Il Giasone — HDVDARTS

Francesco Cavalli Il Giasone opera to a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini and score revision by Alexander Krampe. Directed 2010 by Mariame Clément at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp (Flemish Opera of Antwerp). Stars Christophe Dumaux (Giasone), Katarina Bradić (Medea), Robin Johannsen (Isifile), Andrew Ashwin (Ercole/Oreste), Filippo Adami (Demo), Josef Wagner (Giove /Besso), Angélique Noldus (Amore/Alinda), Yaniv d’Or (Delfa/Eolo), and Emilio Pons (Egeo/Sole). Federico Maria Sardelli conducts the Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera. Set and costume design by Julia Hansen; light design by Philippe Berthomé. Directed for TV by Matteo Ricchetti. Sung in Italian. Released 2012, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

Opera News (January 2013 at page 59) said the performance by Christophe Dumaux as Giasone was one of two standout individual performances on Blu-ray for 2012.

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