Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco

[Vittoria Yeo is] a plucky Giovanna, if without Netrebko’s vocal glamour, a touch sour on occasion,. Luciano Ganci forces quite a lot as Carlo but it’s often an attractive voice, and solid baritone... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018 More…

Release Date: 14th Sep 2018
Catalogue No: 745704
Label: C Major

Vittoria Yeo (Giovanna), Luciano Ganci (Carlo VII), Vittorio Vitelli (Giacomo), Gabriele Mangione (Delil), Luciano Leoni (Talbot)
I Virtuosi Italiani, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Ramón Tebar, Sasken Boddege, Peter Greenaway

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With more than 50 years of experience as film director, Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover) combines the worlds of film and opera at the Festival Verdi in Parma with an all new approach to Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco, staged and edited by himself and Saskia Boddeke. Turning the auditorium into part of the set, Greenaway includes the unique architecture of the Teatro Farnese into his staging. With the help of spectacular video and light installations, he creates a completely new opera experience, using a striking imagery that includes depictions of the Madonna, modern manga girls and the real faces of refugee children. ‘It is a thrilling moment when threads of light spread over the darkened arches during the overture, shaping the architecture and flooding the whole area with changing light patterns’ (Daily Express).

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December 2018

[Vittoria Yeo is] a plucky Giovanna, if without Netrebko’s vocal glamour, a touch sour on occasion,. Luciano Ganci forces quite a lot as Carlo but it’s often an attractive voice, and solid baritone Vittorio Vitelli does well as Giacomo.

November 2018

Korean soprano Vittoria Yeo in the eponymous role sings strongly, with a good range of tone colour and expression.

February 2019

Yeo’s singing has focused precision and decisive energy, emphasizing the heroic aspects of her character. Used with some imagination, Lucian Ganci’s healthy tenor rings out confidently as Carlo VII…Vitelli’s Giacomo offers a firm baritone deployed with some variety and in tandem with keen diction…Verdi’s score is a patchy achievement, but the vigorous conductor Ramón Rebar explores its positive qualities.

Opera Now November 2018

The musical side comes across well, with Vittoria Yeo an excellent Giovanna, her soprano straight-toned and pure, but also blossoming for the more expansive challenges. Luciano Ganci is a lyric Carlo, and Vittorio Vitelli a solid Giacomo. Ramón Tebar conducts the sometimes jaunty score with appreciable seriousness.

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