Released:
2006-01-07

Overview:
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.

Director:
Agnes Méth

Runtime:
2h 41min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  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