La Finta Giardiniera
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.
Release Date: 2006-01-07
John Graham-Hall
Don Anchise
Alexandra Reinprecht
Violante Onesti
John Mark Ainsley
Contino Belfiore
Véronique Gens
Arminda
Adriana Kučerová
Serpetta
Ivor Bolton
Conductor