NEW ON NAXOS | JULY 2019


NEW ON NAXOS | JULY 2019


Piero Pretti and Carmela Remigio Alfredo CASELLA (1883–1947)


La donna serpente (‘The Snake Woman’)


Libretto by Cesare Vico Lodovici after Carlo Gozzi Carmela Remigio, Erika Grimaldi and Francesca Sassu, Sopranos Anna Maria Chiuri, Mezzo-soprano Piero Pretti and Francesco Marsiglia, Tenors Marco Filippo Romano and Roberto de Candia, Baritones Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio Torino Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Arturo Cirillo, Stage Director


Alfredo Casella was one of the ‘Generation of the eighties’ who sought to shake Italian music from its long-standing operatic heritage and the dominance of Puccini. La donna serpente was Casella’s only full-scale opera, its fantastic plot based on Carlo Gozzi’s renowned fairy tale that perpetually alternates between tragedy and comedy, expressed in neo-Classical music that skillfully portrays the sinister and ethereal world of the fairies as well as the intense emotions of the human realm. This production was acclaimed for Arturo Cirillo’s dreamlike setting and Gianandrea Noseda’s pin-point conducting: ‘What energy, what precision! … he delivers the complexity of this score with a disconcerting ease.’ (resmusica.com)


ALSO AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY VIDEO: NBD0096V


Picture format: HD 16:9 Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS-HD 5.1


Language: Italian


Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Japanese, Korean


Region code: A, B, C No. of disc/s: 1 (BD 50)


BUY NOW! 2.110631 Picture format: NTSC 16:9


Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS 5.1 Language: Italian


Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Japanese, Korean


Region code: 0 (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 1 (DVD 9)


Key Features:


● Alfredo Cassella’s opera La donna serpente is rarely performed and recorded, with only one other DVD release available. This was an earlier version of director Arturo Cirillo’s vision of this work and, recorded outdoors in a festival atmosphere, now looks more like a stop-gap in advance of this new, superbly recorded 2016 production conducted by Casella specialist Gianandrea Noseda, now very much to be regarded as the leading choice on DVD.


● Gianandrea Noseda is one of the world’s most sought-after conductors, equally recognized for his artistry in both the concert hall and opera house. He has conducted the most important orchestras and at leading opera houses and festivals. From 2007 to 2018, Noseda served as Music Director of Italy’s Teatro Regio Torino where he ushered in a transformative era for the company matched with international acclaim for its productions, tours, recordings, and film projects.


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● This 2016 Turin production was acclaimed in the press. A review from ResMusica.com admired ‘the impressive investment of Gianandrea Noseda who brings the orchestra of the Teatro Regio to a delirium of sound and rhythm. What energy, what precision! The eye, the ear, the body, the gesture, the whole being of the Italian leader is in constant motion. Nothing escapes his eyes. He delivers the complexity of this score with a disconcerting ease. The rhythmic orchestra, slams, explodes, shines, taking in its wake the chorus (always excellent) of the Teatro Regio… Among the main roles, we note the very good performance of the Italian tenor Piero Pretti (Altidòr) who combines power and perfect diction with beautiful legatos to give his role a dramatic weight... By his side, the soprano Carmela Remigio (Miranda) offers a voice that is always soft and charming... Always impressive, the voice of Erika Grimaldi (Armilla) shines with a thousand lights with a power such that it overflies its highs the choir and the orchestra together… And not to forget the strong impression left by the imposing voice of Francesca Sassu (Farzana).’


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