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DVD : Verdi - Aida / Oren, Zajick, Theatre of San Carlo
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Verdi - Aida / Oren, Zajick, Theatre of San Carlo starring: Daniel Oren, Dolora Zajick List Price: $24.99 CD-Charts Price: $10.99 You Save: $14.00 (56%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0014381151428 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Image Entertainment Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Image Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 04, 2002 Running Time: 159 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1998 Sales Rank: 121663 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Description: Aida is a story of forbidden love between Egyptian leader Radames (appointed by the Supreme Priest Ramfis) and the beautiful Ethiopian princess Aida. Now captured, Aida serves as a slave to Amneris, the Pharaoh's daughter, who is also in love with Radames. When the Ethiopian enemies headed by King Amonasro (Aida's father) invade Egypt, Aida is faced with a dilemma--whom should she support: her father or her beloved Radames? Daniel Oren conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Theatre of San Carlo. Amazon.com: For many devotees of Aida, the size of a performance's production budget is the most important consideration. In this respect, the San Carlo Opera Company falls behind its chief video competitors, La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, particularly in the lavish, half-hour triumphal scene in Act II. But in its more modest way, with only one singer (Dolora Zajick) who has a strong international reputation, it gives a good musical account of Verdi's score. The costumes and choreography are undistinguished but adequate; the singers in the principal roles are visually less than ideal but more convincing than Pavarotti at La Scala and properly impassioned in the best Italian provincial style. The chorus and orchestra are capable and Daniel Oren keeps the music under firm control. With more splendor in the spectacular scenes, this could have been surprisingly competitive. As is, it's more likable than one might expect. --Joe McLellan Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Bleah!A third rate production of a third rate opera. I only rented (thank god I had the foresight not to buy it) this opera because of all the rave reviews, most frequently performed opera in the world (I thought that was Carmen, which I also don't like), etc., I already knew I hated it. Didn't finish it, in the 30 or 45 minutes I watched, there was only one tune, Celeste Aida, weakly sung. The ballet at the idol was ridiculous. The direction was by the numbers. The aplause from the audience was as reluctant and meager as I felt listening. And the whole thing was saturated with the words "death" and "kill" and "war." Isn't there enough of that in the world without reveling in it in music! This was a far cry from music. Rating:  - A Fine, Provincial AidaIt's always interesting to see how smaller, provincial theaters tackle such grand operas as AIDA. It's not that the Teatro San Carlo in Naples is a second-rate theater. In fact, it is quite possibly Italy's most well-known and respected theater, next to La Scala. Still, there's no question that San Carlo won't put on quite the spectacle that the MET would. And that is fortunate for the viewer! There is nothing jaw-dropping about this production, but the sets and costumes are quite attractive and tastefully done. The cast manages to, quite successfully, get through the opera. Fiorenza Cedolins is a fine soprano who copes very well with the difficult title role. With so many ugly-voiced, dramatic sopranos tackling this role these days, ... Read More: Rating:  - Glory on the NileThis recording represents a 1999 production from Naples' Teatro San Carlo, and from this performance it is clear why Verdi's 1871 masterpiece is one of opera's most popular works. Conductor Daniel Oren keeps the tempos brisk, maintaining the dramatic tension but allowing the tender lyric moments to shine as they should; the orchestra plays the glorious score very well. The singing is uniformly excellent, with the women contributing the strongest performances. Fiorenza Cedolins is a name unfamiliar to me, but I certainly look forward to hearing more from her; she gives a complete performance of the title role. Her acting nicely portrays Aida's gentle frailty, and she skillfully controls her beautiful lyric-spinto soprano to display dynamics ranging ... Read More: |
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