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La Finta Giardiniera
“The Pretend Garden Girl”
0.0 / 10• 2006• 2h 41m•NR• English
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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.
Cast & Crew
John Graham-Hall
Don Anchise
Lead
Alexandra Reinprecht
Violante Onesti
John Mark Ainsley
Contino Belfiore
Véronique Gens
Arminda
Ruxandra Donose
Cavalier Ramiro
Adriana Kučerová
Serpetta
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Markus Werba
Roberto
Ivor Bolton
Conductor
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Agnes Méth's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. La Finta Giardiniera is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
