Part of an epoch-making release of Mozart's complete operas on DVD, here is the 18-year old composer's first mature opera buffa. Hilarity mingles with passionate emotions when belfiore believes he has killed his lover in a fit of jealousy, but then encounters her disguised as gardener sandrina. Famed filmmaker Doris Dorie directs a superb young cast in this tale of love, hate and intrigue across class barriers, all vividly depicted by Mozart's astonishingly rich and varied music.
John Graham-Hall
as Don Anchise
Alexandra Reinprecht
as Violante Onesti
John Mark Ainsley
as Contino Belfiore
Véronique Gens
as Arminda
Ruxandra Donose
as Cavalier Ramiro
Adriana Kučerová
as Serpetta
Markus Werba
as Roberto
Ivor Bolton
as Conductor
