La Donna del Lago (DVD) - La Scala
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
DVD Release Date: January 18, 2005
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Artists:
June Anderson
Rockwell Blake
Giogio Surjan
Chris Merritt
Orchestra: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra & Chorus
Label: Opus Arte
Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
Language: Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Run Time: 167 minutes

Rossini’s opera La Donna del Lago is a rarely-performed masterpiece based on Sir Walter Scott’s poems; this 1992 La Scala production, led by conductor Riccardo Muti and directed by Werner Herzog, stars Rockwell Blake, Giorgio Surgan, Chris Merritt, and June Anderson.
 

Gioachino Rossini’s La Donna del Lago

Based on Sir Walter Scott’s narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, Rossini’s 1819 opera was the first to adapt one of the Scottish writer’s works for the musical stage (followed most prominently by Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor some 15 years later). The opera’s fictional love story is set against the background of the conflict between King James V of Scotland and the country’s highland clans in the 16th century. La Donna del Lago has its Met premiere in the 2014–15 season.