The caption on the DVD sleeve reads “This Is how Verdi should be played!” and I could not agree more. The trio of principals: Ribeiro, Lungu, and Dalla Benetta , offer youthful exhuberance and intensity, good looks and glorious voices. The rest of the cast is equally good. Superb conductor, traditional production, great staging. Anf of course, Verdi’s exquisite music. It has renovated my faith in the totality of the Verdi canon, not only its most performed titles.
Bruno Ribeiro
as Corrado
Andrea Papi
as Giovanni
Luca Salsi
as Seid
Silvia Dalla Benetta
as Gulnara
Gregory Bonfatti
as Selimo
Angelo Villari
as Un eunoco / Un schiavo
Irina Lungu
as Medora
Carlo Montanaro
as Conductor
