Il corsaro

The caption on the DVD sleeve reads This Is how Verdi should be played and I could not agree more The trio of principals Ribeiro Lungu and Dalla Benetta offer youthful exhuberance and intensity good looks and glorious voices The rest of the cast is equally good Superb conductor traditional production great staging Anf of course Verdis exquisite music It has renovated my faith in the totality of the Verdi canon not only its most performed titles