Released:
2008-10-07

Overview:
This work predates Thchaikowsly’s for almost 4 years, and it is base don the Schiller play I have previously criticized for its lack of historical accuracy. It is essentially focused on three major voices, soprano, tenor and baritone, with a basso to spice it up. New Yorker Evan Bowers may not be a matinee idol, but he sails into the role with a bright, focused lyrico spinto tenor voice. Renato Bruson was 72 years old in 2008, when he took this role (first sung by him in1989) and it shows, with quite a wobble on many passages; yet his voice commands the stage and rises majestically in the ensembles. And then, Bulgarian Svetla Vassileva, who is not burned at the stake, as in “Maid”, but dies heroically in battle.

Directors:
Tiziano Mancini, Gabriele Lavia

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Svetla Vassileva
  as
  Giovanna
• 
  Evan Bowers
  as
  Carlo VII
• 
  Renato Bruson
  as
  Giacomo
• 
  Maurizio Lo Piccolo
  as
  Talbot
• 
  Luigi Petroni
  as
  Delil