LUISA MILLER Gasdia, Antinori, Alaimo; Gavazzeni (DVD)

Gianandrea Gavazzeni is regarded as one of the greatest Italian opera conductors after De Sabata. He was La Scala’s Musical Director from 1961-1968. In this 1981 production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller, Gavazzeni worked closely with a cast of young singers to present the opera in a new light. Sung in Italian with subtitles in Italian, English, French and Spanish. A Hardy Classic Video release.
Disc 1: Luisa Miller - Color, PCM Stereo/DTS, 129 minutes, 4:3, All regions
Disc 2: "Backstage" - 60 minutes, No subtitles

LUISA MILLER
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano,
based on Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller

Cast:
Luisa - Cecilia Gasdia
Rodolfo - Nazzareno Antinori
Il Conte di Walter - Simone Alaimo
Miller - Carlo Desideri
Federica - Annamaria Fichera
Wurm - Hiroyuki Okayama
Laura - Kumiko Yoshii
Un Contadino - Oddone Masatto

Orchestra and Chorus of RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
(Live performance, Pavia 1981)

Director: Filippo Crivelli