that this is available in Blu-ray also (the headline notes from the magazine do mention the Blu-ray version). Still if Ashman liked the DVD, he probably would like the Blu-ray even better.

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