Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden’s whirlwind production of Puccini’s compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love.

Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, UK, on 11th July 2004.

Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players.

Plus:

Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight – The complete opera, also directed by Annabel Arden and conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, as performed alongside Gianni Schicchi as a double bill at Glyndebourne on 11th July 2004.

PICTURE FORMAT: 1080i

LENGTH: 162 Mins

SOUND: 2.0 & 5.1 PCM AUDIO

SUBTITLES: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

Artists

Sergei Leiferkus & Matilda Leyser, Alessandro Corbelli (Gianni Schicchi), Sally Matthews (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio), Adrian Thompson (Gherardo), Olga Schalaeva (Nella), Christopher Waite (Gherardino), Maxim Mikhailov II (Betto di Signa), Luigi Roni (Simone), Riccardo Novaro (Marco), Marie McLaughlin (Ciesca), Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron), Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (Moneylender), Albert Schagidullin (The Duke), Maxim Mikhailov (The Servant), Matilda Leyser ("Aerialist")

Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Annabel Arden (stage director)