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DVD : Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) / Haitink, Finley, Hagley, Fleming, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) / Haitink, Finley, Hagley, Fleming, Glyndebourne Festival Opera starring: Gerald Finley, Alison Hagley, Renée Fleming, Andreas Schmidt, Mandred Röhrl directed by: Derek Bailey List Price: $29.99 CD-Charts Price: $26.99 You Save: $3.00 (10%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780769775692 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 0769775691 Label: Kultur Video Manufacturer: Kultur Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Kultur Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 16, 2003 Running Time: 190 minutes Studio: Kultur Video Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Sales Rank: 28084 MPN: 2039 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Description: Stephen Medcalf's superb production opened on the 60th anniversary of the first performance at Glyndebourne, inaugurating the new opera house. "One listened enthralled, as Haitink, Hagley and Finley lifted a loving, carefully prepared performance to greatness." OPERA Mozart's comedy presents a scenario where society overcomes its differences - social, sexual, generational - through the exercise of the humane values of mutual understanding, respect and forgiveness. Amazon.com essential video: Mozart's immortal adaptation of Beaumarchais's satirical tale has always been a Glyndebourne staple, so it was appropriate that this delightfully traditional production of Le Nozze di Figaro was chosen to reopen their refurbished opera house in May 1994. John Gunter's set design is airy and uncluttered, leaving the actors plenty of breathing space, while director Stephen Medcalf likewise allows the characters to speak (and sing) for themselves. Gerald Finley's Figaro and Alison Hagley's Susanna make a charming central pairing; Renée Fleming and Andreas Schmidt are a formidable aristocratic duo, while Marie-Ange Todorovitch fills Cherubino's trousers with pleasing playfulness. Bernard Haitink and the London Philharmonic sparkle, as of course they should. Unfussily filmed, this is as close to the real thing as you're likely to get without a Glyndebourne season ticket. --Mark Walker Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Così fan .... moltiLa qualità sonora è proprio mediocre. A questo si aggiunge una dizione veramente scadente, difficile da tollerare in una recita avvenuta nella Nazione del teatro ed in un tempio dell'Opera quale Glyndebourne. Perfino i recitativi risultano talvolta incomprensibili, quantomeno quelli delle parti minori, ammesso e non concesso che in questa opera qualcosa possa essere considerata minore. Viceversa sappiamo quanto nella trilogia di Da Ponte i recitativi costituiscano il telaio portante dell'opera, in grado non solo di sorreggere ma anche di fare ulteriormente lievitare in alto una musica letteralmente baciata dal cielo. Paradossalmente consiglierei l'editore di aggiungere quantomeno i sottotitoli in italiano (sigh!). Rating:  - I would've given it a 0 stars, if I couldPlease do not waste your money on this one. The sound is tourchuring. We could not even listen through the first act! It was complete waste of money for us! Poor Mozart, and I always thought that you can't go wrong with Mozart's pieces, what a dissapointment. Rating: - Four roses, one thornMust the role of Cherubino ALWAYS be sung by a woman? I ask in ignorance: Why must this be so? I found this character impossible to accept, and for me the woman who sang the role ruined every scene she was in. I could only see a woman dressed as a man and pretending to be a man, and a willing suspension of disbelief simply would not set in. Rating:  - A fresh Nozze This is my third Nozze. I give it 5 stars for scenery, costumes, freshness and entertainment! singers are all very excellent (except don basilio) - direction is clean and fresh - orchestra from london philarmonic is tight and with an excellent tempo - acting is believable and very realistic and clean. recommended. Rating: - great fun, but problemsFirst of all, this is great fun. The acting is stagey but engaging and has real charm (I think at points they hype up the sex a little too far, but that's the British for you.) The sound has problems, definitely, but the camerawork is really fantastic and engaging -- very fluid. Some issues with subtitles -- a lot of stuff goes by without appearing in the text, and it can get rather frustrating. All in all, an essential Figaro, but I think I would supplement this with another videorecording. |
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