Verdi - Nabucco / Carignani, Bruson, Flanigan, Teatro de San Carlo

Rating:
Summary: an effort wasted
Review: What a pity this DVD is so amateurish! NABUCCO is one of Verdi's best early operas and is all too rarely performed today. Bruson's performance of the title role, while no match for Gobbi, is quite good - from what we can tell but the sound is so poor it sounds like the producers used one microphone hidden at some odd location. The camera work shows no evidence of rehearsal or forethought. Aside from Bruson and Flanagan, the rest of the cast was mediocre and were certainly nothing to waste a video on.