Claudio Abbado: In Rehearsal, Verdi Requiem

Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Cecilia Gasdia (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (mezzo-soprano), Peter Dvorsky (tenor), Chris Merritt (tenor) & Samuel Ramey (bass) Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Special Packaging: Digipak with hotfoil embossing + Sticker 8Oth Anniversary Edition Picture format DVD: NTSC 4:3 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish Booklet notes: English, French, German Running time: 119 mins

A film by Norbert Beilharz This Documentary shows Claudio Abbado as he is rehearsing Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with world-famous singers Montserrat Caballé, Cecilia Gasdia, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Peter Dvorsky, Chris Merritt , Samuel Ramey and the Choir and Orchestra of the Scala di Milano. It documents rehearsals in at three different locations: the church of San Marco in Milan, the main stage at Teatro alla Scala and in one of the rehearsal rooms of the opera house, recorded in 1985. An opportunity to see and directly compare the performances of the well acclaimed sopranos Montserrat Caballé and Cecilia Gasdia and the tenors Peter Dvorsky and Chris Merritt. Director Norbert Beilharz is a worldwide renowned specialist for classical music documentaries.

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