

07/01/2006
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.

John Graham-Hall
as Don Anchise

Alexandra Reinprecht
as Violante Onesti

John Mark Ainsley
as Contino Belfiore

Véronique Gens
as Arminda

Ruxandra Donose
as Cavalier Ramiro

Adriana Kučerová
as Serpetta

Markus Werba
as Roberto

Ivor Bolton
as Conductor
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