Andrea Bocelli - a Night in Tuscany [DVD] [2006] |
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Staring:
Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman
Director:
David Amphlett
List Price: £14.99
Our Price: £10.88
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Part concert, part documentary, part travelogue, this video hit duplicates the success of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's albums and underscores his unique crossover appeal. Critical response to Bocelli has been confined to fusillades of scorn from classical and opera writers, but the bullet-proof superstar is better understood in the context of a mainland European tradition of pop-classical fusion. Bocelli cheerfully ignores the supposed wall between high (classical) art and low (pop) kitsch with his mix of operatic chestnuts, soft pop and traditional Italian songs.Indeed, despite interview segments in which he proclaims his love of opera or proudly recalls an apprenticeship to operatic veteran Franco Corelli, Bocelli comes across as more fan than virtuoso. But if his voice can prompt technical cavils from hard-core opera buffs, the blind singer's emotional directness and relative lack of onstage preening explain much of his populist appeal. Featured songs include warhorse arias, leading off with the "Louie, Louie" of tenor showpieces, Turandot's "Nessun Dorma" and duets with gruff Italian pop-rocker Zucchero and sopranos Nuccia Focile and Sarah Brightman (who buddies up for the tear-jerking closer, "Time to Say Goodbye"). Even with the marquee bonus of those guests, however, A Night in Tuscany gets its biggest boost from the seductive Italian countryside, prominently featured in between-song segments, and in the romantic concert setting, Pisa's Piazza dei Cavalieri. --Sam Sutherland
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Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Exempt
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0602498231920
Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Live, PAL, Widescreen
Label: Universal Island
Manufacturer: Universal Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Island
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2004-11-15
Running Time: 86
Studio: Universal Island
Theatrical Release Date: 2006 |
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