Comedy in recordings of opera

[Barbirollians]

Putting across the comedy in an opera is so often very much a question of acting and direction . I never thought an opera found be as funny as the ROH La Fille du Regiment with Dessey and Flores which I saw at the ROH ( but with Colin Lee) and on DVD .i have been struck listening again this week how much more amusing the Pritchard - Cotrubas/ Domingo recording of L’Elisir d’Amore is that the Sutherland/Pavarotti version where the singing is superlative but the acting is non-existent .

Any other comic opera recordings that are truly amusing ?

[Stanfordian]

Putting across the comedy in an opera is so often very much a question of acting and direction . I never thought an opera found be as funny as the ROH La Fille du Regiment with Dessey and Flores which I saw at the ROH ( but with Colin Lee) and on DVD .i have been struck listening again this week how much more amusing the Pritchard - Cotrubas/ Domingo recording of L’Elisir d’Amore is that the Sutherland/Pavarotti version where the singing is superlative but the acting is non-existent .

Any other comic opera recordings that are truly amusing ?

Hello Barbirollians,

I have quite a large DVD/Blu-ray collection and a precious gem both for performance and amusement is Donizetti's Don Pasquale starring Anna Netrebko as Norina and the late John Del Carlo as Don Pasquale.

https://shop.roh.org.uk/products/donizetti-don-pasquale-dvd-metropolitan-opera-2011